<html> <body> <a href="/home">BBB</a> <b id="aaaa">bbb</b> <a id="blabla" href="/"> <b>AAA</b><u id="ble">UUU</u>AAAAAAA </a> <a id="bb" href="/">BB</a> <script> function aa() { window.alert(document.getElementById('blabla').innerHTML); window.alert(document.getElementById('ble').innerHTML); } function bb() { document.getElementById('blabla').innerHTML = '<u>test</u><b>OK</b>'; // window.alert(document.getElementsByTagName("HTML")[0].outerHTML); } </script> <button onclick="return aa()">Click me!</button> <button onclick="return bb()">innerText test</button> </body> </html>