Document: createComment() 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.
createComment() creates a new comment node, and returns
it.
Syntax
js
createComment(data)
Parameters
data-
A string containing the data to be added to the Comment.
Return value
A new Comment object.
Examples
js
const doc = new DOMParser().parseFromString("<xml></xml>", "application/xml");
const comment = doc.createComment(
"This is a not-so-secret comment in your document",
);
doc.querySelector("xml").appendChild(comment);
console.log(new XMLSerializer().serializeToString(doc));
// Displays: <xml><!--This is a not-so-secret comment in your document--></xml>
Specifications
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