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Retrieves the parent object in the document hierarchy. What's New for Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6
This property now applies to the
attribute object.
Syntax | HTML | N/A |
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| Scripting | [ oElement = ] object.parentNode |
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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>
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<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
property 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,
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
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