Text.isElementContentWhitespace

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This feature is obsolete. Although it may still work in some browsers, its use is discouraged since it could be removed at any time. Try to avoid using it.

The Text.isElementContentWhitespace read-only property returns a Boolean flag indicating whether or not the text node's content consists solely of whitespace.

Syntax

b = textnode.isElementContentWhitespace;

Example

In the example below, we create a node with mixed display and whitespace characters and the attribute is false.

var tn = document.createTextNode("Hello world");
tn.isElementContentWhitespace; /* evaluates to false */

For a node that is all whitespace characters, the isElementContentWhitespace evaluates to true.

var ws = document.createTextNode("  \t \r\n   ")
ws.isElementContentWhitespace; /* evaluates to true */

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
DOM The definition of 'Text' in that specification.	Living Standard	Removed from the spec.
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Core Specification The definition of 'Text.isElementContentWhitespace' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition.

Feature	Chrome	Firefox (Gecko)	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari
Basic support	Not supported	(Yes) Removed in 10 (10)	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported

Feature	Android	Firefox Mobile (Gecko)	IE Mobile	Opera Mobile	Safari Mobile
Basic support	Not supported	(Yes) Removed in 10.0 (10)	Not supported	Not supported	Not supported

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Last updated by: teoli, Feb 22, 2015, 2:41:35 PM