The HTML DOM innerText property returns and allow us to modify inner text content of an HTML element.
Syntax
Following is the syntax −
1. Returning inner text
object.innerText
2. Setting inner text
object.innerText=”text”
Example
Let us see an example of innerText property −
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
body{
text-align:center;
}
.box{
background-color:#347924;
width:100px;
padding:10px;
text-align:center;
font-weight:bold;
font-size:1.5rem;
color:white;
margin:1rem auto;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>innerText property Example</h1>
<div class="box">
</div>
<button onclick="writeHi()">Write Hi</button>
<button onclick="writeHello()">Write Hello</button>
<script>
function writeHi() {
var outerBox = document.querySelector('.box');
outerBox.innerText ='HI';
}
function writeHello() {
var outerBox = document.querySelector('.box');
outerBox.innerText ='HELLO';
}
</script>
</body>
</html>Output
This will produce the following output −
Click on “Write Hi/Write Hello” button to change inner text of green box.
