Unable to append HTML to a list using Jquery - javascript

I have the following CSS that forms a directory tree. I want to be able to dynamically append <li> tags with N number of children <ul> tags to the existing dirTree. No matter what I try, I just end up appending raw text or the styles aren't being applied correctly.
I'm not a CSS guy, but I was inspecting in dev tools and see :before and :after, but not quite sure how to attach this using jquery.
The below code should be able to run in a static file without issues.
Thanks.
$("#dirTree").append("<li>Parent Directory</li><ul>child1</ul><ul>child2</ul>");
ul {
margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px;
list-style: none;
line-height: 2em;
font-family: monospace;
}
ul li {
font-size: 13px;
position: relative;
}
ul li:before {
position: absolute;
left: -15px;
top: 0px;
content: '';
display: block;
border-left: 1px solid #ddd;
height: 1em;
border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;
width: 10px;
}
ul li:after {
position: absolute;
left: -15px;
bottom: -7px;
content: '';
display: block;
border-left: 1px solid #ddd;
height: 100%;
}
ul li.root {
margin: 0px 0px 0px -20px;
}
ul li.root:before {
display: none;
}
ul li.root:after {
display: none;
}
ul li:last-child:after {
display: none;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="directoryPanel">
<div class="dir">
<ul id="dirTree">
<li class="root">
File Explorer
</li>
<li>
Want to create a new directory? Click here
<ul>
<li>Click here to upload a file</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>

«...seems like the branching style got removed...»
You are missing the <li> in your markup. The "branching style" is tied to it.
Moreover, some text within a <ul> but without <li> is invalid markup.
$("#dirTree").append("<li>Parent Directory</li><ul><li>child1</li></ul><ul><li>child2</li></ul>");
ul {
margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px;
list-style: none;
line-height: 2em;
font-family: monospace;
}
ul li {
font-size: 13px;
position: relative;
}
ul li:before {
position: absolute;
left: -15px;
top: 0px;
content: '';
display: block;
border-left: 1px solid #ddd;
height: 1em;
border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;
width: 10px;
}
ul li:after {
position: absolute;
left: -15px;
bottom: -7px;
content: '';
display: block;
border-left: 1px solid #ddd;
height: 100%;
}
ul li.root {
margin: 0px 0px 0px -20px;
}
ul li.root:before {
display: none;
}
ul li.root:after {
display: none;
}
ul li:last-child:after {
display: none;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="directoryPanel">
<div class="dir">
<ul id="dirTree">
<li class="root">
File Explorer
</li>
<li>
Want to create a new directory? Click here
<ul>
<li>Click here to upload a file</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>

Your ul>li structure seems entirely wrong in your jQuery. You have written css for li tags and appending ul tags as childs. That's where it caused the problem. In my answer I added a ul and inside the ul I have multiple li as your dynamic children.
For a clear definition I broke your jQuery into multiple lines which will be easier to read and understand
$("#dirTree").append("<li>Parent Directory</li>");
$("#dirTree").append("<ul id='parent'></ul>");
$("#parent").append("<li>child1</li>");
$("#parent").append("<li>child2</li>");
$("#parent").append("<li>child3</li>");
$("#parent").append("<li>child4</li>");
ul {
margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px;
list-style: none;
line-height: 2em;
font-family: monospace;
}
ul li {
font-size: 13px;
position: relative;
}
ul li:before {
position: absolute;
left: -15px;
top: 0px;
content: '';
display: block;
border-left: 1px solid #ddd;
height: 1em;
border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;
width: 10px;
}
ul li:after {
position: absolute;
left: -15px;
bottom: -7px;
content: '';
display: block;
border-left: 1px solid #ddd;
height: 100%;
}
ul li.root {
margin: 0px 0px 0px -20px;
}
ul li.root:before {
display: none;
}
ul li.root:after {
display: none;
}
ul li:last-child:after {
display: none;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="directoryPanel">
<div class="dir">
<ul id="dirTree">
<li class="root">
File Explorer
</li>
<li>
Want to create a new directory? Click here
<ul>
<li>Click here to upload a file</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>

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I am trying to achieve now that every other li element text is on top of the :before pseudo element. Right now everything is below the before element. I need to alter between so the text doesnt overlap on window resize.
currentlty it looks like that:
i need something like that:
Is there any easy way I didn't consider yet?
Thanks!
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list-style: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
display: inline-block;
position: relative;
}
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border-radius: 50%;
width: 20px;
height: 20px;
float: left;
position: relative;
margin: 10px 15px;
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z-index: 6;
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display: inline;
font-size: 12px;
position: absolute;
left: 0;
}
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top: -15px;
}
ul li:after {
bottom: -15px;
}
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display: none;
}
ul li:nth-child(even):after {
display: none;
}
ul:before {
content: '';
display: block;
width: 100%;
height: 2px;
background-color: blue;
position: absolute;
top: 20px;
z-index: 3;
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<li data-text="xxx2"></li>
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thank you for the help
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Forex Bonus
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<li>drop1</li>
<li>drop2</li>
<li>drop3</li>
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padding: 0;
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as this css
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position:relative;
}
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display: none;
position: absolute;
left: 0;
top: 100%;
}
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http://fiddle.jshell.net/Hz2JH/
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