Alternative for innerHTML?

Question

I\'m wondering if there\'s a way to change the text of anything in HTML without using innerHTML.

Reason I\'m asking is because it\'s kinda frowned upon by the W3C. I

Answer 1

It appears to me that the CSS+HTML+JS combination should achieve desired effects:

.myelement:before {   
    content: attr(alt);
} 

...

 

...

element.setAttribute('alt', 'new value'); 

Does anyone know if this works in practice?