How can I change an element's text without changing its child elements?

Question

I\'d like to update element\'s text dynamically:

   **text to change**
   
       text t         


        
      

Answer 1

Just wrap the text you want to change in a span with a class to select.

Doesn't necessarily answer your question I know, but, probably a better coding practice. Keep things clean and simple

   **text to change**
   

       text that should not change
   
   

       text that should not change
   

Voilà!

$('#header .mytext').text('New text here')