Non-standard
This feature is non-standard and is not on a standards track. Do not use it on production sites facing the Web: it will not work for every user. There may also be large incompatibilities between implementations and the behavior may change in the future.
HTMLElement.outerText is a non-standard property. As a getter, it returns the same value as Node.innerText. As a setter, it removes the current node and replaces it with the given text.
Example
See this StackOverflow answer.
Specification
Not part of any specification. Standards discussion: whatwg/html#668.
Browser compatibility
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| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
outerText | Chrome Full support 43 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox No support No | IE Full support Yes | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support 6 | WebView Android Full support 43 | Chrome Android Full support 43 | Firefox Android No support No | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android ? |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Compatibility unknown
- Compatibility unknown
- Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.
- Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.
See also
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