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Element: replaceWith() method

The Element.replaceWith() method replaces this Element in the children list of its parent with a set of Node or string objects. String objects are inserted as equivalent Text nodes.

Syntax

replaceWith(param1)
replaceWith(param1, param2)
replaceWith(param1, param2, /* …, */ paramN)

Parameters

param1, …, paramN: A set of Node or string objects to replace.

Return value

None (undefined).

Exceptions

HierarchyRequestError DOMException: Thrown when the node cannot be inserted at the specified point in the hierarchy.

Examples

Using `replaceWith()`

const div = document.createElement("div");
const p = document.createElement("p");
div.appendChild(p);
const span = document.createElement("span");

p.replaceWith(span);

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

`replaceWith()` is unscopable

The replaceWith() method is not scoped into the with statement. See Symbol.unscopables for more information.

with (node) {
  replaceWith("foo");
}
// ReferenceError: replaceWith is not defined

Specifications

Specification
DOM Standard # ref-for-dom-childnode-replacewith①

Browser compatibility

	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	WebView Android	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet
`replaceWith`	54	17	49	No	39	10	54	54	49	41	10	6.0