w:delText (Deleted Text Content)

Contains the text content of a deleted run inside a w:del revision-tracking element.

Parent elements

Description

w:delText holds the text content of a run that is marked as deleted in a revision-tracked document. It is defined in ECMA-376 Part 1 §17.3.3.7.

w:delText appears inside a w:r that itself is a child of w:del. Unlike w:t, which holds current text, w:delText signals that this text was present in a previous revision and has since been removed, but the deletion has not yet been accepted.

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Possible Values	Description
`xml:space`	XML standard	`preserve`	Preserves leading/trailing whitespace in deleted text. Use when the deleted text begins or ends with a space.

Examples

<w:del w:id="1" w:author="Jane" w:date="2024-01-15T09:00:00Z">
  <w:r>
    <w:delText>old text</w:delText>
  </w:r>
</w:del>

new Delete(
  new Run(
    new DeletedText("old text")));

Notes

w:delText must not appear outside a w:del element.
Accept the deletion by removing the w:del wrapper; reject it by removing w:del but keeping the w:r with w:t in its place.