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Element.setText method

Element › setText

Official

Sets the text content of the element.

Signature:

setText(val: string | DocumentFragment): void

Parameters:

Parameter Type Description
val string | DocumentFragment The text content to set.

Returns: void

Example:

const element = createEl('p');
element.setText('foo');
console.log(element); // <p>foo</p>
const fragment = createFragment();
fragment.createEl('strong', { text: 'bar' });
element.setText(fragment);
console.log(element); // <p><strong>bar</strong></p>