stringToHtml.ts

export function stringToHtml(html: string): ChildNode {
    var template = document.createElement('template')
    html = html.trim() // Never return a text node of whitespace as the result
    template.innerHTML = html
    return template.content.firstChild
}

// usage:
const div = stringToHtml('<div><span>nested</span> <span>stuff</span></div>')