HTML DOM HTMLElement Object Reference

HTMLElement Object

The following collections, properties, and methods can be used on all HTML elements.

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HTMLElement Collections

W3C: W3C Standard.

Collection	Description	W3C
attributes[]	Returns an array of the attributes of an element	Yes
childNodes[]	Returns an array of child nodes for an element	Yes

HTMLElement Properties

Property	Description	W3C
accessKey	Sets or returns an accesskey for an element	Yes
className	Sets or returns the class attribute of an element	Yes
clientHeight	Returns the viewable height of the content on a page (not including borders, margins, or scrollbars)	Yes
clientWidth	Returns the viewable width of the content on a page (not including borders, margins, or scrollbars)	Yes
dir	Sets or returns the text direction of an element	Yes
disabled	Sets or returns whether an element is disabled, or not	Yes
firstChild	Returns the first child of an element	Yes
height	Sets or returns the height attribute of an element	Yes
id	Sets or returns the id of an element	Yes
innerHTML	Sets or returns the HTML contents (+text) of an element	Yes
lang	Sets or returns the language code for an element	Yes
lastChild	Returns the last child of an element	Yes
length		Yes
nextSibling	Returns the element immediately following an element	Yes
nodeName	Returns the tagname of an element (in uppercase)	Yes
nodeType	Returns the type of the element	Yes
nodeValue	Returns the value of the element	Yes
offsetHeight	Returns the height of an element, including borders and padding if any, but not margins	No
offsetLeft	Returns the horizontal offset position of the current element relative to its offset container	Yes
offsetParent	Returns the offset container of an element	Yes
offsetTop	Returns the vertical offset position of the current element relative to its offset container	Yes
offsetWidth	Returns the width of an element, including borders and padding if any, but not margins	No
ownerDocument	Returns the root element (document object) for an element	Yes
parentNode	Returns the parent node of an element	Yes
previousSibling	Returns the element immediately before an element	Yes
scrollHeight	Returns the entire height of an element (including areas hidden with scrollbars)	Yes
scrollLeft	Returns the distance between the actual left edge of an element and its left edge currently in view	Yes
scrollTop	Returns the distance between the actual top edge of an element and its top edge currently in view	Yes
scrollWidth	Returns the entire width of an element (including areas hidden with scrollbars)	Yes
style	Sets or returns the style attribute of an element	Yes
tabIndex	Sets or returns the tab order of an element	Yes
tagName	Returns the tagname of an element as a string (in uppercase)	Yes
title	Sets or returns the title attribute of an element	Yes
width	Sets or returns the width attribute of an element	Yes

HTMLElement Methods

Method	Description	W3C
appendChild()	Adds a new child element to the end of the list of children of the element	Yes
blur()	Removes focus from an element	Yes
click()	Executes a click on an element	Yes
cloneNode()	Clones an element	Yes
focus()	Gives focus to an element	Yes
getAttribute()	Returns the value of an attribute	Yes
getElementsByTagName()	Accesses all elements with a specified tagname	Yes
hasChildNodes()	Returns whether an element has any child elements	Yes
insertBefore()	Inserts a new child element before an existing child element	Yes
item()	Returns an element based on its index within the document tree	Yes
normalize()	Puts all text nodes underneath this element (including attributes) into a "normal" form where only structure (e.g., elements, comments, processing instructions, CDATA sections, and entity references) separates Text nodes, i.e., there are neither adjacent Text nodes nor empty Text nodes	Yes
removeAttribute()	Removes a specified attribute from an element	Yes
removeChild()	Removes a child element	Yes
replaceChild()	Replace a child element	Yes
setAttribute()	Adds a new attribute to an element	Yes
toString()	Converts an element to a string	Yes