[voxic11]

The idea is you wouldn't mix innerHTML and setHTML, you would eliminate all usage of innerHTML and use the new setHTMLUnsafe if you needed the old functionality.

[extraduder_ire]

I looked up setHTMLUnsafe on MDN, and it looks like its been in every notable browser since last year.

Good idea to ship that one first, when it's easier to implement and is going to be the unsafe fallback going forward.

[onion2k]

I looked up setHTMLUnsafe on MDN, and it looks like its been in every notable browser since last year.

Oddly though, the Sanitizer API that it's built on doesn't appear to be in Safari. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Sanitizer

[croes]

If I need the old functionality why not stick to innerHTML?

[orf]

because the "unsafe" suffix conveys information to the reader, whereas `innherHTML` does not?

[tbrownaw]

Because then your linter won't be able to tell you when you're done migrating the calls that can be migrated.

[philipwhiuk]

Because sooner or later it'll be removed.

[reddalo]

You can't rename an existing method. It would break compatibility with existing websites.

[post-it]

> you would eliminate all usage of innerHTML

The mythical refactor where all deprecated code is replaced with modern code. I'm not sure it has ever happened.

I don't have an alternative of course, adding new methods while keeping the old ones is the only way to edit an append-only standard like the web.

[thenewnewguy]

If you want to adopt this in your project, you can add a linter that explicitly bans innerHTML (and then go fix the issues it finds). Obviously Mozilla cannot magically fix the code of every website on the web but the tools exist for _your_ website.

[Vinnl]

I kinda like the way JS evolved into a modern language, where essentially ~everyone uses a linter that e.g. prevents the use of `var`. Sure, it's technically still in the language, but it's almost never used anymore.

(Assuming transpilers have stopped outputting it, which I'm not confident about.)

[bulbar]

It for sure happens for drop in replacements.

[littlestymaar]

Nobody's talking about old code here.

Having an alternative to innerHTML means you can ban it from new code through linting.

[noduerme]

Finally, a good use case for AI.