Returns a value that indicates whether the object has children.
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Syntax
object.hasChildNodes()Parameters
This method has no parameters.
Return value
Type: Boolean
Returns one of the following possible values:| Return value | Description |
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The object contains HTML Elements or TextNode objects. |
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The object does not contain HTML Elements or TextNodes. |
Standards information
Remarks
If the object contains HTML Elements or TextNodes, they can be accessed from the childNodes collection.
See also
- a
- abbr
- address
- area
- attribute
- b
- base
- bdo
- blockQuote
- body
- br
- button
- caption
- cite
- code
- col
- colGroup
- comment
- dd
- del
- div
- dl
- dt
- em
- embed
- fieldSet
- form
- head
- hn
- hr
- html
- i
- iframe
- img
- input type=button
- input type=checkbox
- input type=file
- input type=image
- input type=password
- input type=radio
- input type=reset
- input type=submit
- input type=text
- ins
- kbd
- label
- legend
- li
- link
- map
- ol
- option
- p
- pre
- q
- s
- samp
- script
- select
- small
- span
- strong
- sub
- sup
- table
- tBody
- td
- textArea
- tFoot
- th
- tHead
- title
- tr
- u
- ul
- var
- About the W3C Document Object Model
Build date: 11/28/2012
