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parentNode Property

Retrieves the parent object in the document hierarchy.

This property now applies to the attribute object.

Syntax

HTML Scripting
N/A
[ 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 .

Applies To

TBODY Platform Version
Win16: 5
Win32: 5
Unix: 5
Mac: 5
Windows CE: 5.5
 
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