><big>(</big><em>parent</em>, <em>type</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>attributes</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>content</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#addElement" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Creates a DOM element and appends it to the <cite>parent</cite> node
provided.  It is equivalent to</p>
<div class="highlight-javascript"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="nx">parent</span><