Element children Property - Javascript DOM

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Description

The children property returns a collection of an element's child elements, as an HTMLCollection object.

childNodes contain all nodes, including text nodes and comment nodes, while children only contain element nodes.

Return Value

A HTMLCollection object, representing a collection of element nodes.

The following code shows how to get a collection of the <body> element's children:

Demo Code

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<button onclick="myFunction()">change the background color of all child elements of body</button>

<h2>I am a h2 element</h2>

<div>I am a div element</div>
<span>I am a span element</span>

<script>
function myFunction() {//from w w w.  ja  v a 2 s  . c o  m
    var c = document.body.children;
    var i;
    for (i = 0; i < c.length; i++) {
        c[i].style.backgroundColor = "red";
    }
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

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