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HTML DOM Span object
The HTML DOM span object is associated with the HTML <span> element. We can create and access span element using the createElement() and getElementById() method respectively.
Syntax
Following is the syntax for −
Creating a span object −
var a = document.createElement("SPAN");
Example
Let us look at an example for the span object −
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <h1>Span object example</h1> <p>Create a span element by clicking the below button</p> <button onclick="createSpan()">CREATE</button> <p>This is some text inside a p element</p> <script> function createSpan() { var s = document.createElement("SPAN"); var txt = document.createTextNode("This is some text inside the span element"); s.appendChild(txt); document.body.appendChild(s); } </script> </body> </html>
Output
This will produce the following output −
On clicking the CREATE button −
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