GeezerVison

The World Wide Web, restored to 800 pixels of glory.

GeezerVison is showing javascript.info — createTextNode vs innerHTML vs textContent

Tutorial
Browser: Document, Events, Interfaces
Document
Modifying the document

back to the lesson

createTextNode vs innerHTML vs textContent

importance: 5

We have an empty DOM element elem and a string text.

Which of these 3 commands will do exactly the same?

elem.append(document.createTextNode(text))
elem.innerHTML = text
elem.textContent = text

Answer: 1 and 3.

Both commands result in adding the text “as text” into the elem.

Here’s an example:

<div id="elem1"></div>
<div id="elem2"></div>
<div id="elem3"></div>
<script>
  let text = '<b>text</b>';

  elem1.append(document.createTextNode(text));
  elem2.innerHTML = text;
  elem3.textContent = text;
</script>

You are visitor 01402503 — GeezerVison does not store the pages you look up.
Best viewed with Netscape Navigator 4.7 or Internet Explorer 6 at 800×600. No cookies required.