canHaveChildren Property

Retrieves a value indicating whether the object can contain children.

Syntax

HTML Scripting

N/A

[ bChildren = ] object . canHaveChildren

Possible Values

bChildren

Boolean that receives one of the following values.

false	Object cannot be a parent to child objects.
true	Object can be a parent to child objects.

The property is read-only. The property has no default value.

Remarks

Objects do not have to contain children for the canHaveChildren property to return true . This property is useful in determining whether objects can be appended as children.

Example

This example uses the canHaveChildren property to add a new object to the first element in a Web page that can contain children.

<SCRIPT>
window.onload=fnInit;
function fnInit()
{ var oNewObject=document.createElement("SPAN");
var oNewText=document.createTextNode("Test");
oNewObject.appendChild(oNewText);
for(var i=0;i<document.all.length;i++)
{ if(document.all[i]. canHaveChildren ==true)
{ document.all[i].appendChild(oNewObject); break; } } }
</SCRIPT>
<INPUT TYPE=button VALUE="Add Child" onclick="fnAddChild()">
<DIV ID=oGrandParent STYLE="background-color: #CFCFCF;">
<WBR>WBR - </WBR> <BR> <NOBR>NOBR - </NOBR> <P>P - </P>
</DIV>

Standards Information

There is no public standard that applies to this property.

Applies To

CUSTOM Platform Version

Win16:	N/A
Win32:	5
Unix:	5
Mac:	N/A
Windows CE:	5.5

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