jQuery - html( ) Method

Description

The html( val ) method gets the html contents (innerHTML) of the first matched element. This property is not available on XML documents.

Syntax

Here is the simple syntax to use this method −

selector.html( )

Parameters

Here is the description of all the parameters used by this method −

Example

Following is a simple example a simple showing the usage of this method −

Live Demo

<html>
   <head>
      <title>The jQuery Example</title>
      <script type = "text/javascript" 
         src = "https://www.tutorialspoint.com/jquery/jquery-3.6.0.js">
      </script>
		
      <script type = "text/javascript" language = "javascript">
         $(document).ready(function() {
            $("div").click(function () {
               var content = $(this).html();
               $("#result").html(content);
            });
         });
      </script>
		
      <style>
         .div{ margin:10px;padding:12px; border:2px solid #666; width:60px;}
      </style>	
   </head>
		
   <body>
      <p>Click on any square below to see the result:</p>
      <p id = "result"> THIS IS TEST </p>
		
      <div class = "div" style = "background-color:blue;">
         <h1>This is square one </h1>
      </div>
		
      <div class = "div" style = "background-color:green;">
         <h1>This is square two </h1>
      </div>
		
      <div class = "div" style = "background-color:red;">
         <h1>This is square three </h1>
      </div>
   </body>
</html>

This will produce following result −

jquery-dom.htm