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 July 2015.
The DocumentType.replaceWith()
method replaces the document type with a set of given nodes.
Syntax
js
replaceWith(node1)
replaceWith(node1, node2)
replaceWith(node1, node2, /* …, */ nodeN)
Parameters
node1
, …,nodeN
-
A set of nodes to replace the
DocumentType
with.
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
let svg_dt = 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(svg_dt);
Specifications
Specification |
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DOM # ref-for-dom-childnode-replacewith① |
Browser compatibility
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