I am trying to get the text from within a tag - but that tag has a nested node, too which I don't want. How do I just get the text?

For example

<div id="i_want_the_text_in_this_div">
  <span id="but_not_this_one">
   ignore this text
  </span> 
  keep this text
</div>

I am trying to get the text from within a tag - but that tag has a nested node, too which I don't want. How do I just get the text?

For example

<div id="i_want_the_text_in_this_div">
  <span id="but_not_this_one">
   ignore this text
  </span> 
  keep this text
</div>

• javascript
• dom
• dojo

2 Answers 2

Try: dojo.query('#i_want_the_text_in_this_div')[0].lastChild.textContent;

Use dojo.attr(node, 'innerHTML') as textContent does not work in IE