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The bold() method of String values creates a string that embeds this string in a element (<b>str</b>), which causes this string to be displayed as bold.

Note: All HTML wrapper methods are deprecated and only standardized for compatibility purposes. Use DOM APIs such as document.createElement() instead.

Syntax

bold()

Parameters

None.

Return value

A string beginning with a <b> start tag, then the text str, and then a </b> end tag.

Examples

Using bold()

The code below creates an HTML string and then replaces the document's body with it:

const contentString = "Hello, world";

document.body.innerHTML = contentString.bold();

This will create the following HTML:

<b>Hello, world</b>

Instead of using bold() and creating HTML text directly, you should use DOM APIs such as document.createElement(). For example:

const contentString = "Hello, world";
const elem = document.createElement("b");
elem.innerText = contentString;
document.body.appendChild(elem);

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also