parentNode Property | Internet Development Index |
Retrieves the parent object in the document hierarchy.
What's New for Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6
This property now applies to the
Syntax
HTML N/A Scripting [ oElement = ] object.parentNode
Possible Values
oElement Object that receives the parent node. The property is read-only. The property has no default value.
Remarks
The topmost object returns null as its parent.
Examples
This example assigns the parentNode of a span object to a variable.
<SCRIPT> var oParent = oSpan.parentNode; </SCRIPt> : <BODY> <SPAN ID=oSpan>A Span</SPAN> </BODY>This example assigns the parentNode of a node, created with the createElement method, to a variable.
var oNode = document.createElement("B"); document.body.insertBefore(oNode); var sType = oNode.parentNodes;
Standards Information
This property is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1
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Applies To
A, ACRONYM, ADDRESS, APPLET, AREA, attribute, B, BASE, BASEFONT, BDO, BGSOUND, BIG, 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, HEAD, hn, HR, HTML, I, IFRAME, IMG, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=hidden, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, INS, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LINK, LISTING, MAP, MARQUEE, MENU, nextID, OBJECT, OL, OPTION, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, Q, S, SAMP, SCRIPT, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TextNode, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TITLE, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP
See Also
About the W3C Document Object Model