The Del object represents an HTML <del> element.
We can access a <del> element via document.getElementById()
:
var x = document.getElementById("myDel");
Click button to get the URL of the page that explains why the text has been deleted.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <p><del id="myDel" cite="why_deleted.htm">This text has been deleted.</del></p> <button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button> <p id="demo"></p> <script> function myFunction() {//from w w w . j a va 2s. c o m var x = document.getElementById("myDel").cite; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x; } </script> </body> </html>