Node.nodeValue

The Node.nodeValue property returns or sets the value of the current node.

Syntax

value = node.nodeValue;

value is a string containing the value of the current node, if any.

Notes

For the document itself, nodeValue returns null. For text, comment, and CDATA nodes, nodeValue returns the content of the node. For attribute nodes, the value of the attribute is returned.

The following table shows the return values for different elements:

Attr	value of attribute
CDATASection	content of the CDATA Section
Comment	content of the comment
Document	null
DocumentFragment	null
DocumentType	null
Element	null
NamedNodeMap	null
EntityReference	null
Notation	null
ProcessingInstruction	entire content excluding the target
Text	content of the text node

When nodeValue is defined to be null, setting it has no effect.

Specification

• DOM Level 2 Core: Node.nodeValue