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JavaScript

Posted by rolandlearns
rolandlearns
4,223 Points

How to I automatically format text (asign classes/elements to parts) loaded with AJAX from a text file?

I have a personal Website that's only accessible by myself and learned how to load text from a txt file into a HTML file with AJAX.

This is great and exactly what I've been looking for to organise my site, but now I wonder how I can markup the text in my txt file so that parts automatically get assigned CSS classes or put into HTML elements.

How is this done?

Thank you :)

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,264 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,264 Points

When you load your text file into your page, where do you put it? If you place it into the innerHTML property of an existing element, then any markup it contains should automatically be rendered as HTML and styled using the appropriate CSS rules.

If that doesn't resolve your issue, try sharing your code here to facilitate analysis and more specific answer.