Examples

Create a text node and append it to the document:

let textNode = document.createTextNode["Hello World"]; document.body.appendChild[textNode];

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Create a

element with a text node:

const h2 = document.createElement["h2"];
const textNode = document.createTextNode["Hello World"];
h2.appendChild[textNode];

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Create a

element with a text node:

const para = document.createElement["p"];
const textNode = document.createTextNode["Hello World"];
para.appendChild[textNode];

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HTML Elements are Nodes

All HTML elements are nodes.

Elements are nodes. Attributes are nodes. Texts are nodes.

Some elements contain other nodes.

Some elements contain text nodes.

Some elements consain attribute nodes.

Definition and Usage

The createTextNode[] method creates a text node.

Syntax

document.createTextNode[text]

Parameters

Return Value

Browser Support

document.createTextNode[] is a DOM Level 1 [1998] feature.

It is fully supported in all browsers:

Example

The six different HTML headings:

This is heading 1

This is heading 2

This is heading 3

This is heading 4

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Definition and Usage

The

to tags are used to define HTML headings.

defines the most important heading. defines the least important heading.

Note: Only use one

per page - this should represent the main heading/subject for the whole page. Also, do not skip heading levels - start with

, then use

, and so on.

Browser Support

Element

-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Global Attributes

The

to tags also supports the Global Attributes in HTML.

Event Attributes

The

to tags also supports the Event Attributes in HTML.

More Examples

Example

Set the background color and text color of headings [with CSS]:

Hello World

Hello World

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Example

Set the alignment of headings [with CSS]:

This is heading 1

This is heading 2

This is heading 3

This is heading 4

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Related Pages

HTML tutorial: HTML Headings

HTML DOM reference: Heading Object

Default CSS Settings

Most browsers will display the

element with the following default values:

Example

h2 {
  display: block;
  font-size: 2em;
  margin-top: 0.67em;
  margin-bottom: 0.67em;
  margin-left: 0;
  margin-right: 0;
  font-weight: bold;
}

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Most browsers will display the

element with the following default values:

Example

h2 {
  display: block;
  font-size: 1.5em;
  margin-top: 0.83em;
  margin-bottom: 0.83em;
  margin-left: 0;
  margin-right: 0;
  font-weight: bold;
}

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Most browsers will display the

element with the following default values:

Example

h3 {
  display: block;
  font-size: 1.17em;
  margin-top: 1em;
  margin-bottom: 1em;
  margin-left: 0;
  margin-right: 0;
  font-weight: bold;
}

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Most browsers will display the

element with the following default values:

Example

h4 {
  display: block;
  font-size: 1em;
  margin-top: 1.33em;
  margin-bottom: 1.33em;
  margin-left: 0;
  margin-right: 0;
  font-weight: bold;
}

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Most browsers will display the element with the following default values:

Example

h5 {
  display: block;
  font-size: .83em;
  margin-top: 1.67em;
  margin-bottom: 1.67em;
  margin-left: 0;
  margin-right: 0;
  font-weight: bold;
}

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Most browsers will display the element with the following default values:

Example

h6 {
  display: block;
  font-size: .67em;
  margin-top: 2.33em;
  margin-bottom: 2.33em;
  margin-left: 0;
  margin-right: 0;
  font-weight: bold;
}

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