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ishakahmed
11,359 PointsWhat 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
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 35,771 PointsHi 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
3,301 PointsI 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
Rich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 27,696 PointsRich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 27,696 PointsThis link lists out the differences nicely: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node/textContent#Differences_from_innerText