DHTML Methods

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DOM Level 1 Specification.

Creates a text string from the specified value.

oTextNode = document.createTextNode ( sText ) 

sText

Optional. String specifying the nodeValue of the text node.

Returns a text node object.

The following sample demonstrates use of the createTextNode method to create a text node and replace an existing text node in a heading object.

<h4 id=oHead onclick="chgNode ( )">Click me.</h4>

<script language="JavaScript">
function chgNode ( ) {
newText = document.createTextNode ( "Hello, world." );
oldText = 
  document.getElementById ( 'oHead' ).childNodes [ 0 ] ;
oldText.nodevalue=newText.nodeValue;
}
</script>

document

createElement