HTML | DOM Paragraph Object
The DOM paragraph object is used to represent the HTML <p> element. The p element is accessed by getElementById().
Syntax:
document.getElementById("id");
Where ‘id’ is the ID assigned to the p tag.
Below programs illustrate the p object:
Property Values
- align: It is used to set or return the alignment of the paragraph element.
Example-1: In the below program the paragraph element is assigned the id = “s”. On click of the button, the paragraph element is accessed and the color of the paragraph text is changed.
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<!DOCTYPE html> < html > < body > < center > < h1 style = "color:green;" > GeeksForGeeks </ h1 > < h2 >DOM paragraph Object</ h2 > < button onclick = "Geeks()" >Click Here</ button > < p id = "s" >A computer science portal for geeks.</ p > < script > function Geeks() { var txt = document.getElementById("s"); txt.style.color = "green"; } </ script > </ body > </ html > |
Output:
Before clicking on button:
After clicking on button:
Example-2: Paragraph Object can be created by using the document.createElement method. In the below program we create a paragraph element and append a text node to it.
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<!DOCTYPE html> < html > < body > < center > < h1 style = "color:green;" > GeeksForGeeks </ h1 > < h2 >DOM paragraph Object</ h2 > < button onclick = "Geeks()" >Click Here!</ button >< br >< br > < div id = "p" ></ div > < script > function Geeks() { var txt = document.createElement("P"); var t = document.createTextNode("A computer science portal for geeks."); txt.appendChild(t); document.getElementById("p").appendChild(txt); } </ script > </ body > </ html > |
Output:
Before clicking on button:
After clicking on button:
Supported Browsers:
- Google Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox
- Edge
- Safari
- Opera