The HTML DOM insertAdjacentText() method inserts text string at a specified position.
Syntax
Following is the syntax −
Calling insertAdjacentText() with parameters of positionString and text
node.insertAdjacentText(“positionString”, text)
Position Strings
Here, “positionString” can be the following −
| positionString | Description |
|---|---|
| afterbegin | It inserts text after the beginning of node element |
| afterend | It inserts text after the node element |
| beforebegin | It inserts text before the node element |
| beforeend | It inserts text before the end of node element |
Example
Let us see an example for InsertAdjacentText() method −
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>insertAdjacentText()</title>
<style>
form {
width:70%;
margin: 0 auto;
text-align: center;
}
* {
padding: 2px;
margin:5px;
}
input[type="button"] {
border-radius: 10px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<fieldset>
<legend>insertAdjacentText( )</legend>
<h1>First Muslim President of India</h1>
<h2 id="president">A.P.J Abdul Kalam</h2>
<input type="button" onclick="rectifyName()" value="Correct Name">
</fieldset>
</form>
<script>
function rectifyName() {
var presidentH2 = document.getElementById("president");
presidentH2.insertAdjacentText("afterbegin", "DR. ");
}
</script>
</body>
</html>Output
This will produce the following output −
Before clicking ‘Correct Name’ button −
After clicking ‘Correct Name’ button −
