Text in DOM Level 2 Core
The Text interface represents the textual content of an Element or Attr.
For more information see http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Level-2-Core-20001113/core.html#ID-1312295772.
Inherits from:
Inerhited by:
Instance Properties
| name | type | description |
|---|---|---|
| attributes | NamedNodeMap | (read only) [from Node] |
| childNodes | NodeList | (read only) [from Node] |
| data | String | [from CharacterData] |
| firstChild | Node | (read only) [from Node] |
| lastChild | Node | (read only) [from Node] |
| length | Number | (read only) [from CharacterData] |
| localName | String | (read only) [from Node] |
| namespaceURI | String | (read only) [from Node] |
| nextSibling | Node | (read only) [from Node] |
| nodeName | String | (read only) [from Node] |
| nodeType | Number | (read only) [from Node] |
| nodeValue | String | [from Node] |
| ownerDocument | Document | (read only) [from Node] |
| parentNode | Node | (read only) [from Node] |
| prefix | String | [from Node] |
| previousSibling | Node | (read only) [from Node] |
Instance Methods
| name | returns | description |
|---|---|---|
| addEventListener(type,listener,useCapture) | (none) | [from EventTarget] |
| appendChild(newChild) | Node | [from Node] |
| appendData(arg) | (none) | [from CharacterData] |
| cloneNode(deep) | Node | Return a new copy of the node. [from Node] |
| deleteData(offset,count) | (none) | [from CharacterData] |
| dispatchEvent(evt) | Boolean | Dispatches an event to the invoking object. [from EventTarget] |
| hasAttributes() | Boolean | [from Node] |
| hasChildNodes() | Boolean | [from Node] |
| insertBefore(newChild,refChild) | Node | [from Node] |
| insertData(offset,arg) | (none) | [from CharacterData] |
| isSupported(feature,version) | Boolean | [from Node] |
| normalize() | (none) | [from Node] |
| removeChild(oldChild) | Node | [from Node] |
| removeEventListener(type,listener,useCapture) | (none) | [from EventTarget] |
| replaceChild(newChild,oldChild) | Node | [from Node] |
| replaceData(offset,count,arg) | (none) | [from CharacterData] |
| splitText(offset) | Text | |
| substringData(offset,count) | String | [from CharacterData] |
Description
The Text interface inherits from CharacterData and represents the textual content (termed character data in XML) of an Element or Attr. If there is no markup inside an element's content, the text is contained in a single object implementing the Text interface that is the only child of the element. If there is markup, it is parsed into the information items (elements, comments, etc.) and Text nodes that form the list of children of the element.
When a document is first made available via the DOM, there is only one Text node for each block of text. Users may create adjacent Text nodes that represent the contents of a given element without any intervening markup, but should be aware that there is no way to represent the separations between these nodes in XML or HTML, so they will not (in general) persist between DOM editing sessions. The normalize() method on Node merges any such adjacent Text objects into a single node for each block of text.
Methods that return a Text
| name | of object | description |
|---|---|---|
| createTextNode([data]) | Document | Create a new Text node, with optional content. |
| splitText(offset) | Text |