Element

Module: JavaScript DOM API

a element in the view

#include <Element.idl>

Inherits from Node, EventTarget

Inherited by HTMLElement, SVGElement

Public Functions #

Public Attributes #

Additional inherited members #

Public Functions inherited from Node

Public Attributes inherited from Node

Public Functions inherited from EventTarget

Public Functions Documentation #

function setAttribute #

void setAttribute(
    DOMString qualifiedName,
    DOMString value
)

sets the given attribute name to the specified value

function setAttributeNS #

void setAttributeNS(
    DOMString ns,
    DOMString qualifiedName,
    DOMString value
)

sets the given attribute name to the specified value

function removeAttribute #

void removeAttribute(
    DOMString qualifiedName
)

removes the specified attribute

function removeAttributeNS #

void removeAttributeNS(
    DOMString ns,
    DOMString qualifiedName
)

removes the specified attribute

function getAttribute #

DOMString getAttribute(
    DOMString qualifiedName
)

returns the attribute value for the given qualified name

function getAttributeNS #

DOMString getAttributeNS(
    DOMString ns,
    DOMString qualifiedName
)

returns the attribute value for the given qualified name

function hasAttribute #

boolean hasAttribute(
    DOMString qualifiedName
)

returns whether the element has an attribute with the given qualified name

function hasAttributeNS #

boolean hasAttributeNS(
    DOMString ns,
    DOMString qualifiedName
)

returns whether the element has an attribute with the given qualified name

function getAttributeNode #

Attr getAttributeNode(
    DOMString qualifiedName
)

Returns the specified attribute of the specified element, as an Attr node.

function getAttributeNodeNS #

Attr getAttributeNodeNS(
    DOMString? namespace,
    DOMString localName
)

Returns the Attr node for the attribute with the given namespace and name.

function setAttributeNode #

Attr setAttributeNode(
    Attr attr
)

Adds a new Attr node to the specified element.

function setAttributeNodeNS #

Attr setAttributeNodeNS(
    Attr attr
)

Adds a new namespaced attribute node to an element.

function removeAttributeNode #

Attr removeAttributeNode(
    Attr attr
)

Removes the specified attribute from the current element.

function hasAttributes #

boolean hasAttributes()

Returns Boolean value, indicating if the current element has any attributes or not.

function getAttributeNames #

sequenceDOMString getAttributeNames()

Must return the qualified names of the attributes in context objects attribute list, in order, and a new list otherwise.

function getElementsByTagName #

HTMLCollection getElementsByTagName(
    DOMString qualifiedName
)

Returns the list of elements with qualified name qualifiedName for context object.

function getElementsByTagNameNS #

HTMLCollection getElementsByTagNameNS(
    DOMString? namespace,
    DOMString localName
)

Return the list of elements with namespace namespace and local name localName for.

function getElementsByClassName #

HTMLCollection getElementsByClassName(
    DOMString classNames
)

Return the list of elements with class names classNames for context object.

function insertAdjacentElement #

Element insertAdjacentElement(
    DOMString where,
    Element element
)

Inserts a given element node at a given position relative to the element it is invoked upon.

function insertAdjacentText #

void insertAdjacentText(
    DOMString where,
    DOMString data
)

Inserts a given text node at a given position relative to the element it is invoked upon.

function closest #

Element closest(
    DOMString selectors
)

Returns the closest ancestor of the current element (or the current element itself) which matches the selectors given in parameter. If there isn’t such an ancestor, it returns null.

function matches #

boolean matches(
    DOMString selectors
)

Returns true if the element would be selected by the specified selector string; otherwise, returns false.

function blur #

void blur()

Removes keyboard focus from this element.

function focus #

void focus()

Gives keyboard focus to this element.

function insertAdjacentHTML #

void insertAdjacentHTML(
    DOMString position,
    DOMString text
)

Parses the specified text as HTML or XML and inserts the resulting nodes into the DOM tree at a specified position.

function querySelector #

Element querySelector(
    DOMString selectors
)

Returns the first element that is a descendant of the element on which it is invoked that matches the specified group of selectors.

function querySelectorAll #

NodeList querySelectorAll(
    DOMString selectors
)

Returns a static (not live) NodeList of all elements descended from the element on which it is invoked that matches the specified group of CSS selectors. (The base element itself is not included, even if it matches.)

function getAnimations #

sequence< Animation > getAnimations(
    optional GetAnimationsOptions options
)

Returns an array of all the Animation objects that the element has.

Parameters:

• options options for Animations retrieval

function getBoundingClientRect #

DOMRect getBoundingClientRect()

Returns the bounding rectangle of the element.

function getClientRects #

DOMRectList getClientRects()

Returns a collection of the bounding rectangles for each CSS border box in the element.

function remove #

void remove()

Removes node Note: This should be part of the ChildNode interface.

