parentElement property
Returns the parent element of the object in the DOM hierarchy.
Use the cross-browser parentNode property instead.
Syntax:
You can find the related objects in the Supported by objects section below.
This property is read-only.
Possible values:
Retrieves a reference to the parent object or null for the root element.
Default: this property has no default value.
Example HTML code 1:
This example illustrates the use of the parentElement property:
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<head> <script type="text/javascript"> function GetParent (elem) { var parentElem = elem.parentElement; if (!parentElem) { parentElem = elem.parentNode; } alert ("The id of the parent element: " + parentElem.id); } </script> </head> <body> <div id="myDiv" style="background:green;"> The contents of the division. <button onclick="GetParent (this)">Get parent element!</button> </div> </body> |
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Supported by objects:
CommentNode, TextNode
HTML elements:
a, abbr, acronym, address, applet, area, b, base, basefont, bdo, bgsound, big, blink, blockquote, body, br, button, caption, center, cite, code, col, colgroup, comment, dd, del, dfn, dir, div, dl, dt, em, embed, fieldset, font, form, frame, frameset, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, head, hr, html, i, iframe, img, input:button, input:checkbox, input:file, input:hidden, input:image, input:password, input:radio, input:range, input:reset, input:search, input:submit, input:text, ins, isindex, kbd, keygen, label, legend, li, link, listing, map, marquee, menu, meta, nobr, noframes, noscript, object, ol, optgroup, option, p, param, plaintext, pre, q, rt, ruby, s, samp, script, select, small, span, strike, strong, style, sub, sup, table, tbody, td, textarea, tfoot, th, thead, title, tr, tt, u, ul, var, wbr, xml, xmp
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