JavaScript Reference/Javascript Methods/normalize
"normalize()" Example
<html>
<body>
<script language="JavaScript">
function function1() {
document.all.myP.normalize();
alert("The second paragraph has been normalized");
}
</script>
<p>First paragraph.</p>
<p id="myP">Second paragraph.</p>
<input id="myB"
type="button"
value="Normalize second paragraph"
onclick="function1();">
</body>
</html>
"normalize()" is applied to
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| Applied_To |<a> <acronym> |
| |<address> <applet> |
| |<area> <b> |
| |<base> <basefont> |
| |<bdo> <bgsound> |
| |<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> <isindex> |
| |<kbd> <label> |
| |<legend> <li> |
| |<link> <listing> |
| |<map> <marquee> |
| |<menu> <meta> |
| |<nobr> <noframes> |
| |<noscript> <object> |
| |<ol> <optgroup> |
| |<option> <p> |
| |<param> <plaintext> |
| |<pre> <q> |
| |<rt> <ruby> |
| |<s> <samp> |
| |<script> <select> |
| |<small> <span> |
| |<strike> <strong> |
| |style <sub> |
| |<sup> <table> |
| |<tbody> <td> |
| |<textarea> <tfoot> |
| |<th> <thead> |
| |<title> <tr> |
| |<tt> <u> |
| |<ul> <var> |
| |<wbr> <xml> |
| |<xmp> |
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"normalize()" Syntax, Parameters and Note
Note:
Merges two adjacent text nodes into a single text node.
Syntax:
In the syntax below, elementID refers to either of two adjacent text nodes.
document.getElementById("elementID").normalize()
document.all.elementID.normalize() // IE only