JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Fourth Edition

Name

HTMLElement — the superclass of all HTML elements

Availability

JavaScript 1.2

Synopsis

HTMLElement is the superclass of all classes that represent HTML elements. Therefore, HTMLElement objects are used in many contexts in client-side JavaScript and are available in all of the following ways:

document.images[i]
document.links[i]
document.anchors[i]
document.forms[i]
document.forms[i].elements[j]
document.elementName
document.formName.elementName
document.all[i]

Properties

all[] [IE 4]

The complete list of elements contained within this element, in source order. This property behaves exactly like the Document.all[] property. See the Document.all[] reference page.

children[] [IE 4]

The elements that are direct children of this element.

className [IE 4, Netscape 6]

A read/write string that specifies the value of the class attribute of an element. This property is used in conjunction with Cascading Style Sheets.

document [IE 4]

A reference to the containing Document object.

id [IE 4, Netscape 6]

A read/write string that specifies the value of the id attribute of an element. This property is used to assign a unique name to an element.

innerHTML [IE 4, Netscape 6]

A read/write string that specifies the HTML text that is contained within the element, not including the opening and closing tags of the element itself. Setting this property replaces the content of the element with the specified HTML text. Note that you cannot set this property while the document is loading.

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