What is the basic difference between an element node and a text node? In JS in a DOM tree as innerHTML
is only valid for element nodes. I’m curious to know the difference so I can understand innerHTML
completely.
>Solution :
In the Document Object Model (DOM), an element node is a node that represents an HTML element, such as div
, p
, img
etc. An element node can have attributes, child nodes (including other element nodes and text nodes), and can be manipulated using JavaScript to change its attributes or add/remove child nodes.
On the other hand, a text node is a node that represents the text content of an element.
innerHTML
is a property of element nodes in the DOM that allows you to set or get the HTML content of an element. It returns a string representation of the element’s children, including any text nodes. However, it is not valid for text nodes themselves.