nodeType Property

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Retrieves the type of the requested node.

Syntax

HTML	N/A
Scripting	[ iType = ] oNode.nodeType

Possible Values

iType

Integer that specifies one of the following values: 1 Element node. 3 Text node.

The property is read-only with no default value.

Remarks

If the node represents an attribute retrieved from the attributes collection, the nodeType returns null.

Example

This example assigns the nodeType property of the BODY object to a variable.

var iType = document.body.nodeType;

This example assigns the nodeType property of a node created with the createElement method to a variable.

var oNode = document.createElement("B");
document.body.insertBefore(oNode);
var iType = oNode.nodeType;

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, Attribute, B, BASE, BASEFONT, BDO, BGSOUND, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BR, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, COL, COLGROUP, COMMENT, 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, TextNode, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TITLE, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP

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