How to insert HTML entities with createTextNode?

Question

If I want to add an ascii symbol form js to a node somewhere? Tried as a TextNode, but it didn\'t parse it as a code:

var dropdownTriggerText =          


        

Answer 1

You can't create nodes with HTML entities. Your alternatives would be to use unicode values

var dropdownTriggerText = document.createTextNode('blabla \u0026');

or set innerHTML of the element. You can of course directly input &...