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Asked: 2026-05-15T00:34:48+00:00

For example: XML: <?xml version=1.0?> <?xml-stylesheet type=text/xsl href=example.xsl?> <document> <foo>bar</foo> </document> XSL: <?xml version=1.0?>

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For example:

XML:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="example.xsl"?>
<document>
  <foo>bar</foo>
</document>

XSL:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
  <xsl:template match="/">
    <html>
      <head>
        <title>example</title>
        <script type="text/javascript">
          /* magic javascript that alters the foo-node to contain something else */
        </script>
      </head>
      <body>
        <p>Foo: <xsl:value-of select="foo" /></p>
      </body>
    </html>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

I want that javascript to modify the XML DOM, NOT the HTML DOM!

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  1. Editorial Team

    It’s impossible, and even if it were possible, I have no idea what you’d expect it to do.

    The XML has already been transformed for display, the XSLT doesn’t keep updating the view in real time.

    View Source in a browser will only show the source as-sent, rather than a serialisation of the DOM as-modified.

    Debuggers such as Firebug will show a serialisation of the DOM as displayed, in the browser (i.e. the transformed DOM, plus any scripted modifications).

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