applyElement Method

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Makes the element either a child or parent of the object.

Syntax

object.applyElement(oNewElement [, sWhere])

Parameters

oNewElement	Required. Object that becomes the child or parent of the object that invokes applyElement.
sWhere	Optional. String that specifies one of the following values: outside Default. Element becomes a parent of the object. inside Element becomes a child of the object, but contains all children in the object.

Return Value

No return value.

Remarks

This method is accessible at run time. If elements are removed at run time, before the closing tag is parsed, areas of the document might not render.

Example

This example uses the applyElement method to apply the I element to an unordered list.

<SCRIPT>
function fnApply(){
   var oNewNode = document.createElement("I");
   oList.applyElement(oNewNode);
}
</SCRIPT>

<UL ID = oList>
<LI>List item 1
<LI>List item 2
<LI>List item 3
<LI>List item 4
</UL>

<INPUT
   TYPE="button"
   VALUE="Apply Element"
   onclick="fnApply()"
>

Applies To

[ Object Name ] Platform Version Win16: Win32: Mac: Unix: WinCE: Version data is listed when the mouse hovers over a link, or the link has focus.

A, ACRONYM, ADDRESS, APPLET, AREA, B, BASE, BASEFONT, BDO, BGSOUND, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BR, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, COL, COLGROUP, COMMENT, custom, 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, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TITLE, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP

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