canHaveChildren property (Internet Explorer)

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canHaveChildren property

[This documentation is preliminary and is subject to change.]

Gets a value indicating whether the object can contain child objects.

Syntax

JavaScript	`p = object.canHaveChildren`

Property values

Type: Boolean

VARIANT_FALSE (false): The object cannot be a parent to child objects.
VARIANT_TRUE (true): The object can be a parent to child objects.

Remarks

Objects do not have to contain children for the canHaveChildren property to return true. This property is useful in determining whether objects can be appended as children.

Examples

This example uses the canHaveChildren property to add a new object to the first element in a document that can contain children.

Code example: http://samples.msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/samples/author/dhtml/refs/canHaveChildren.htm


<SCRIPT>
window.onload=fnInit;
function fnInit(){
   var oNewObject=document.createElement("SPAN");
   var oNewText=document.createTextNode("Test");
   oNewObject.appendChild(oNewText);
   for(var i=0;i<document.all.length;i++){
      if(document.all[i].canHaveChildren==true){
        document.all[i].appendChild(oNewObject);
        break;
     }
   }
}
</SCRIPT>
<INPUT TYPE=button VALUE="Add Child" onclick="fnAddChild()">
<DIV ID=oGrandParent STYLE="background-color: #CFCFCF;">
<WBR>WBR - </WBR>
<BR>
<NOBR>NOBR - </NOBR>
<P>P - <s/P>
</DIV>

canHaveChildren property (Internet Explorer)

Syntax

Property values

Remarks

Examples

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