The HTML DOM innerHTML property returns and allow us to modify inner HTML of an element. The inner HTML is the content.
Syntax
Following is the syntax −
1. Returning innerHTML
object.innerHTML
2. Setting inner HTML
object.innerHTML=”value”
Here, “value” represents the content or nested HTML elements.
Example
Let us see an example of innerHTML property −
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
body{
text-align:center;
}
.outer-box{
background-color:#347924;
width:200px;
height:200px;
padding:10px;
text-align:center;
font-weight:bold;
color:white;
margin:1rem auto;
}
.inner-box{
width:100px;
height:100px;
margin:3rem auto;
background-color:#8dce79;
}
.inner-circle{
width:100px;
height:100px;
border-radius:50%;
background-color:#8dce79;
margin:3rem auto;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>innerHTML property Example</h1>
<div class="outer-box">
</div>
<button onclick="getsquare()">Get Square</button>
<button onclick="getcircle()">Get Circle</button>
<script>
function getsquare() {
var outerBox = document.querySelector('.outer-box');
outerBox.innerHTML ='<div class="inner-box">square</div>';
}
function getcircle() {
var outerBox = document.querySelector('.outer-box');
outerBox.innerHTML ='<div class="inner-circle">circle</div>';
}
</script>
</body>
</html>Output
This will produce the following output −
Click on “Get Square” button to display square inside green square.
Now, click on “Get Circle” button to display circle inside green square.
