Javascript create element and add HTML

Question

say for instance i have the following line:

        var arrowBase = document.createElement('div')

Now within this div tag i want to add some HTML (i.e text).

Then i tried the following:

arrowBase.innerHTML('hello');

However this does nothing:S

i have also tried: arrowBase.HTML('hello');

But once again without any result

I know is that rather simple but in my search i could'nt find the answer hope someone is able to help me out here

When OP said it didn't work, I assumed he saw no evidence. Not appending it could be a reason. — user2625787
– user2625787, Commented Sep 16, 2013 at 13:00
Sounds like you'll swim easier with jQuery: $("#arrowBase").html("hello"); — user447356
– user447356, Commented Sep 16, 2013 at 13:03

epascarello · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-16 12:58:03Z

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Read the docs, it is not a method.

arrowBase.innerHTML = 'hello';

answered Sep 16, 2013 at 12:58

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ekuusela · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-16 12:21:32Z

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arrowBase.textContent = "HELLO"

also does the same thing but only text can be specified. Whereas in innerHTML html tags can be specified along with the text.

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answered Apr 16, 2015 at 12:01

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