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HTML

<input id="txtStatus" type="text" value="<p>Hello, world!</p>" />
<div>
  <button id="btnJq">Set via jQuery</button>
  <button id="btnJs">Set via JavaScript</button>
</div>
<div id="content" />

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
  // Set via `$.html()`        
  $('#btnJq').click(function() {
    $('#content').html($('#txtStatus').val());
  });
  
  // Set via JavaScript's `innerHTML`
  $('#btnJs').click(function() {
    $('#content').get(0).innerHTML = $('#txtStatus').val();
  });
  
  $('#content').bind('DOMSubtreeModified', function(e) {
    if (e.target.innerHTML.length > 0) {
      // Handle new content
      alert('text changed to ' + e.target.innerHTML);
    }
  });
});