Tutorials using JS
Change text of Paragraph using JavaScript
In this tutorial, you shall learn how to given a paragraph element, change the text content of the paragraph element using JavaScript.
Solution
To set or change the text of a paragraph element using JavaScript, we can use Element.innerText property. Get the paragraph element and set its innerText property with the required text.
paragraphElement.innerText = 'hello world';Program
When user clicks on the button, we get the paragraph with the id message, and set its text using innerText property.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h1>JavaScript Tutorial</h1>
<button id="myBtn">Click me</button>
<p id="message">This is a paragraph.</p>
<script>
document.getElementById("myBtn").addEventListener("click", function() {
const myPara = document.getElementById("message");
//set the text in paragraph element
myPara.innerText = "This is a coded message.";
});
</script>
</body>
</html>