Comment: Comment() constructor
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The Comment() constructor returns a newly created
Comment object with the optional string given in
parameter as its textual content.
Syntax
js
new Comment()
new Comment(content)
Parameters
contentOptional-
A string representing the textual content of the comment.
Return value
A new Comment containing content, or the empty string if no parameter was given.
Example
js
const comment = new Comment("Test");
Specifications
| Specification |
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| DOM # ref-for-dom-comment-comment① |
Browser compatibility
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Comment() constructor | ||||||||||||
See also
- The DOM interfaces index
Document.createComment()is an outdated alternative to this constructor.