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Finding DOM Objects by Tag Name

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var objs = document.getElementsByTagName("div"); for (var i=0; i<objs.length; i++){   var htmlElement = objs[i];   ... }

Another way search for HTML elements is by their HTML tag using the document.getElementsByTagName(tag). This function searches the document for all DOM objects that have the specified tag name and returns them in an array. You can then iterate over that array using a JavaScript loop and access or apply changes to each DOM element.