Retrieves a collection of HTML Elements and TextNode objects that are direct descendants of the specified object.
Syntax
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Property values
Type: Object
Array containing the children of a specified object.
Standards information
There are no standards that apply here.
Remarks
The childNodes collection can contain HTML Element and TextNode objects.
Examples
This example shows how to assign to a variable the childNodes collection of the body object.
<SCRIPT> var aNodeList = oBody.childNodes; </SCRIPT> : <BODY ID="oBody"> <SPAN ID="oSpan">A Span</SPAN> </BODY>
This example shows how to assign to a variable the childNodes collection of a node created with the createElement method.
var oParentNode = document.createElement("DIV");
var oNode = document.createElement("B");
document.body.insertBefore(oParentNode);
oParentNode.insertBefore(oNode);
var aNodeList = oParentNode.childNodes;
See also
Build date: 11/28/2012
