[Javascript] createTextNode and special characters

[J. Lester Novros II]

Dear Normann,

On 05/24/2002 03:33 PM, Immanuel Normann wrote:
> I want to create dynamically text with special characters like ä
> Therefore I want to use document.createTextNode('ä');

Ah, took me a while to figure that one out. 'createTextNode' does exactly what 
it says, it creates a *text* node. The '&foo;' notation, however, is an HTML 
construct and is not interpreted as such in a text node. What you want is the 
'innerHTML' property of the node, like this:

    var t = document.createElement('div');
    t.innerHTML = 'ä';
    document.body.appendChild(t);

Then, the '&foo;' construct *is* interpreted as HTML which will yield the 
desired result.

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