Change text between tags with javascript

Question

I'd like to change some text that is between those tags :

<div id=thing>
<a href=link></a>texttochangehere<a href=link2></a>
</div>

But without changing the links. I tried replacing only the part I want with innerHTML and substring, but it seems to unlink the tags that another script uses.

textContent vs. innerHTML. See also innerText.

Teemu
– Teemu

2013-06-25 15:58:50 +00:00
Commented Jun 25, 2013 at 15:58 — Teemu
– Teemu, Commented Jun 25, 2013 at 15:58
stackoverflow.com/a/8118165/2256325

Sergio
– Sergio

2013-06-25 15:59:31 +00:00
Commented Jun 25, 2013 at 15:59 — Sergio
– Sergio, Commented Jun 25, 2013 at 15:59

dakab · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-14 18:54:32Z

6

There are at least two ways to achieve your goal:

String replacement and HTML parsing (using innerHTML)
DOM manipulation setting the text node (using textContent)

var div = document.getElementById('thing');

// replace text in HTML string:
div.innerHTML = div.innerHTML.replace('texttochangehere','changedtext');

// manipulating text node:
for(var node of div.childNodes){
    if(node.nodeType == 3 && node.textContent == 'texttochangehere')
        node.textContent = 'changedtext';
}

answered Aug 14, 2015 at 18:54

dakab

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dakab Over a year ago

In lieu of the magic number 3, we can also use the equivalent constant Node.TEXT_NODE, which might improve readability. (See MDN, DOM Standard)

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