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JavaScript & HTML DOM Reference Manual

Overview

JavaScript Object

JavaScript Array Object JavaScript Boolean Object JavaScript Date Object JavaScript Math Object JavaScript Number Object JavaScript String Object JavaScript RegExp Object JavaScript Global properties / functions JavaScript Operator

Browser Object

Window Object Navigator Object Screen Object History Object Location Object

DOM Object

HTML DOM Document Object HTML DOM Element object HTML DOM Attribute object HTML DOM Event object

HTML Object

<a> <area> <audio> <base> <blockquote> <body> <button> <canvas> <col> <colgroup> <datalist> <del> <details> <dialog> <embed> <fieldset> <form> <iframe> <frameset > <img> <ins> <input> - button <input> - checkbox <input> - color <input> - date <input> - datetime <input> - datetime-local <input> - email <input> - file <input> - hidden <input> - image <input> - month <input> - number <input> - range <input> - password <input> - radio <input> - reset <input> - search <input> - submit <input> - text <input> - time <input> - url <input> - week <keygen> <link> <label> <legend> <li> <map> <menu> <menuItem> <meta> <meter> <object> <ol> <optgroup> <option> <param> <progress> <q> <script> <select> <source> <style> <table> <td> <th> <tr> <textarea> <title> <time> <track> <video>

HTML DOM childNodes property

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Examples

Get the body element child nodes:

document.body.childNodes;

Definition and Usage

childNodes property returns contain child nodes of the selected node NodeList.

Tip: If the selected node has no children, this property returns NodeList containing no nodes. For cycle child node list, use nextSibling property, higher than the use of the parent object's childNodes list of efficiency.

Browser Support

All major browsers support childNodes property

grammar

element .childNodes

technical details

return value:	NodeList object that represents a collection of nodes.
DOM version	Core Level 1

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