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JavaScript Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript Traversing and Manipulating the DOM with JavaScript Perform: Appending and Removing Elements

rajbee
rajbee
6,657 Points
Posted by rajbee
rajbee
6,657 Points

Why look at node properties in MDN website to find parent of an element ?

At 3:50, he wants to get the parent element (li) of a checkbox element. He did not find any property for that in the element page's properties list. He then scrolls up and clicks the link for node and finds Node.ParentNode. How did he know that he must look at Node and not some other link in the MDN ?

2 Answers

James Bradd
James Bradd
4,597 Points

I believe they explain in one of the earlier videos that each element is a Node in the DOM tree. When moving between elements you are traversing the DOM so you are dealing with nodes (it doesn't matter if it's a div, an li, or a span) and their relationships. I don't think it's something that a random person would just get right away, but they are instructors trying to reinforce that point most likely.

rajbee
rajbee
6,657 Points
rajbee
rajbee
6,657 Points

Memory is fuzzy here. Is a node a javascript representation of a html element ? DOM ==> HTML Doc and Node ==> Html element ?

sibal gesekki
sibal gesekki
3,484 Points

never explained. this guy doesnt explain anything

AUTIF KAMAL
AUTIF KAMAL
11,692 Points
AUTIF KAMAL
AUTIF KAMAL
11,692 Points

I agree with the last comment...