CharacterData: replaceWith() method
Baseline
Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since April 2018.
The replaceWith() method of the CharacterData interface replaces this CharacterData in the children list of its parent with a set of Node objects or strings. Strings are inserted as equivalent Text nodes. Nothing happens if parentNode is null.
Syntax
js
replaceWith(param1)
replaceWith(param1, param2)
replaceWith(param1, param2, /* …, */ paramN)
Parameters
param1, …,paramN-
A set of
Nodeobjects or strings to insert.
Return value
None (undefined).
Exceptions
HierarchyRequestErrorDOMException-
Thrown when the node cannot be inserted at the specified point in the hierarchy.
Examples
html
<p id="myText">Some text</p>
js
const text = document.getElementById("myText").firstChild;
const em = document.createElement("em");
em.textContent = "Italic text";
text.replaceWith(em); // Replace `Some text` by `Italic text`
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| DOM # ref-for-dom-childnode-replacewith① |