Content handling properties and methods in JavaScript
Related properties:
| Property | Support | Description | ||||||||||
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| _content (window) |
Returns a reference to the topmost ancestor window object in the window hierarchy. | |||||||||||
| canHaveHTML | Retrieves a Boolean value that indicates whether the element can contain HTML formatted text. | |||||||||||
| content (window) |
Returns a reference to the topmost ancestor window object in the window hierarchy. | |||||||||||
| contentEditable |
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Sets or retrieves whether the contents of the object are editable. | ||||||||||
| contentDocument (applet, frame, iframe, object) |
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Retrieves the document generated by a frame or iframe element. | ||||||||||
| contentWindow (frame, iframe) |
Retrieves the window generated by a frame or iframe element. | |||||||||||
| data (comment, CommentNode, TextNode) |
Sets or returns the text content of a CommentNode, TextNode or comment element. | |||||||||||
| defaultValue (input, textarea, ...) |
Specifies or returns the initial value of the object. The initial state can be set with the value attribute in HTML. | |||||||||||
| files (input:file) |
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Returns a FileList collection that represents the file or files selected with the current input:file element. | ||||||||||
| innerHTML | Sets or retrieves the inner HTML content (the source code between the opening and closing tags) of an element. | |||||||||||
| innerText | Sets or returns the text content of an element including the text content of its descendants. | |||||||||||
| isContentEditable | Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the contents of the object are editable by the user. | |||||||||||
| isElementContentWhitespace (TextNode) |
Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the current TextNode only contains whitespaces. | |||||||||||
| nodeName | Returns the name of the current node. | |||||||||||
| nodeType | Returns an integer that indicates the type of the node. | |||||||||||
| nodeValue | Sets or returns the value of the current node. | |||||||||||
| outerHTML | Sets or retrieves the outer HTML content (the source code including the opening and closing tags) of an element. | |||||||||||
| outerText | Sets or returns the text content of an element including the text content of its descendants. | |||||||||||
| parentTextEdit | Returns the closest ancestor element of the current element in the DOM hierarchy that can be used to create a TextRange object. | |||||||||||
| text (optgroup, option) |
Sets or returns a string that represents the text of an option element. | |||||||||||
| text (script, title, CommentNode, ...) |
Sets or returns a string that corresponds the contents of the element. | |||||||||||
| textContent |
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Sets or returns the text content of an element including the text content of its descendants. | ||||||||||
| value (input, isindex, textarea, ...) |
Specifies or returns the value of the control. | |||||||||||
| value (input:file) |
Returns a string that contains the path or the name of the file or files selected with the current input:file element. | |||||||||||
| value (li) |
Specifies or returns the number of a list item. | |||||||||||
| value (keygen, option, select) |
Specifies or returns the value of an option or a select element. |
Related methods:
| Method | Support | Description | |||||
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| appendData (comment, CommentNode, TextNode) |
Appends the specified text content to the end of the current TextNode, CommentNode or comment element. | ||||||
| deleteData (comment, CommentNode, TextNode) |
Removes the specified part of the text content of the current TextNode, CommentNode or comment element. | ||||||
| insertAdjacentHTML | Inserts a HTML formatted text at the specified position relative to the current element. | ||||||
| insertAdjacentText | Creates a new TextNode from the specified text and inserts it at the specified position relative to the current element. | ||||||
| insertData (comment, CommentNode, TextNode) |
Inserts text content into the current TextNode, CommentNode or comment element at the specified position. | ||||||
| open (document) |
Opens a document stream for writing. | ||||||
| open (window) |
Creates a new window and loads the specified document into it. | ||||||
| replaceData (comment, CommentNode, TextNode) |
Replaces the specified part of the text content of the current TextNode, CommentNode or comment element with a new text. | ||||||
| splitText (TextNode) |
Breaks the current TextNode object into two TextNode objects at the specified index. | ||||||
| substringData (comment, CommentNode, TextNode) |
Returns the part of the current element's text content from the specified position with the specified length. | ||||||
| write (document) |
Writes a string into the document stream. | ||||||
| writeln (document) |
Writes a string followed by a new line character into the document stream. |
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