JavaScript Change the text of a span element

Given an HTML document and the task is to change the text of the span element. There are two properties used to change the content.

HTML DOM textContent Property: This property set/return the text content of the defined node, and all its descendants. By setting the textContent property, the child nodes the removed and replaced by a single text node having the specified string. 

Syntax:

• Return the text content of a node:

node.textContent

• Set the text content of a node:

node.textContent = text

HTML DOM innerText Property: This property set/return the text content of the defined node, and all its descendants. By setting the innerText property, any child nodes are removed and replaced by a single text node having the specified string. 

Syntax:

• Return the text content of a node:

node.innerText

• Set the text content of a node:

node.innerText = text

Example 1: This example changes the content by using textContent property . 

html

<h1 style="color:green;">
    GeeksforGeeks
</h1>

<span id="GFG_Span">
    This is text of Span element.
</span>

<br><br>

<button onclick="gfg_Run()">
    Change
</button>

<p id="GFG_DOWN">
</p>

<script>
    var span = document.getElementById("GFG_Span");
    var el_down = document.getElementById("GFG_DOWN");

    function gfg_Run() {
        span.textContent = "New Span content";
        el_down.innerHTML = "Span content changed";
    }
</script>

Output:

JavaScript Change the text of a span element

Example 2: This example changes the content by using innerText property . 

html

<h1 style="color:green;">
    GeeksforGeeks
</h1>

<span id="GFG_Span">
    This is text of Span element.
</span>

<br><br>

<button onclick="gfg_Run()">
    Change
</button>

<p id="GFG_DOWN">
</p>

<script>
    var span = document.getElementById("GFG_Span");
    var el_down = document.getElementById("GFG_DOWN");

    function gfg_Run() {
        span.innerText = "New Span content";
        el_down.innerHTML = "Span content changed";
    }
</script>

Output:

JavaScript Change the text of a span element