From 309a88bcf62c1c64a2b91c0eb753c19209a425b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Alpert <spicyjalapeno@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2014 23:56:27 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Prefer textContent to innerText

Fixes #807.
---
 src/dom/getTextContentAccessor.js | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/dom/getTextContentAccessor.js b/src/dom/getTextContentAccessor.js
index 1475481e03..f9d141c7ca 100644
--- a/src/dom/getTextContentAccessor.js
+++ b/src/dom/getTextContentAccessor.js
@@ -30,9 +30,11 @@ var contentKey = null;
  */
 function getTextContentAccessor() {
   if (!contentKey && ExecutionEnvironment.canUseDOM) {
-    contentKey = 'innerText' in document.createElement('div') ?
-      'innerText' :
-      'textContent';
+    // Prefer textContent to innerText because many browsers support both but
+    // SVG <text> elements don't support innerText even when <div> does.
+    contentKey = 'textContent' in document.createElement('div') ?
+      'textContent' :
+      'innerText';
   }
   return contentKey;
 }