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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>move heading appendTo</title>
  <style>
    body { font-family: sans-serif; padding: 16px; max-width: 520px; }
    h2 { color: #6366f1; margin: 0 0 8px; }
    .container { border: 2px solid #cbd5e1; padding: 12px; border-radius: 8px; background: #f8fafc; min-height: 50px; }
    #source { margin-bottom: 12px; padding: 8px; background: #fee2e2; border-radius: 6px; }
    button { margin-top: 12px; padding: 10px 16px; background: #6366f1; color: #fff; border: none; border-radius: 6px; cursor: pointer; }
    #hint { color: #64748b; font-size: 14px; margin-top: 10px; }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <div id="source"><h2>Greetings</h2> (heading starts here)</div>
  <div class="container">Container — heading will move here</div>
  <button type="button">Move h2 into .container</button>
  <p id="hint">$("h2").appendTo($(".container")) — single target moves node.</p>
  <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.7.1.min.js"></script>
  <script>
    $("button").on("click", function() {
      $("h2").appendTo($(".container"));
      $("#source").text("(heading moved — this area is empty)");
      $("#hint").text("h2 appended as last child of .container.");
    });
  </script>
</body>
</html>

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