Element types?
Can be anything, so <div id=”, <span id=”, <p id=”, etc
N.B. You need to place the <script> after the HTML element, or call it within say window.onload = function() (the div or whatever tag you’ve used must be before the javascript on the page)
In your html
<div id="my_target_div"></div>To manipulate text within a block of text you could you span instead of div
In your javascript – Referencing by ID Name
document.getElementById('MyTargetIdName').innerHTML = "<p>Hello</p>";
//or
<script>document.getElementById('MyTargetIdName').innerHTML = "<p>Hello</p>";</script>In your javascript – Referencing by Class Name
document.getElementsByClassName('MyTargetClassName')[0].style.visibility = "visible" ;
//When you getElementsByClassName an array is retutrned, because there can be more than one element using the same class.If using jquery
$("#my_target_div").html("<p>Hello</p>");
Note that this will overwrite if you already have content between the div tags
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