JavaScript Reference/Javascript Methods/replaceChild
"replaceChild()" Example
<html>
<body>
<script language="JavaScript">
function function1() {
var newElement = document.createElement("u");
newElement.innerHTML = "Text";
var oldElement = document.all.myBold;
document.all.myDiv.replaceChild(newElement, oldElement);
}
</script>
<button onclick="function1();">Replace text</button>
<div id="myDiv"
style="width:300; height:200; border:solid black 1px;">Sample
<b id="myBold">text</b>
</div>
</body>
</html>
"replaceChild()" is applied to
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| Applied_To |<a> <acronym> |
| |<address> <applet> |
| |<area> attribute |
| |<b> <base> |
| |<basefont> <bdo> |
| |<big> <blockquote> |
| |<body> <br> |
| |<button> <caption> |
| |<center> <cite> |
| |<code> <col> |
| |<colgroup> <comment> |
| |<dd> <del> |
| |<dfn> <dir> |
| |<div> <dl> |
| |<dt> <em> |
| |<fieldset> <font> |
| |<form> <frame> |
| |<frameset> <head> |
| |<hn> <hr> |
| |<html> <i> |
| |<iframe> <img> |
| |<input> <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> <noframes> |
| |<noscript> <object> |
| |<ol> <optgroup> |
| |<option> <p> |
| |<param> <plaintext> |
| |<pre> <q> |
| |<s> <samp> |
| |<script> <select> |
| |<small> <span> |
| |<strike> <strong> |
| |<style> <sub> |
| |<sup> <table> |
| |<tbody> <td> |
| |<textarea> <tfoot> |
| |<th> <thead> |
| |<title> <tr> |
| |<tt> <u> |
| |<ul> <var> |
| |<xmp> |
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"replaceChild()" Syntax, Parameters and Note
Note:
Replaces one element node with another.
Syntax:
document.getElementById("elementID").replaceChild(param1, param2)
document.all.elementID.replaceChild(param1, param2) // IE only
Parameters:
param1 Required; the replacement element node.
param2 Required; the element node to be replaced.