innerhtml

[louandel]

Very simply what is innerhtml , what is it used for, and how is it used with javasceript?thanxlouandel

[aalbetski]

I believe this is a Microsoft extension to the HTML DOM and is not a standard across all browers.http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default....s/innerHTML.asp

[Chocolate570]

innerHTML is very much a web standard :)The innerHTML of an element is a property which contains all of the HTML inside the element.For example,<p>blahblahblah<b>blka</b></p>If you retrieved the innerHTML of the p element, you'd get:blahblahblah<b>blka</b>Hope that helps. :)Choco

[aalbetski]

from http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/DOM:element.innerHTML

Though not actually a part of the W3C DOM specification, this property provides a simple way to completely replace the contents of an element. For example, the entire contents of the document body can be deleted by: document.body.innerHTML = ""; // Replaces body content with an empty string.The innerHTML property of many types of elements—including BODY or HTML—can be returned or replaced. It can be used to view the source of a page that has been modified dynamically: // Copy and paste into address bar as a single linejava script:x=document.body.innerHTML.replace(/</g,'<').replace(/\n/g,'<br>'); document.body.innerHTML = x;As there is no public specification for this property, implementations differ widely. For example, when text is entered into a text input, IE will change the value attribute of the input's innerHTML property but Gecko browsers do not. It should never be used to write parts of a table—W3C DOM methods should be used for that—though it can be used to write an entire table or the contents of a cell.

from http://www.webreference.com/js/tips/001209.html

The innerHTML property of elements in IE, is not part of the W3C DOM. Nevertheless, in response to customers' requests, Mozilla- and Gecko-based browsers (such as Netscape 6) decided to support it in builds dated May 19, 2000 or later (Mozilla M16 and later, Netscape 6 PR2 and later).

It cannot be guaranteed that every browser will support this property. It was (at least originally) limited to IE only

[louandel]

innerHTML is very much a web standard :)The innerHTML of an element is a property which contains all of the HTML inside the element.For example,<p>blahblahblah<b>blka</b></p>If you retrieved the innerHTML of the p element, you'd get:blahblahblah<b>blka</b>Hope that helps. :)Choco

Yes thats moved me on choco. Thanks for answering. louandel

from http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/DOM:element.innerHTML

Thanks for that answer. Im geting the hang of it now. But it bothers me that it cant be used on all browsers.louandel

[Webworldx]

You should find any new browser supports it fine, it's just the older ones like the previous explorer mac's that have problems with it.

[Chocolate570]

And almost no one uses explorer mac, so you can warn them if they are that your site wont work well.

[aspnetguy]

Personally I only support IE6+, FF 1.5+, Opera 9, and Safari. Other than that those 3-5% are on their own!