nodeType Property

Retrieves the type of the requested node.

Syntax

HTML	N/A
Scripting	[ iType = ] object.nodeType

Possible Values

iType

Integer that receives one of the following values. 1 Element node. 3 Text node.

The property is read-only. The property has no default value.

Remarks

If the node represents an attribute retrieved from the attributes collection, the nodeType returns null.

Examples

This example assigns the nodeType property of the body object to a variable.

var iType = document.body.nodeType;

This example assigns the nodeType property of a node created with the createElement method to a variable.

var oNode = document.createElement("B");
document.body.insertBefore(oNode);
var iType = oNode.nodeType;

Standards Information

This property is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .

Applies To

A, ACRONYM, ADDRESS, APPLET, AREA, attribute, B, BASE, BASEFONT, BDO, BGSOUND, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BR, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, COL, COLGROUP, COMMENT, DD, DEL, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, EMBED, FIELDSET, FONT, FORM, FRAME, FRAMESET, HEAD, hn, HR, HTML, I, IFRAME, IMG, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=hidden, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, INS, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LINK, LISTING, MAP, MARQUEE, MENU, nextID, OBJECT, OL, OPTION, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, Q, S, SAMP, SCRIPT, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TextNode, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TITLE, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP