<html> <head> <script language="javascript"> function displayText(){ textRange = document.all.myBody.createTextRange(); textRange.moveToElementText(myP); var m = textRange.text; alert(m); } </script> </head>
<body id="myBody"> <p id="myP">This is some text in the document inside a p element</p> <button onclick="displayText();">Display the text range</button> </body>