Javascript find text on page

Question

I need to run a search and replace on HTML similar to the following... I need to have \"Find Next\" \"Replace\" and \"Replace All\" options.... the trick is that I need to r

Answer 1

If you must search/replace the html, then use the innerHTML property:

document.getElementById("sheet").innerHTML

But be aware that the browser keeps the DOM in memory as a tree, not as HTML. It only reads HTML to construct the DOM. So you may find element-wise changes are faster.