The Ins object represents an HTML <ins> element.
We can access an <ins> element via document.getElementById()
:
var x = document.getElementById("myIns");
Click the button to get the URL of the page that explains why the text has been inserted.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <p><ins id="myIns" cite="why_inserted.htm">This is an inserted text.</ins></p> <button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button> <p id="demo"></p> <script> function myFunction() {// www . ja v a2 s . c o m var x = document.getElementById("myIns").cite; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x; } </script> </body> </html>