Represents a string of text as a node in the document hierarchy.

Members Table

The following table lists the members exposed by the TextNode object.

Attributes/Properties

Property	Description
constructor	Returns a reference to the constructor of an object.
data	Sets or gets the value of a TextNode object.
length	Gets the number of characters in a TextNode object.
nextSibling	Retrieves a reference to the next child of the parent for the object.
nodeName	Retrieves the name of a particular type of node.
nodeType	Retrieves the type of the requested node.
nodeValue	Sets or retrieves the value of a node.
parentNode	Retrieves the parent object in the document hierarchy.
previousSibling	Retrieves a reference to the previous child of the parent for the object.

Methods

Method	Description
appendData	Adds a new character string to the end of the object.
deleteData	Removes a specified range of characters from the object.
insertData	Inserts a new character string in the object at a specified offset.
replaceData	Replaces a specified range of characters in the object with a new character string.
splitText	Divides a text node at the specified index.
substringData	Extracts a range of characters from the object.

Prototypes

Object	Description
Text Constructor	Defines the properties and methods inherited by objects in the Text Constructor prototype chain.

Remarks

Use the createTextNode method to create a TextNode object. After you create the TextNode, you can add to it using the appendChild, replaceNode, or insertBefore methods.

This object is available in script as of Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.

Example

This example uses the TextNode object to change the text of an li object.

<SCRIPT>
function fnChangeText(){
   var oTextNode = document.createTextNode("New List Item 1");
   var oReplaceNode = oItem1.firstChild.replaceNode(oTextNode);
}
</SCRIPT>

<UL onclick = "fnChangeText()">
<LI ID = oItem1>List Item 1
</UL>

Standards Information

This object is defined in HTML 3.2 .