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JavaScript JavaScript Basics Hello, JavaScript! JavaScript Practice Challenge

Posted by ishakahmed
ishakahmed
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What is the difference between textContent() and innerText()?

I was wondering what the difference between these two statements: document.querySelector('h1').textContent = "🔥BOOM!🔥"; document.querySelector('h1').innerText = "🔥BOOM!🔥";

2 Answers

Brandon White
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Brandon White
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Brandon White
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Brandon White
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Hi ishakahmed,

Great question. Here’s a link to an article on the innerText property, which discusses how it differs from textContent.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLElement/innerText

Laura Dangler
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Laura Dangler
Laura Dangler
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I tried reading the Web Docs about the differences between textContent() and innerText() and I still don't understand it. Can somebody please explain it to me better for a newbie. Thanks Laura