parentElement Method

Returns an IHTMLElement object that represents the element that is one level up in the HTML element hierarchy.

expression.parentElement

expression    Required. An expression that returns an IHTMLTxtRange object.

Example

The following example returns the parent element of the currently selected text.

    Dim objRange As IHTMLTxtRange
Dim objElement As IHTMLElement

Set objRange = ActiveDocument.selection.createRange
Set objElement = objRange.parentElement