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Asked: 2026-06-08T13:50:12+00:00

Which one should I use? http://reference.sitepoint.com/javascript/CharacterData/data http://reference.sitepoint.com/javascript/Node/nodeValue That site recommends using nodeValue yet shows

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Which one should I use?

http://reference.sitepoint.com/javascript/CharacterData/data

http://reference.sitepoint.com/javascript/Node/nodeValue

That site recommends using nodeValue yet shows data as having far better compatibility.

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    Just use nodeValue, because data specifies it is the same as nodeValue.

    The page clarifies:

    The nodeValue property is the best way of manipulating the value of
    nodes – preferable over more specialized properties, such as data or
    value, because of various browser issues.

    Here is a good answer from another discussion on the topic:

    The nodeValue field is defined for all Nodes and maps to different
    things depending on the node type. The data field is defined on Nodes
    that inherit from CharacterData, which is to say Text, CDATASection,
    and Comment nodes. For those three node types, nodeValue maps straight
    to data. I know it’s weird, but the DOM does have quite a few such
    irrelevant duplication due to trying to make the vendors happy back
    then.

    http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/message/53314

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