Text: Text() constructor

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since October 2017.

The Text() constructor returns a new Text object with the optional string given in parameter as its textual content.

Syntax

new Text()
new Text(string)

string Optional: A string representing the textual content of the text node.

A new Text object with the content of the string parameter, or the empty string if no parameter was given.

let text = new Text("Test");

Specification
DOM # ref-for-dom-text-text①

	desktop					mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS
`Text()` constructor	Chrome – Full support Chrome 29 (Release date: 2013-08-20) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 16 (Release date: 2017-10-17) footnote Full support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 24 (Release date: 2013-09-17) footnote Full support	Opera – Full support Opera 16 (Release date: 2013-08-27) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 8 (Release date: 2014-10-16) footnote Full support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 29 (Release date: 2013-08-21) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – Full support Firefox for Android 24 (Release date: 2013-09-17) footnote Full support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 16 (Release date: 2013-09-18) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 8 (Release date: 2014-09-17) footnote Full support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 2 (Release date: 2014-10-17) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – Full support WebView on iOS 8 (Release date: 2014-09-17) footnote Full support

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