Prepend all of the matched elements to another, specified, set of elements. This operation is, essentially, the reverse of doing a regular $(A).prepend(B), in that instead of prepending B to A, you're prepending A to B. Content to prepend to the selected element to. Prepends all paragraphs to the element with the ID "foo" <p>I would like to say: </p><div id="foo"><b>Hello</b></div> $("p").prependTo("#foo"); <div id="foo"><p>I would like to say: </p><b>Hello</b></div>