Summary

Puts the specified node and all of its subtree into a "normalized" form. In a normalized subtree, no text nodes in the subtree are empty and there are no adjacent text nodes.

Syntax

element.normalize();

Example

var wrapper = document.createElement("div");
wrapper.appendChild(document.createTextNode("Part 1 "));
wrapper.appendChild(document.createTextNode("Part 2 "));

// At this point, wrapper.childNodes.length === 2
// wrapper.childNodes[0].textContent === "Part 1 "
// wrapper.childNodes[1].textContent === "Part 2 "

wrapper.normalize();
// Now, wrapper.childNodes.length === 1
// wrapper.childNodes[0].textContent === "Part 1 Part 2"

Notes

Specification

DOM Level 2 Core: Node.normalize

See also

• Text.splitText