Change Text Inside an Element Using jQury

Change Text Inside an Element Using jQuery

$("#target4").html("<em>#target4</em>");

I don’t understand what this means? I saw no change in the app screen.
Could anyone help me understand what em means and what exactly this piece of code is doing to the app? Thank you.

Using the .html method in jQuery you can include HTML elements instead of purely text.

In this instance, the text is wrapped in <em> tags, which are used to italicize the content found in between tags.

The difference is subtle but is the same difference visible in this simple example:

  • this is plain text, and it is not italicized

  • this text is wrapped in <em> tags and it is therefore itailcized.

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Thanks alot for the quick response :smile:

Glad to be of some assistance :slight_smile: