<html>
<body>
<h3>Differences between innerText and textContent.</h3>
<p id="demo">This p element contains a <span style="display:none">hidden span element</span> and a <span>visible span element</span>.</p>
<button onclick="getTextContent()">Get textContent</button>
<button onclick="getInnerText()">Get innerText</button>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> The textContent property is not supported in Internet Explorer 8 and earlier, and the innerText property is not supported in IE9 and earlier.</p>
<p id="demo"></p>
<script>
function getTextContent() {
alert(document.getElementById("demo").textContent)
}
function getInnerText() {
alert(document.getElementById("demo").innerText)
}
</script>
</body>
</html>