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JavaScript - check if node is text type

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Krzysiek

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In this article, we would like to show you how to check if a node is a text type using JavaScript.

Quick solution:

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myNode.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE;

Practical example

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In this example, we check if the node is an element type by getting a handle to myDiv element's first child (which is the text node) and comparing it to the Node.TEXT_NODE returning boolean value.

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<!doctype html>
<html>
<body>
  <div id="my-div">Example text...</div>
  <script>
​
    var myDiv = document.querySelector('#my-div');
    
    var myDivText = myDiv.firstChild;
    console.log(myDivText.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE); // true
​
  </script>
</body>
</html>