creator

Given the specified element name, returns a function which creates an element of the given name, assuming that "this" is the parent element.

function creator<K extends keyof ElementTagNameMap>(name: K): (this: BaseType) => ElementTagNameMap[K];

function creator<NewGElement extends Element>(name: string): (this: BaseType) => NewGElement;

creator<K extends keyof ElementTagNameMap>(name: K): (this: BaseType) => ElementTagNameMap[K]

Given the specified element name, returns a function which creates an element of the given name, assuming that "this" is the parent element.

K extends keyof ElementTagNameMap

name: K

Tag name of the element to be added.

(this: BaseType) => ElementTagNameMap[K]

creator<NewGElement extends Element>(name: string): (this: BaseType) => NewGElement

Given the specified element name, returns a function which creates an element of the given name, assuming that "this" is the parent element.

The generic refers to the type of the new element to be returned by the creator function.

NewGElement extends Element

name: string

Tag name of the element to be added. See "namespace" for details on supported namespace prefixes, such as for SVG elements.

(this: BaseType) => NewGElement