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user121196
user121196

Reputation: 31040

W3C Dom API get text content

according to http://www.w3schools.com/dom/dom_node.asp, to get the text content of a node, textContent for FF and text for IE, but leaves opera out, is there a cross platform way of getting the inner text content of a node?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1240

Answers (1)

Jamie Dixon
Jamie Dixon

Reputation: 53991

The property that's most generic is the nodeValue property defined here:

http://www.w3schools.com/DOM/prop_document_nodevalue.asp

There is also a property called innerText that I beleive works in IE6.

The best option is to do some kind of object detection to ensure that the property you want to use, is available in the browser you're currently using.

Alternatively, a Javascript framework such as jQuery, YUI, ExtJS will provide you with methods that are already setup to be cross browser compatable.

Upvotes: 2

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