Javascript Reference - HTML DOM Section Object

The Section object represents an HTML <section> element.

Standard Properties and Events

The Section object supports the standard properties and events.

Example

We can access a <section> element by using getElementById().


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<section id="mySection">
  <h1>Section title</h1>
  <p>this is a test</p>
</section><!--   ww  w.  j ava2  s .  co  m-->
<button onclick="myFunction()">test</button>
<script>
function myFunction() {
    var x = document.getElementById("mySection");
    x.style.color = "blue";
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

The code above is rendered as follows:

Example 2

We can create a <section> element by using the document.createElement() method.


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<button onclick="myFunction()">test</button>
<script>
function myFunction() {<!--from   w w  w  . j  a v  a 2s  . c o m-->
    var x = document.createElement("SECTION");
    x.setAttribute("id", "mySection");
    document.body.appendChild(x);

    var heading = document.createElement("H1");
    var txt1 = document.createTextNode("h1");
    heading.appendChild(txt1);
    document.getElementById("mySection").appendChild(heading);

    var para = document.createElement("P");
    var txt2 = document.createTextNode("test");
    para.appendChild(txt2);
    document.getElementById("mySection").appendChild(para);
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

The code above is rendered as follows: