Text

The Text interface represents the textual content of Element or Attr. If an element has no markup within its content, it has a single child implementing Text that contains the element's text. However, if the element contains markup, it is parsed into information items and Text nodes that form its children.

New documents have a single Text node for each block of text. Over time, more Text nodes may be created as the document's content changes. The Node.normalize() method merges adjacent Text objects back into a single node for each block of text.

Constructor

Text()

Returns a Text node with the parameter as its textual content.

Properties

Text.isElementContentWhitespace Read only

Returns a Boolean flag indicating whether or not the text node contains only whitespace.

Text.wholeText Read only

Returns a DOMString containing the text of all Text nodes logically adjacent to this Node, concatenated in document order.

Text.assignedSlot Read only

Returns the HTMLSlotElement object associated with the element.

Methods

Text.replaceWholeText

Replaces the text of the current node and all logically adjacent nodes with the specified text.

Text.splitText

Breaks the node into two nodes at a specified offset.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
DOM The definition of 'Text' in that specification.	Living Standard	Removed the isElementContentWhitespace property. Removed the replaceWholeText() method. Added the Text() constructor.
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Core Specification The definition of 'Text' in that specification.	Recommendation	Added the isElementContentWhitespace and wholeText properties. Added the replaceWholeText() method.
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Core Specification The definition of 'Text' in that specification.	Recommendation	No change from Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification.
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification The definition of 'Text' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition.
Shadow DOM The definition of 'assignedSlot' in that specification.	Working Draft	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

[1] Chromium is currently considering dropping its support.

[2] Before Chrome 30 and Opera 17, the argument wasn't mandatory, like required by the specification.

[3] Before Chrome 30 and Opera 17, splitText() argument was not mandatory, as required by the specification and implemented by IE and Gecko-based browsers.

[4] The argument is not mandatory, though required by the spec.

See also

• The DOM interfaces index.