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Indicates a non-displayed comment.
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Methods that return the object:
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Properties
Methods
Events
Style properties
attributes
Represents a collection of attribute nodes that belong to an element.
behaviorUrns
Represents a collection of the Uniform Resource Names for all behaviors attached to an element.
canHaveChildren
Retrieves a Boolean value that indicates whether the element can contain child elements.
canHaveHTML
Retrieves a Boolean value that indicates whether the element can contain HTML formatted text.
currentStyle
Represents the computed style settings for an element.
data
Sets or returns the text content of a CommentNode , TextNode or comment element.
id
Sets or retrieves a unique identifier for the object.
innerHTML
Sets or retrieves the inner HTML content (the source code between the opening and closing tags) of an element.
isContentEditable
Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the contents of the object are editable by the user.
isDisabled
Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the object is disabled.
isMultiLine
Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the contents of an element can be multiline or not.
isTextEdit
Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the createTextRange method can be used for the element.
lang
Specifies or returns the language of the element.
length
Returns the number of characters within a TextNode , CommentNode or comment object.
nextSibling
Returns a reference to the next child of the current element's parent.
nodeName
Returns the name of the current node.
nodeType
Returns an integer that indicates the type of the node.
nodeValue
Sets or returns the value of the current node.
offsetParent
Returns a reference to the closest ancestor element in the DOM hierarchy from which the position of the current element is calculated.
outerHTML
Sets or retrieves the outer HTML content (the source code including the opening and closing tags) of an element.
outerText
Sets or returns the text content of an element including the text content of its descendants.
ownerDocument
Returns the document object that contains the current element.
parentElement
Returns the parent element of the object in the DOM hierarchy.
parentNode
Returns the parent element of the object in the DOM hierarchy.
parentTextEdit
Returns the closest ancestor element of the current element in the DOM hierarchy that can be used to create a TextRange object.
previousSibling
Returns a reference to the previous node of the current element's parent.
readyState
Returns a string value that represents the state of the object.
runtimeStyle
Represents the overridden style settings for an element.
scopeName
Retrieves the local name of the namespace declared for the current element.
sourceIndex
Returns the position of the current object in the all collection of the document .
style
Represents the inline style settings for an element.
tagName
Returns the tag name of the current element.
tagUrn
Sets or retrieves the Uniform Resource Name (URN) of the namespace declared for the current element.
text
Sets or returns a string that corresponds the contents of the element.
uniqueID
Returns the unique identifier generated by the browser for the object.
addBehavior
Attaches the specified behavior to the current element.
appendData
Appends the specified text content to the end of the current TextNode , CommentNode or comment element.
applyElement
Inserts the specified element as a child or parent of the current element.
attachEvent
Registers an event handler function (event listener) for the specified event on the current object.
clearAttributes
Clears all attributes from the current element, except the id , name , style , value and event attributes.
cloneNode
Returns an exact copy of the current node.
deleteData
Removes the specified part of the text content of the current TextNode , CommentNode or comment element.
detachEvent
Removes the specified event handler from the current element that was registered earlier with the attachEvent method.
fireEvent
Initializes an event object and dispatches it to the current element.
getAdjacentText
Returns the contents of the TextNode located at the specified position relative to the current element.
getAttribute
Returns the value of the attribute with the specified name from the current element.
getAttributeNode
Returns the attribute node with the specified name from the current element.
getExpression
Returns the dynamic expression for the specified DHTML property on the current element.
hasAttribute
Returns whether the current element has an attribute with the specified name or not.
hasChildNodes
Returns whether the current node has any child nodes or not.
insertAdjacentElement
Inserts an element at the specified position relative to the current element.
insertAdjacentHTML
Inserts a HTML formatted text at the specified position relative to the current element.
insertAdjacentText
Creates a new TextNode from the specified text and inserts it at the specified position relative to the current element.
insertData
Inserts text content into the current TextNode , CommentNode or comment element at the specified position.
mergeAttributes
Copies all attributes and its values from the specified element to the current element.
normalize
Puts the subtree that belongs to the current node into a 'normalized' form.
removeAttribute
Removes the attribute with the specified name from the current element.
removeAttributeNode
Removes the specified attribute node from the current element.
removeBehavior
Removes the specified behavior from the current element.
removeExpression
Removes the dynamic expression from the specified DHTML property on the current element.
removeNode
Removes the current element with or without its children from the document tree.
replaceData
Replaces the specified part of the text content of the current TextNode , CommentNode or comment element with a new text.
replaceNode
Replaces the current element with the specified element.
setAttribute
Adds an attribute with the specified name and value to the current element.
setAttributeNode
Adds the specified attribute node to the current element.
setExpression
Sets a dynamic expression for the specified DHTML property on the current element.
substringData
Returns the part of the current element's text content from the specified position with the specified length.
swapNode
Interchanges the positions of the current element and the specified element in the document hierarchy.
behavior
Sets or retrieves the URL of a behavior file.
cssText
Sets or retrieves the contents of a style declaration as a string.
hasLayout
Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the object has layout or not.
Example HTML code 1:
This example illustrates the use of the comment element:
< comment > This object is a Microsoft extension to HTML. </ comment >
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