DocumentType: 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 DocumentType interface replaces this DocumentType 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 Node objects or strings to insert.

Return value

None (undefined).

Exceptions

HierarchyRequestError DOMException

Thrown when the node cannot be inserted at the specified point in the hierarchy.

Examples

Using replaceWith()

js
const svgDt = document.implementation.createDocumentType(
  "svg:svg",
  "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN",
  "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd",
);

document.doctype.replaceWith(svgDt);

Specifications

Specification
DOM
# ref-for-dom-childnode-replacewith①

Browser compatibility

See also