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This toggles the display for my div:<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;div id=&quot;loadingTab&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;Load<wbr />ing&amp;hellip<wbr />;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/<wbr />div&gt;<br />
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Instead I only want to toggle the display for the &lt;span&gt; inside the div<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;div id=&quot;loadingTab&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;Load<wbr />ing&amp;hellip<wbr />;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/<wbr />div&gt;<br />
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<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-236243"><span>function blinkIt() {</span>
<span>	var b = document.getElementById(&quot;loadingTab&quot;);</span>
<span>	if( b.style.display==&quot;block&quot; ) {b.style.display=&quot;none&quot;;}</span>
<span>	else {b.style.display=&quot;block&quot;;}</span>
<span>	}</span>
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This toggles the display for my div:
        <div id="loadingTab"><span>Loading&hellip;</span></div>

Instead I only want to toggle the display for the <span> inside the div
        <div id="loadingTab"><span>Loading&hellip;</span></div>


document.getElementById for span inside div with ID

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