Javascript Reference - HTML DOM Footer Object

The Footer class represents an HTML <footer> element.

Standard Properties and Events

The Footer object supports the standard properties and events.

Example

The following code shows how to get a <footer> element by using getElementById().


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<footer id="myFooter">
  <p>my footer.</p>
</footer><!--  w  w w . ja  va 2s  .co m-->
<button onclick="myFunction()">test</button>
<p id="demo"></p>
<script>
function myFunction() {
    var x = document.getElementById("myFooter").innerHTML;
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x;
}
</script>
</body>
</html>

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Example 2

The following code shows how to create a <footer> element by using the document.createElement() method.


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<button onclick="myFunction()">test</button>
<script>
function myFunction() {<!--from w  ww  . j  a va 2 s  .  co  m-->
    var x = document.createElement("FOOTER");
    x.setAttribute("id", "myFooter");
    document.body.appendChild(x);

    var y = document.createElement("P"); 
    var t = document.createTextNode("my footer.");
    y.appendChild(t);

    document.getElementById("myFooter").appendChild(y);
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

The code above is rendered as follows: