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

I think you're looking for .prependTo().

http://api.jquery.com/prependTo/

We can also select an element on the page and insert it into another:

$('h2').prependTo($('.container'));

If an element selected this way is inserted elsewhere, it will be moved into the target (not cloned):

  
  
Greetings
  
Hello
  
Goodbye
 

If there is more than one target element, however, cloned copies of the inserted element will be created for each target after the first.