Вы не можете смешивать jQuery и Vanilla JS, потому что это не легко читается, и вы делаете код для спагетти, и это не очень хорошая практика. Я изменил ваш код и добавил пример с Vanilla JS и jQuery (jquery также для кодовandobx)
https://codesandbox.io/s/serene-mestorf-1wq9u
Vanilla JS
const dataset_options = [
{
text: "text1",
value: "value1"
},
{
text: "text2",
value: "value1"
}
];
function createDatabaseSettingsForm() {
const formDatabaseSettings = document.querySelector("#database_section");
console.log(formDatabaseSettings);
const datasetSelect = createSelectButton(
"Dataset",
"dataset_selector",
"query-form-class",
dataset_options
);
formDatabaseSettings.appendChild(datasetSelect);
}
function createSelectButton(label_value, select_id, select_class, options) {
const div = document.createElement("div");
const label = document.createElement("label");
label.setAttribute("for", select_id);
label.setAttribute("value", label_value);
div.appendChild(label);
const select = document.createElement("select");
select.setAttribute("id", select_id);
select.setAttribute("class", select_class);
for (const option in options) {
const optionEl = document.createElement("option");
optionEl.setAttribute("value", options[option].value);
optionEl.innerHTML = options[option].text;
select.appendChild(optionEl);
}
div.appendChild(select);
return div;
}
createDatabaseSettingsForm();
<div id="form-database-settings">
<label for="database_section">Database Settings</label>
<form id="database_section" class="form-settings"></form>
</div>
jQuery
const dataset_options = [
{
text: "text1",
value: "value1"
},
{
text: "text2",
value: "value1"
}
];
$(document).ready(() => {
createDatabaseSettingsForm();
});
function createDatabaseSettingsForm() {
const formDatabaseSettings = $("#database_section");
const datasetSelect = createSelectButton(
"Dataset",
"dataset_selector",
"query-form-class",
dataset_options
);
formDatabaseSettings.append(datasetSelect);
}
function createSelectButton(label_value, select_id, select_class, options) {
const div = $("<div/>");
const label = $("<label/>");
label.attr("for", select_id);
label.attr("value", label_value);
div.append(label);
const select = $("<select />");
select.attr("id", select_id);
select.attr("class", select_class);
for (const option in options) {
select.append(
$(
`<option value=${options[option].value}>${
options[option].text
}</option>`
)
);
}
div.append(select);
return div;
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="form-database-settings">
<label for="database_section">Database Settings</label>
<form id="database_section" class="form-settings"></form>
</div>