Creates a new Text
node. This method can be used to escape HTML characters.
Syntax
var text = document.createTextNode(data);
Example
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <title>createTextNode example</title> <script> function addTextNode(text) { var newtext = document.createTextNode(text), p1 = document.getElementById("p1"); p1.appendChild(newtext); } </script> </head> <body> <button onclick="addTextNode('YES! ');">YES!</button> <button onclick="addTextNode('NO! ');">NO!</button> <button onclick="addTextNode('WE CAN! ');">WE CAN!</button> <hr /> <p id="p1">First line of paragraph.</p> </body> </html>
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
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DOM The definition of 'Document: createTextNode' in that specification. |
Living Standard |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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createTextNode | Chrome Full support 1 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 1 | IE Full support 5 | Opera Full support 7 | Safari Full support 1 | WebView Android Full support 1 | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android Full support 10.1 | Safari iOS Full support 1 | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support