Document.documentElement
returns the Element
that is the root element of the document
(for example, the <html>
element for HTML documents).
Document.documentElement
Value
A Element
object.
Examples
const rootElement = document.documentElement; const firstTier = rootElement.childNodes; // firstTier is a NodeList of the direct children of the root element // such as <head> and <body> for (const child of firstTier) { // do something with each direct child of the root element }
Notes
For any non-empty HTML document, documentElement
will always be an <html>
element. For any non-empty XML document, documentElement
will always be whatever element is the root element of the document.
Specifications
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DOM Standard # ref-for-dom-document-documentelement① |
Browser compatibility
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1.0
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