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JavaScript

Posted by Rami Saleh Alsayed
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Rami Saleh Alsayed
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 13,484 Points

when I used innerHTML instead of textContent in below code I got same result , so what is the difference please ? 

form.addEventListener('submit', (e) => {
      e.preventDefault();                
    const text = input.value;
    const ul = document.getElementById('invitedList');
    const li = document.createElement('li');
    li.textContent = text;
    ul.appendChild(li);

  });

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,141 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,141 Points

The difference would only be seen if your value contained some HTML markup.
Try it both ways with "<h1>Testing</h1>" in the input box and you'll see:

Testing

:point_up: innerHTML
:point_down: textContent

<h1>Testing</h1>

Rami Saleh Alsayed
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Rami Saleh Alsayed
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 13,484 Points

Thank you so much!