The HTML DOM span object is associated with the HTML <span> element. We can create and access span element using the createElement() and getElementById() method respectively.
Syntax
Following is the syntax for −
Creating a span object −
var a = document.createElement("SPAN");Example
Let us look at an example for the span object −
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h1>Span object example</h1>
<p>Create a span element by clicking the below button</p>
<button onclick="createSpan()">CREATE</button>
<p>This is some text inside a p element</p>
<script>
function createSpan() {
var s = document.createElement("SPAN");
var txt = document.createTextNode("This is some text inside the span element");
s.appendChild(txt);
document.body.appendChild(s);
}
</script>
</body>
</html>Output
This will produce the following output −
On clicking the CREATE button −
