Revision 946299 of Node.innerText

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<h2 id="Summary">Summary</h2>

<p><code><strong>Node.innerText</strong></code> is a nonstandard property that represents the text content of a node and its descendants. As a getter, it approximates the text the user would get if they highlighted the contents of the element with the cursor and then copied to the clipboard.</p>

<p>{{domxref("Node.textContent")}} is a somewhat similar standardized alternative, although there are important differences between the two.</p>

<h2 id="Specification">Specification</h2>

<p>Not part of any specification.</p>

<p>Microsoft <a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/ms533899(v=vs.85).aspx">has a description on MSDN</a>.</p>

<p><a href="https://perfectionkills.com/the-poor-misunderstood-innerText/">kangax's blog post</a> has a strawman draft of a specification.</p>

<h2 id="Browser_Compatibility" name="Browser_Compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>

<p>{{ CompatibilityTable() }}</p>

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 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th>Feature</th>
   <th>Chrome</th>
   <th>Firefox (Gecko)</th>
   <th>Internet Explorer</th>
   <th>Opera</th>
   <th>Safari (WebKit)</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Basic support</td>
   <td>4</td>
   <td>{{ CompatGeckoDesktop(45) }}</td>
   <td>6</td>
   <td>9.6 (probably earlier)</td>
   <td>3</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
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  <tr>
   <th>Feature</th>
   <th>Android</th>
   <th>Firefox Mobile (Gecko)</th>
   <th>IE Mobile</th>
   <th>Opera Mobile</th>
   <th>Safari Mobile</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Basic support</td>
   <td>2.3 (probably earlier)</td>
   <td>{{ CompatGeckoMobile(45) }}</td>
   <td>10 (probably earlier)</td>
   <td>12</td>
   <td>4.1 (probably earlier)</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
</div>

<h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>

<ul>
 <li>{{domxref("Node.outerText")}}</li>
 <li>{{domxref("Element.innerHTML")}}</li>
</ul>