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

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

Syntax

italics()

Parameters

None.

Return value

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

Examples

Using italics()

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

const contentString = "Hello, world";

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

This will create the following HTML:

<i>Hello, world</i>

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

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

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also