JavaScript Reference
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Quick Reference

The Element outerText property sets or returns the text content of the specified node.

Note

A node can be an HTML element (div, span, p, h2, etc.), or it can be a text node (plain text, white space, a teb, a linebreak). Whereas, when referring just to an element, only the HTML elements are relevant.

Note

!!! Not all browsers support this JavaScript method.

<!-- html element to place output -->
<p id="my_output">My content</p>

Get the text element:

// variable
let my_text = document.getElementById('my_output').outerText;

// alert
alert(my_text);

Set the text element:

// variable
let my_text = document.getElementById('my_output');

// change the HTML
my_text.outerHTML = 'New content!';

Output

Get the text element:

My content

Set the text element:

New content!

Syntax

Get the text element:

node.outerText

Set the text element:

node.outerText = text

JavaScript Notes:

  • When using JavaScript, single or double quotation marks are acceptable and work identically to one another; choose whichever you prefer, and stay consistent
  • JavaScript is a case-sensitive language; firstName is NOT the same as firstname
  • Arrays count starting from zero NOT one; so item 1 is position [0], item 2 is position [1], and item 3 is position [2] … and so on
  • JavaScript variables must begin with a letter, $, or _
  • JavaScript variables are case sensitive (x is not the same as X)
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