JavaScript Reference/Javascript Methods/getAdjacentText
"getAdjacentText()" Example
<html>
<body>
<p>This is some <b id="myBold">Adjacent Text</b> example</p>
<input type="button" value="Find text"
onclick="alert(myBold.getAdjacentText("beforeBegin"));">
</body>
</html>
"getAdjacentText()" is applied to
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| Applied_To |<a> <acronym> |
| |<address> <applet> |
| |<area> <b> |
| |<base> <basefont> |
| |<bdo> <big> |
| |<blockquote> <body> |
| |<br> <button> |
| |<caption> <center> |
| |<cite> <code> |
| |<col> <colgroup> |
| |<comment> <custom> |
| |<dd> <del> |
| |<dfn> <dir> |
| |<div> <dl> |
| |<dt> <em> |
| |<embed> <fieldset> |
| |<font> <form> |
| |<frame> <frameset> |
| |<head> <hn> |
| |<hr> <html> |
| |<i> <iframe> |
| |<img> <input type="button"> |
| |<input type="checkbox"> <input type="file"> |
| |<input type="hidden"> <input type="image"> |
| |<input type="password"> <input type="radio"> |
| |<input type="reset"> <input type="submit"> |
| |<input type="text"> <ins> |
| |<kbd> <label> |
| |<legend> <li> |
| |<link> <listing> |
| |<map> <marquee> |
| |<menu> <object> |
| |<ol> <option> |
| |<p> <plaintext> |
| |<pre> <q> |
| |<s> <samp> |
| |<script> <select> |
| |<small> <span> |
| |<strike> <strong> |
| |<sub> <sup> |
| |<table> <tbody> |
| |<td> <textarea> |
| |<tfoot> <th> |
| |<thead> <title> |
| |<tr> <tt> |
| |<u> <ul> |
| |<var> <xmp> |
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"getAdjacentText()" Syntax, Parameters and Note
Note:
Returns the text in the specified position.
Syntax:
document.all.elementID.getAdjacentText(param1)
Parameters:
param1
afterBegin (just after the beginning of the element),
beforeEnd (just before the end of the element),
afterEnd (just after the end of the element).