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@@ -12,13 +12,14 @@ import MDN from "../components/MDNBadge"
`Element.tagName: string`
`.tagName` is a read-only property on any element, which returns the tag name in uppercase form. This is useful to identify type of a element.
This property returns the **tag name** of any element in uppercase form. This is useful to identify type of a element.
Ex. For a `<div/>` element, tagName is `"DIV"`.
Ex. tagName of `<div/>` element is `"DIV"`.
```js
ele = document.querySelector("img");
ele.tagName // "IMG"
<img id="someImage" src="test.jpg" />
someImage.tagName // "IMG"
```
:::note Text nodes don't have `tagName`
@@ -37,9 +38,8 @@ Text nodes are not element, so they don't have any tagName. To identify the type
`Node.parentElement: Element | null`
`.parentElement` property returns **the parent element** of the current node. If the node doesn't have a parent, it returns null.
Usually, the last parent will be `document` - which itself doesn't have a parent.
This property returns **the parent element** of the current node. If there is no parent, it returns null.
The topmost parent element in DOM is `document`. You can use this to check if a element is detached from dom.
```js
<div id="parent">
@@ -54,19 +54,20 @@ child.parentElement // <div id="parent>...</div>"
:::note Types of Children
All elements will *generally* have 2 types of children - 1. element and 2. text node.
You can think of elements as other tags and text node as the text within a tag.
You can think of elements as other tags and text node as the text within it.
```jsx
<div>
This is // <- 1. text node
<span> // <- 2. element
some text // 2.1. <span> contains text node
some text // 2.1. text node
</span>
</div>
```
If you recall, *Element* extends from *Node* - so all elements are nodes. That means, every child is technically a node.
This is important because some properties return **only child elements**, whereas others return **all child nodes** (both element and text node). For ex, `ele.childNodes` returns all child nodes, but `ele.children` returns only child elements.
If you recall, *Element* extends from *Node* - so element and text node are both actually Node.
This is important because some properties return **only child elements**, whereas some return **all child nodes** (including text nodes).
For ex, `ele.childNodes` returns all child nodes, but `ele.children` returns only child elements.
**Always use the one which is more suitable for your case**. Remember, even if you haven't added any "text" between a tag, it can still have **invisible text nodes** due to spaces and newline characters.
@@ -86,11 +87,9 @@ Read more about [other types of nodes](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/
`Element.children: HTMLCollection`
This read-only property returns a live `HTMLCollection` containing all the **child elements** of the node. If there are no child elements, it returns empty HTMLCollection.
This property returns a live `HTMLCollection` containing all the **child elements** of the node. If there are no child elements, it returns empty HTMLCollection.
This property is available on `Document`, `Element`, and `DocumentFragment`, but not on text node.
`HTMLCollection` can be consumed easily by converting it to an array, using `Array.from()` or `[...ele.children]`. HTMLCollection is also a iterable and has a `.length` property.
`HTMLCollection` can be converted to an array using `Array.from()` or `[...ele.children]`. HTMLCollection also has a `.length` property.
Here, the HTMLCollection is **live** - meaning if new child elements are added, they will automatically appear in this collection.
```jsx
@@ -114,12 +113,12 @@ for (let i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
```
This property is also available on `Document` and `DocumentFragment`.
:::note Counting number of child elements
`Element.childElementCount: number`
It returns the **number of child elements** of the given element.
This is equivalent to `ele.children.length` value.
It returns the **number of child elements** of the given element. This is equivalent to `ele.children.length` value.
:::
@@ -130,12 +129,10 @@ This is equivalent to `ele.children.length` value.
`Node.childNodes: NodeList`
This read-only property returns a live `NodeList` containing all the **child nodes** of the current element, including text nodes. If there are no child nodes, it returns a empty NodeList.
This property is available on all types of `Node` - like Element, text node, etc.
This property returns a live `NodeList` containing all the **child nodes** of the current element. If there are no child nodes, it returns a empty NodeList.
`NodeList` can be converted to an array easily, using `Array.from()` or `[...ele.children]`. NodeList is also a iterable and has a `.length` property.
Here, the NodeList is **live**.
Here, the NodeList is **live** - so the content of NodeList will auto-update.
```jsx
<div id="parent">
@@ -144,7 +141,7 @@ Here, the NodeList is **live**.
and more text
</div>
const childNodes = parent.childNodes;
const {childNodes} = parent;
childNodes // NodeList [text, span, text]
[...childNodes].forEach(node => {
@@ -152,12 +149,12 @@ childNodes // NodeList [text, span, text]
})
```
:::note Is there any child node?
This property is available on all types of `Node` - like Element, text node, etc.
:::note Check if there is any child node
`Node.hasChildNodes() : boolean`
This method checks whether the given node **has child nodes or not** and returns a boolean value.
This is equivalent to checking `node.childNodes.length > 0`.
This method checks whether the given node **has child nodes or not** and returns a boolean value. This is equivalent to checking `node.childNodes.length > 0`.
:::
@@ -167,7 +164,7 @@ This is equivalent to checking `node.childNodes.length > 0`.
`Element.firstChild: Node`
This property returns the element's **first child** node in the tree. If the node has no children, then it returns `null`.
This property returns the element's **first child** node in the tree. If there is no children, it returns `null`.
`Element.nextSibling: Node`