HTMLElement.outerText

Non-standard
This feature is non-standard and is not on a standards track. Do not use it on production sites facing the Web: it will not work for every user. There may also be large incompatibilities between implementations and the behavior may change in the future.

HTMLElement.outerText is a non-standard property. As a getter, it returns the same value as Node.innerText. As a setter, it removes the current node and replaces it with the given text.

Example

See this StackOverflow answer.

Specification

Not part of any specification. Standards discussion: whatwg/html#668.

Browser compatibility

DesktopMobile
ChromeEdgeFirefoxInternet ExplorerOperaSafariAndroid webviewChrome for AndroidFirefox for AndroidOpera for AndroidSafari on iOSSamsung Internet
outerText
Non-standard
Chrome Full support 43Edge Full support 12Firefox No support NoIE Full support YesOpera Full support YesSafari Full support 6WebView Android Full support 43Chrome Android Full support 43Firefox Android No support NoOpera Android Full support YesSafari iOS Full support YesSamsung Internet Android Full support 4.0

Legend

Full support
Full support
No support
No support
Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.
Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.

See also