Rearrange (and add) nodes in the body of a document.

[alper-t]

Hi,

This library looks very promising!

I was wondering, is it possible to rearrange the order of the nodes (within the body tag)?
And add tags at other places then at the bottom?

Hopefully I can clarify my question by giving some (pseudo) code.

def layout():

    doc = dominate.document(title='Dominate your HTML')

    with doc.head:
        link(rel='stylesheet', href='style.css')
        script(type='text/javascript', src='script.js')

    with doc:

        with div():
            attr(cls='body')
            p('Lorem ipsum..')
            p('Hello World')
    
    return doc

# Get the document by calling the function and then trying to edit it.
doc  = layout()


# Is it possible to get the document and then flip the around and add a tag above?
# e.g. 
doc.body[0] = p("Add Text Here")

# Should result in.
            p("Add Text Here")
            p('Hello World')
            p('Lorem ipsum..')

[Knio]

Hi, you can do this manually by manipulating the children attribute (it's just a list), ie:

doc = ...
do_stuff(doc) ...

doc.body.children.insert(0, div('this goes first'))

I also sometimes use the pattern of a wrapper element, ie:

with doc:
  header = div() # empty
  p("Lorem ipsum"}
  ...
 
with header:
  p("this goes first")

[alper-t]

Thanks. I will give it a go!