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The DOM span object is used to represent the HTML <span> element. The span element can be accessed by using the getElementById() method. 

Syntax: 

document.getElementById("id"); 

Where ‘id’ is the ID assigned to the span tag.

Example 1: In the below program the content inside the span element is accessed and appended to the paragraph element.  

HTML




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   
<body style="text-align:center">
    <h1 style="color:green; font-size:38px;">
        GeeksForGeeks
    </h1>
    <h2>DOM span Object</h2>
    <p>A computer science portal for
          <span id="span" style="color:green;">geeks</span>.
      </p>
    <button onclick="Geeks()">Click Here!</button>
    <p id="p"></p>
    <script>
        function Geeks() {
            let x = document.getElementById("span").textContent;
            document.getElementById("p").innerHTML = x;
        }
    </script>
</body>
</html>


Output: 

 

Example 2: Span Object can be created by using the document.createElement method. In the below program, a span object is created on click of the button and a text node is appended to it.  

html




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
   
    <h1 style="color:green;">
        GeeksForGeeks
    </h1>
    <h2>DOM span Object</h2>
    <button onclick="myGeeks()">Submit</button>
    <br><br>
    <script>
        <!--Creating span element-->
        function myGeeks() {
            let g = document.createElement("SPAN");
            let f =
                document.createTextNode(
                  "A computer science portal for geeks.");
                g.appendChild(f);
            document.body.appendChild(g);
        }
    </script>
</body>
</html>


Output: 

 

Supported Browsers:

  • Google Chrome
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Edge
  • Safari
  • Opera


Last Updated : 14 Jun, 2023
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