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    Document.createTextNode()

    Creates a new Text node.

    SyntaxEdit

    var text = document.createTextNode(data);
    • text is a Text node.
    • data is a string containing the data to be put in the text node.

    ExampleEdit

    <!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>createTextNode example</title>
<script>
function addTextNode(text) {
  var newtext = document.createTextNode(text),
      p1 = document.getElementById("p1");

  p1.appendChild(newtext);
}
</script>
</head>

<body>
  <button onclick="addTextNode('YES! ');">YES!</button>
  <button onclick="addTextNode('NO! ');">NO!</button>
  <button onclick="addTextNode('WE CAN! ');">WE CAN!</button>

  <hr />

  <p id="p1">First line of paragraph.</p>
</body>
</html>

    SpecificationsEdit

    Specification Status Comment
    Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Core Specification
    The definition of 'Document.createTextNode()' in that specification.    		 Recommendation No change
    Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Core Specification
    The definition of 'Document.createTextNode()' in that specification.    		 Recommendation Initial definition

    Browser compatibilityEdit

    Feature Chrome Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari (WebKit)
    Basic support (Yes) (Yes) (Yes) (Yes) ?

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