04. Modifying text & attributes fields
Let's now talk about accessing and updating text nodes and attribute fields.
Accessing and updating text nodes
First we must select the element that contains the particular text node we want to edit. We can store its reference into a variable, and use the firstChild property to access its text element. Any text within any of our element's children will not be included.
nodeValue
The text of the text node can be accessed using its only property, nodeValue. Through this variable, we may access or update the text node.
var item = querySelector('li');
itemText = item.firstChild;
itemText.nodeValue;The nodeValue property simply returns the content of the node.
innerHTML
Another approach is the use innerHTML, which obtains all the text and markup inside of an element. This will access all child elements and the text content within. innerHTML should not be used, as it is not considered a standard by the W3C.
textContent
The standard way to accessing text is through the textContent variable.
Setting this node will remove all child elements within, and replace it with the given text.
Using textContent is more powerful than innerHTML, since HTML elements are not parsed; this allows you to to write HTML character within an element.
Accessing and updating attributes
As you should recall, attributes are the properties given to an HTML element. For example, the anchor tag (<a href=""></a>) should always have an href attribute. Let's now look at the methods that are used to access, modify and update these attributes.
hasAttribute(a)- True if the element contains the attribute
a, otherwise False. getAttribute(a)- Return value of the attribute
a. setAttribute(a, b)- Set the attribute value
atob. removeAttribute(a)- Removes the
aattribute from the element.
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