Node.children is a read-only property that returns a live HTMLCollection of the child elements of Node.
Syntax
var elList = elementNodeReference.children;
elList is a HTMLCollection, which is an ordered collection of DOM elements that are children of elementNodeReference. If there are no element children, then elList contains no elements and has a length of 0.
Example
// pEl is a reference to a <p> element
var elementChildren = pEl.children;
for (var i = 0; i < elementChildren.length; i++) {
console.log(elementChildren[i].tagName);
// NOTE: elementChildren is a live list, adding or removing children from pEl
// will change the members of elementChildren immediately
}
Specification
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| DOM The definition of 'ParentNode.children' in that specification. |
Living Standard | Initial definition. |
Browser compatibility
| Feature | Chrome | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Edge | Opera | Safari |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support (on Element) |
1.0 | 3.5 (1.9.1) | 9.0 [1] | 38.0 | 10.0 | 4.0 |
Support on Document and DocumentFragment |
29.0 | 25.0 (25.0) | No support | No support | 16.0 | No support |
Support on SVGElement |
(Yes) | (Yes) | No support | No support | ? | No support |
| Feature | Android | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | IE Mobile | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support (on Element) |
(Yes) | 1.0 (1.9.1) | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes) |
Support on Document and DocumentFragment |
(Yes) | 25.0 (25.0) | No support | 16.0 | No support |
[1] Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8 supported it, but erroneously includes Comment nodes.
See also
- The
ParentNodeandChildNodeinterfaces.
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