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 July 2015.
The replaceWith() method of the CharacterData interface
replaces this node in the children list of its parent
with a set of Node objects or string.
Strings are inserted as Text nodes; the string is being passed as argument to the Text() constructor.
Syntax
js
replaceWith(...nodes)
Parameters
nodesOptional-
A comma-separated list of
Nodeobjects or strings that will replace the current node.
Note: If no arguments are passed in, this method removes the node from the DOM tree.
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
let text = document.getElementById("myText").firstChild;
let em = document.createElement("em");
em.textContent = "Italic text";
text.replaceWith(em); // Replace `Some text` by `Italic text`
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| DOM Standard # ref-for-dom-childnode-replacewith① |
Browser compatibility
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