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Comments on Is it possible to mutate the DOM directly from HTML, without any JavaScript?

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Is it possible to mutate the DOM directly from HTML, without any JavaScript?

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All the ways I know of to mutate a DOM are JavaScript.

Just for broadening general knowledge I want to know if there is any common way to mutate the DOM via HTML itself, without involving any JavaScript (perhaps some internal HTML function that will cause this).

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tl;dr - No (3 comments)
tl;dr - No
hkotsubo‭ wrote over 3 years ago

With HTML, you can't. You could use another script language, but I don't know of any that is supported by all browsers (at least not widely supported like JavaScript is)

Peter Taylor‭ wrote over 3 years ago

Back in the day you could manipulate the DOM with a Java applet, but I don't think any modern browser still supports them.

Alexei‭ wrote over 3 years ago

Some changes might be done using CSS &:before or &:after, but they are very limited. Example: https://stackoverflow.com/a/34938065/2780791