Html Replace with Text or an Element- A Complicated Task

If you want to save time when writing anything online, chances are you’ve looked into coding and software to help you. This process can save a significant amount of time, but you have to know what you’re doing. In the following article, we will explore how to replace text with HTML element.

When you are starting out, one of the best places to look at is Stack Overflow (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6794984/replace-text-with-html-element). Here you will get advice from other coders on how to do specific tasks. For example, the user on this thread wants to know how to replace text with certain HTML objects. If you search the thread archives, other people ask questions such as how to replace text inside a div element.

Another great place for some information is w3schools.com (https://www.w3schools.com/js/js_htmldom_html.asp). Here you will get the text you can use for an html replace. There is specific syntax that is required to change any given HTML element. You will be able to see what it looks like written out in code to perform a certain task. Then afterwards, there are written explanations explaining what that stream of code did.

If you want to look at a blog, then James Padolsey writes on these matters (https://j11y.io/javascript/replacing-text-in-the-dom-its-not-that-simple/). He explains right away that your task is not that simple. So, obviously, if you don’t know what you’re doing, you should proceed with caution. He goes over what he believes to be terrible techniques. He doesn’t necessarily propose easy solutions either. What he does is open up a dialogue for other coders. The commentors on the article have their own knowledge. They back up his argument though that there isn’t necessarily a catch all solution when doing an html replace with a certain element or text.