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Retrieves the parent object in the document hierarchy.
This property now applies to the attribute object.
Syntax
| N/A |
| [ oElement = ] object.parentNode |
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>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
This property is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .
Applies To
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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 | ||||||||||||
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