Element parentNode Property - Javascript DOM

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Description

The parentNode property returns the parent node as a Node object.

document itself is the parent node of the HTML element, HEAD and BODY are child nodes of the HTML element.

This property is read-only.

Return Value

A Node object, representing the parent node of a node, or null if the node has no parent

The following code shows how to get the node name of the parent node of a <li> element:

Demo Code

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<p>Example list:</p>

<ul>
  <li id="myLI">Coffee</li>
  <li>B</li>
</ul>//from w  w w.  ja v  a  2 s.com

<button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button>

<p id="demo"></p>

<script>
function myFunction() {
    var x = document.getElementById("myLI").parentNode.nodeName;
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x;
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

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