The short answer is to put in a span tag in the location that you want the content to appear.
Give the span tag a UNIQUE id and use the DOM method getElementById( tag id )
then insert the content. In the simplest form as a string.
<span id="spanID"></span>
// javascript source
let target = document.getElementById('spanID');
if(target.hasChildNodes())
{
target.childNodes[0].data = 'text to insert';
}
else
{
target.appendChild(document.createTextNode('text to insert'));
}
The above will insert a string as a child of the span tag
<span id="spanID">text to insert</span>
But this can get very complicated if you need to insert other elements
It is worth mentioning also, that the span tag should be a child of a pre
tag. trying to insert text in a p tag will not result in the expected behavior
of a p tag, in my experience. The span tag will inherit what ever the
CSS rules are assigned to the pre tag. The pre tag is for pre formatted
strings as well as most other elements
<pre><span id='SPID'></span></pre>
This also assumes that you have enough experience with javascript to
know how to use this successfully.
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> On Mar 15, 2025, at 9:53 AM, bruce <badouglas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> Combination php/js issue.
>
> Trying to find example/explanation on how to insert content froma link into a given area. Just as a test, did a test webapp, and tested
> http://1.2.3.4:/aa.html and the entire page was displayed from exa,img the page source. . So, I was curious as yo the process if I had a menu item, that returned content, if I wanted to insert that content into an area on a page. How to accomplish this.
>
> Searching, haven't found an explanation yet.
>
> thanks
>
