Tech Stuff - DOM parentNode attribute

W3C Core Reference. Part of the Node Interface

parentNode attribute

Returns the parent Node of the current node. If there is none it will return NULL i.e. this is the topmost node in the document.

Syntax

parentnode = node.parentNode;

Related Stuff

appendChild method, removeChild method

Examples

// get the parent of existing node
currentnode = document.getElementById("current");

parent = currentnode.parentNode;
if(parent)
{
  // node exists
  if(parent.nodeType == 3)
  {
    // do something if its a text node
    string = parent.nodeValue;
  }
}

Notes:

None.

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