Public Attributes Documentation #

variable tagName #

readonly attribute DOMString tagName;

the element tag

variable prefix #

readonly attribute DOMString prefix;

Returns the namespace prefix of the specified element, or null if no prefix is specified.

variable namespaceURI #

readonly attribute DOMString namespaceURI;

Returns the namespace URI of the element, or null if the element is not in a namespace.

variable localName #

readonly attribute DOMString localName;

returns the local part of the qualified name of an element.

variable slot #

attribute DOMString slot;

Returns the name of the shadow DOM slot attached to the element. A slot is a placeholder inside a web component that users can fill with their own markup.

variable id #

attribute DOMString id;

the id of the element

variable clientTop #

readonly attribute long clientTop;

Returns the unscaled width of the top border of the element in pixels, ignoring any transforms.

variable clientLeft #

readonly attribute long clientLeft;

Returns the unscaled width of the left border of the element in pixels, ignoring any transforms.

variable clientWidth #

readonly attribute long clientWidth;

Returns the unscaled width of the padding box of the element, ignoring any transforms.

variable clientHeight #

readonly attribute long clientHeight;

Returns the unscaled height of the padding box of the element, ignoring any transforms.

variable attributes #

readonly attribute NamedNodeMap attributes;

Gets a list of all attributes for the Element.

variable children #

readonly attribute NodeList children;

A collection rooted at context object matching only element children. Note: This should be part of the ParentNode interface, which Element implements. Note: The return type should be HTMLCollection.

variable firstElementChild #

readonly attribute Element firstElementChild;

attributes getter must return the first child that is an element, and null otherwise. Note: This should be part of the ParentNode interface, which Element

variable lastElementChild #

readonly attribute Element lastElementChild;

attributes getter must return the last child that is an element, and null otherwise. Note: This should be part of the ParentNode interface, which Element

variable previousElementSibling #

readonly attribute Element previousElementSibling;

Returns the Element immediately prior to this node in its parent’s children list, or null if there is no Element in the list prior to this node. Note: This attribute is part of the NonDocumentTypeChildNode interface, which Element implements.

variable nextElementSibling #

readonly attribute Element nextElementSibling;

Returns the Element immediately following this node in its parent’s children list, or null if there is no Element in the list following this node. Note: This attribute is part of the NonDocumentTypeChildNode interface, which Element implements.

variable childElementCount #

readonly attribute unsigned long childElementCount;

attributes getter must return the number of children of context object that are elements. Note: This should be part of the ParentNode interface, which Element

variable scrollLeft #

attribute float scrollLeft;

position of the horizontal scrollbar of the element

variable scrollLeftVW #

attribute float scrollLeftVW;

scrollLeft in VW units The setter converts a given value into PX units based on viewport size

variable scrollLeftVH #

attribute float scrollLeftVH;

scrollLeft in VH units The setter converts a given value into PX units based on viewport size

variable scrollTop #

attribute float scrollTop;

position of the vertical scrollbar of the element

variable scrollTopVW #

attribute float scrollTopVW;

scrollTop in VW units The setter converts a given value into PX units based on viewport size

variable scrollTopVH #

attribute float scrollTopVH;

scrollTop in VH units The setter converts a given value into PX units based on viewport size

variable scrollWidth #

readonly attribute long scrollWidth;

size of the horizontal scrollbar of the element

variable scrollWidthVW #

readonly attribute long scrollWidthVW;

scrollWidth converted to VW units

variable scrollWidthVH #

readonly attribute long scrollWidthVH;

scrollWidth converted to VH units

variable scrollHeight #

readonly attribute long scrollHeight;

size of the vertical scrollbar of the element

variable scrollHeightVW #

readonly attribute long scrollHeightVW;

scrollHeight converted to VH units

variable scrollHeightVH #

readonly attribute long scrollHeightVH;

scrollHeight converted to VH units

variable className #

attribute DOMString className;

all of the classes of the element

variable classList #

readonly attribute DOMTokenList classList;

variable innerHTML #

attribute DOMString innerHTML;

Gets or sets the contents of the element as HTML.

variable outerHTML #

attribute DOMString outerHTML;

Gets a fragment of HTML or XML that represents the element and its contents.

variable focusin #

attribute EventSetter focusin;

variable focusout #

attribute EventSetter focusout;

variable abort #

attribute EventSetter abort;

variable blur #

attribute EventSetter blur;

variable click #

attribute EventSetter click;

variable auxclick #

attribute EventSetter auxclick;

variable dblclick #

attribute EventSetter dblclick;

variable error #

attribute EventSetter error;

variable focus #

attribute EventSetter focus;

variable keydown #

attribute EventSetter keydown;

variable keypress #

attribute EventSetter keypress;

variable keyup #

attribute EventSetter keyup;

variable load #

attribute EventSetter load;

variable mousedown #

attribute EventSetter mousedown;

variable mouseover #

attribute EventSetter mouseover;

variable mouseout #

attribute EventSetter mouseout;

variable mouseenter #

attribute EventSetter mouseenter;

variable mouseleave #

attribute EventSetter mouseleave;

variable mousemove #

attribute EventSetter mousemove;

variable mouseup #

attribute EventSetter mouseup;

variable input #

attribute EventSetter input;

variable change #

attribute EventSetter change;

variable scroll #

attribute EventSetter scroll;

variable wheel #

attribute EventSetter wheel;

variable touchstart #

attribute EventSetter touchstart;

variable touchend #

attribute EventSetter touchend;

variable touchmove #

attribute EventSetter touchmove;

variable animationstart #

attribute EventSetter animationstart;

variable animationend #

attribute EventSetter animationend;

variable animationcancel #

attribute EventSetter animationcancel;

variable animationiteration #

attribute EventSetter animationiteration;

variable transitionstart #

attribute EventSetter transitionstart;

variable transitionend #

attribute EventSetter transitionend;

variable transitioncancel #

attribute EventSetter transitioncancel;

variable transitionrun #

attribute EventSetter transitionrun;