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Getting unparsed (raw) HTML with JavaScript

rated 0 times [ 101] [ 3] / answers: 1 / hits: 21243 / 14 Years ago, mon, october 11, 2010, 12:00:00

I need to get the actual html code of an element in a web page.

For example if the actual html code inside the element is "How to fix"

Running this JavaScript:

getElementById('myE').innerHTML

Gives me "How to fix" which is the parsed HTML.

How can I get the unparsed "How to fix" using JavaScript?

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answered 14 Years ago brandensebastiand · Accepted Answer

What you have should work:

Element test:

<div id=myE>How to&nbsp;fix</div>

JavaScript test:

alert(document.getElementById(myE).innerHTML); //alerts How to&nbsp;fix

You can try it out here. Make sure that wherever you're using the result isn't show   as a space, which is likely the case. If you want to show it somewhere that's designed for HTML, you'll need to escape it.