HTML | DOM Span Object
The DOM span object is used to represent the HTML <span> element. The span element can be accessed by using the getElementById() method.
Syntax:
document.getElementById("id");
Where ‘id’ is the ID assigned to the span tag.
Example-1: In the below program the content inside the span element is accessed and appended to the paragraph element.
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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body style = "text-align:center"> <h1 style = "color:green; font-size:38px;" > GeeksForGeeks </h1> <h2>DOM span Object</h2> <p>A computer science portal for <span id="span" style="color:green;">geeks</span>.</p> <button onclick="Geeks()">Click Here!</button> <p id="p"></p> <script> function Geeks() { var x = document.getElementById("span").textContent; document.getElementById("p").innerHTML = x; } </script></body> </html> |
Output:
Before clicking on button:
After clicking on button:
Example-2: Span Object can be created by using the document.createElement method. In the below program, a span object is created on click of the button and a text node is appended to it.
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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <center> <h1 style = "color:green;" > GeeksForGeeks </h1> <h2>DOM span Object</h2> <button onclick="myGeeks()" >Submit</button> <br><br> <script> <!--Creating span element--> function myGeeks() { var g = document.createElement("SPAN"); var f = document.createTextNode("A computer science portal for geeks."); g.appendChild(f); document.body.appendChild(g); } </script> </body> </html> |
Output:
Before clicking on button:
After clicking on button:
Supported Browsers:
- Google Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox
- Edge
- Safari
- Opera
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