Hello Webflow Community, I am currently working on a project where I want to retrieve the text content of H1 elements using Webflow’s JavaScript API. However, I’ve encountered an issue where the standard DOM property textContent is not behaving as expected. So far, I can retrieve the ID of all H1 …

Hey @Sofian_Bettayeb ! Thanks for that! The H1 headings on your homepage are looking correct. They seem to have the correct settings and are showing the textContent. .textContent() is a true/false function. If you’re trying to get the text content of the element try .getText() - StringElements

@Sofian_Bettayeb Do you have a read-only link of the project you’re testing this on? It may be that the elements are “H1” but they could have a child that contains the actual textContent. Some templates may have elements like this from a legacy element.

Yes @jonohale , here is the read only link [image] jonohale: @Sofian_Bettayeb Do you have a read-only link of the project you’re testing this on? It may be that the elements are “H1” but they could have a child that contains the actual textContent. Some templates may have elements like this fr…

Wow, thanks. I got the content now. Sounds simple, but made my morning. Thank you for this .

Issue Retrieving Text Content from Webflow DOMElement Object for a webflow app

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jonohale (Jono H) December 6, 2023, 8:34am 6

Glad I could help!

Hope to see you app in the Marketplace one day soon!

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Issue Retrieving Text Content from Webflow DOMElement Object for a webflow app

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