createtextnode

I'm generating content dynamically and in some instances, I need to set a   as the only content of a <span> element. However, the following adds   as text vs adding a empty space: var foo = document.createElement("span") foo = document.createTextNode(" "); which makes sense, so I'm wondering, how would I add   correctly without (!) using innerHTML Thanks for help! You can use a unicode literal for a non breaking space : var foo = document.createTextNode("\u00A0"); CodeFanatic If you don't want to use innerHTML , you can use a hexadecimal escape. The most common: \x20 – standard space or \s

I have a problem with createTextNode method e special characters like '>', '<': Dim xmlDoc As DOMDocument Dim codeXML as String Dim n As IXMLDOMNode codeXML = '<data>value</data>' Set n = xmlDoc.createTextNode(codeXML) I need a result like this: <main><data>value</data></main> but I get <main><data>value</data></main> How can I solve that problem? Thank you very much. One way would be to create a second Document to serve as the XML parser for these XML literals. You can use LoadXML to pass the string in and get validated XML objects. You can then Import the node to the original/main DOM

The title is pretty clear: Is there any major difference between innerHTML and createTextNode (used with Append ) to fill a span with text? Of course. createTextNode will escape any strings and show them as they are, while innerHTML could render html-like strings into a DOM. If you don't want that (unless you are sure the text contains no unescaped tags, e.g. when assigning a literal directly), you can use textContent (or innerText for IE). Yet I'd recommend createTextNode , because all browsers support it equally without any quirks. My understanding is that certain manipulations of innerHTML