Returns a value that indicates whether the object has children. What's New for Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6
This method now applies to the
attribute object.
Syntax bChildNodes = object.hasChildNodes()
Return Value Returns one of the following possible values: | true | The object contains HTML Elements or TextNode objects. | | false | The object does not contain HTML Elements or TextNodes. |
Remarks If the object contains HTML Elements or TextNodes, they can be accessed from the
childNodes collection.
Standards Information
method is defined in
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1  .
Applies To |
A,
ACRONYM,
ADDRESS,
APPLET,
AREA,
attribute,
B,
BASE,
BASEFONT,
BDO,
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=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,
OL,
OPTION,
P,
PLAINTEXT,
PRE,
Q,
S,
SAMP,
SCRIPT,
SELECT,
SMALL,
SPAN,
STRIKE,
STRONG,
SUB,
SUP,
TABLE,
TBODY,
TD,
TEXTAREA,
TFOOT,
TH,
THEAD,
TITLE,
TR,
TT,
U,
UL,
VAR,
XMP | |
See Also About the W3C Document Object Model
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