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**Category:** Beginners\
**Created:** [November 4, 2018, 7:11pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/changing-innerhtml-trough-p5/5192 "2018-11-04T19:11:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:**  [@Noxid](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Noxid)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 7:11pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/changing-innerhtml-trough-p5/5192/1 "2018-11-04T19:11:50Z")
Is p5 capable of changing the innerHTML of an html element?I know that you can change the value trough select(#something).value(); but is there an equivalent to this function for changing innerHTML
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**Author:**  [@GoToLoop](https://discourse.processing.org/u/GoToLoop)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 7:14pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/changing-innerhtml-trough-p5/5192/2 "2018-11-04T19:14:30Z")
[p5js.org/reference/#/p5.Element/html](http://p5js.org/reference/#/p5.Element/html)
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**Author:**  [@Noxid](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Noxid)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/changing-innerhtml-trough-p5/5192/3 "2018-11-04T19:16:51Z")
Thanks for the reply but I am asking about a pre established html element that was not created in the p5 sketch, because I need to apply css to it
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**Author:**  [@GoToLoop](https://discourse.processing.org/u/GoToLoop)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/changing-innerhtml-trough-p5/5192/4 "2018-11-04T19:24:14Z")
> [@Noxid](#):
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> … about a pre established html element that was not created in the p5 sketch, …
You have already answered that in your 1st post:
> [@Noxid](#):
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> I know that you can change the value through `select(#something).value();`
Function **select()** returns a [[u]p5.Element[/u]](https://p5js.org/reference/#/p5.Element) wrapper for the searched Element:
> **[reference | p5.js](https://p5js.org/reference/#/p5/select)**
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> p5.js a JS client-side library for creating graphic and interactive experiences, based on the core principles of Processing.
Just switch [[u]p5.Element[/u]](https://p5js.org/reference/#/p5.Element) method **value()** to **html()** this time.
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**Author:**  [@GoToLoop](https://discourse.processing.org/u/GoToLoop)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/changing-innerhtml-trough-p5/5192/5 "2018-11-04T19:28:24Z")
> [@Noxid](#):
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> because I need to apply css to it
For CSS, I believe the p5.Element::**style()** method would be much more appropriate & practical:
> **[reference | p5.js](https://p5js.org/reference/#/p5.Element/style)**
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> p5.js a JS client-side library for creating graphic and interactive experiences, based on the core principles of Processing.
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**Author:**  [@Noxid](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Noxid)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 7:40pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/changing-innerhtml-trough-p5/5192/6 "2018-11-04T19:40:36Z")
Thanks a lot for the quick answer ! Your suggestion solved my problem if you can call it one, it also cleared up a lot of the misunderstandings I had about the DOM manipulation.You were of great help and I really appriciate it. Keep up the great work