Javascript - Change html tag type

Question

i have a question, can i replace html tag to another ?

But i don\'t want to make the content blank. like this:

content<         


        

Answer 1

2018 Update:

Use ChildNode.replaceWith() method. As exemplified in MDN docs:

var parent = document.createElement("div");
var child = document.createElement("p");
parent.appendChild(child);
var span = document.createElement("span");

child.replaceWith(span);

console.log(parent.outerHTML);
// "<div><span></span></div>"

More information in the this answer:

Please beware that it as July 2018 is an experimental technology and not supported by IE.

Answer 2

Use

var href=$("#aId").attr('href');

$("#aId").replaceWith($("<div"+href+">" + $("#aId").innerHTML + "</div>"));