IE8 polyfill/shim for supporting textContent (vs innerText) so that textContent is universally accessible. Can be embedded as a standalone script in a `[if lte IE 8]` embed.

textContentPolyfill.js

if (Object.defineProperty && Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor && Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(Element.prototype, "textContent") && !Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(Element.prototype, "textContent").get) {
	(function() {
		var innerText = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(Element.prototype, "innerText");
		Object.defineProperty(Element.prototype, "textContent",
			{
				get: function() {
					return innerText.get.call(this);
				},
				set: function(s) {
					return innerText.set.call(this, s);
				}
			}
		);
	})();
}

Hi,
I've some problems using this polyfill... it seems that it causes problem with jQuery append\prepend functions.... is it possible?

@enricosoft: Not surprising. I haven’t looked into it but it’s possible that jQuery modifies its behaviour depending on whether textContent exists. That shouldn’t matter, but sometimes people use one test to imply another (if it has textContent, then maybe it also has …). Alternatively, maybe this polyfill is missing something subtle.