Question

I have a function where on button click I add columns, now what I want is on button click the column I am adding, I want that to append to another div in my case both button and appended data both are added in same div for now

Here is the code I am working on

var i = 1;
$(document).ready(function() {             
    $("button[id='columnadd']").click(function () {
       // create the element
       var domElement = $('<div id="shoppingCart' + i++ + '" class="shoppingCart"><h2 class="ui-widget-header">Add Menu Items Here</h2><aside class="ui-widget-content" id="droppable"><ol><li class="placeholder">Add your items here</li></ol></aside></div>');

       $(this).after(domElement);
       // at this point you have domElement in your page
       //.appendTo("#columnhoder")
       // make it droppable
       domElement.find("ol").droppable({
           accept: '.small_box li',
           greedy: true,
           drop: function (event, ui) {
               alert(1);
               makeItDroppableToo(event, ui, this);
               //$(this).find(".placeholder").remove();
               //$("<li></li>").text(ui.draggable.text()).appendTo(this);                         
           }
       });
});

i want this

var domElement = $('<div id="shoppingCart' + i++ + '" class="shoppingCart"><h2 class="ui-widget-header">Add Menu Items Here</h2><aside class="ui-widget-content" id="droppable"><ol><li class="placeholder">Add your items here</li></ol></aside></div>'); 

to append to this div

<div id="columnholder">div>

Answer 1

You can use appendTo:

domElement.appendTo('#columnholder');