How to insert text in a td with id, using JavaScript

Question

I know it may be a simple thing, but I can\'t figure out. I am trying to insert some text coming from a JavaScript function onload event into a td.

Answer 1

There are several options... assuming you found your TD by var td = document.getElementyById('myTD_ID'); you can do:

• td.innerHTML = "mytext";

• td.textContent= "mytext";

• td.innerText= "mytext"; - this one may not work outside IE? Not sure

• Use firstChild or children array as previous poster noted.

If it's just the text that needs to be changed, textContent is faster and less prone to XSS attacks (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Node.textContent)