12389 2011-03-28 17:41:35 +0000 replaceWholeText should not remove the context node, just change its data 2011-09-07 13:06:58 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified WebAppsWG DOM unspecified All All RESOLVED FIXED P2 minor --- 1 ayg annevk mike www-dom public-webapps-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 47008 0 ayg 2011-03-28 17:41:35 +0000 The current spec says """ The replaceWholeText(data) method must run these steps: 1. Remove the contiguous Text nodes of the context object. 2. If data is not the empty string, insert a new Text node whose data is data at the place of the removed nodes, return the new Text node, and then terminate these steps. 3. Return null. """ But in fact browsers don't remove the node itself, they only remove siblings. Test case: data:text/html,<!doctype html> <p>Abc</p> <script> var original = document.querySelector("p").firstChild; document.body.textContent = original.replaceWholeText("Def") == original; </script> Results in "true" in Firefox 4.0, Chrome 11 dev, and Opera 11. (I didn't have IE available for easy testing.) The spec should say that if data is not the empty string, the contiguous Text nodes of the context objects must be removed except for the context object itself, then the context object's data should be set and the method should return the context object. 56463 1 annevk 2011-09-07 13:06:58 +0000 https://bitbucket.org/ms2ger/dom-core/changeset/50af8e2bac3e Though note bug 13046.