parentNode Property (A, ABBR, ACRONYM, ...)

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parentNode Property

Retrieves the parent object in the document hierarchy.

Syntax

HTML N/A
Scripting [ oElement = ] object.parentNode

HTML	N/A
Scripting	[ 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.
In Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, This property now applies to the attribute object.

Examples

This example assigns the parentNode of a span object to a variable.
<SCRIPT>
var oParent = oSpan.parentNode;
</SCRIPt>
:
<BODY>
<SPAN ID=oSpan>A Span</SPAN>
</BODY>
This example assigns the parentNode of a node, created with the createElement method, to a variable.
var "B");
document.body.insertBefore(oNode);
var oParent = oNode.parentNode;

Standards Information

This property is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .

Applies To

A, ABBR, 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