HTMLScriptElement: text property
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.
* Some parts of this feature may have varying levels of support.
The text property of the HTMLScriptElement interface is a string that reflects the text content inside the <script> element. It acts the same way as the Node.textContent property.
It reflects the text attribute of the <script> element.
Value
A string.
Examples
html
<script id="el" type="text/javascript">
const num = 10;
console.log(num);
</script>
js
const el = document.getElementById("el");
console.log(el.text); // Output: "\n const num = 10;\n console.log(num);\n"
console.log(el.textContent); // Output: "\n const num = 10;\n console.log(num);\n"
el.text = "console.log(10);";
console.log(el.text); // Output: "console.log(10);"
console.log(el.textContent); // Output: "console.log(10);"
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML # dom-script-text-dev |
Browser compatibility
| desktop | mobile | |||||||||||
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text | ||||||||||||
Can be set with a TrustedScript instance | ||||||||||||