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rated 0 times [ 6] [ 3] / answers: 1 / hits: 28251 / 13 Years ago, fri, april 22, 2011, 12:00:00

i have:

<td id=td1>

     <div>

          aaaaaa

     </div>

</td>

how can i get the innerHTML of the child of td1 ?

function displaymessage() {

    var i = 0;

    alert(document.getElementById(td1).childNodes[0].innerHTML);

}

dosen't work.

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answered 13 Years ago cameron · Accepted Answer

Some browsers interpret a line break as the first childNode. So you can do:

document.getElementById(td1).childNodes[1].innerHTML

or a safer method

document.getElementById(td1).getElementsByTagName('div')[0].innerHTML

[edit 2019]
or more modern

document.querySelector(td1 > div).innerHTML