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Last Updated on November 15, 2022
Quick Reference
The Element outerText property sets or returns the text content of the specified node.
Note
A node can be an HTML element (div, span, p, h2, etc.), or it can be a text node (plain text, white space, a teb, a linebreak). Whereas, when referring just to an element, only the HTML elements are relevant.
Note
!!! Not all browsers support this JavaScript method.
<!-- html element to place output -->
<p id="my_output">My content</p>
Get the Text Element
// variable
let my_text = document.getElementById('my_output').outerText;
// alert
alert(my_text);
Set the Text Element
// variable
let my_text = document.getElementById('my_output');
// change the HTML
my_text.outerHTML = 'New content!';
Output
Get the Text Element
My content
Set the Text Element
New content!
Syntax
Get the Text Element
node.outerText
Set the Text Element
node.outerText = text
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