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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 firstChild property

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Examples

Returns the document node first node:

document.firstChild;

Definition and Usage

firstChild property returns the first child node of the selected node.

Note: If the selected node has no children, this property returns NULL.

Browser Support

All major browsers support firstChild property

grammar

node .firstChild

technical details

return value:	The first child of the node.
DOM version	Core Level 1 Node Object

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