The collections, properties, methods, and events below can be used on all HTML elements.
| Property |
Description |
W3C |
| accessKey |
Sets or returns an accesskey for an element |
Yes |
| className |
Sets or returns the class attribute of an element |
Yes |
| clientHeight |
Returns the viewable height of the content on a page (not including
borders, margins, or scrollbars) |
Yes |
| clientWidth |
Returns the viewable width of the content on a page (not including
borders, margins, or scrollbars) |
Yes |
| dir |
Sets or returns the text direction of an element |
Yes |
| disabled |
Sets or returns the disabled attribute of an element |
Yes |
| firstChild |
Returns the first child of an element |
Yes |
| height |
Sets or returns the height attribute of an element |
Yes |
| id |
Sets or returns the id of an element |
Yes |
| innerHTML |
Sets or returns the HTML contents (+text) of an element |
Yes |
| lang |
Sets or returns the language code for an element |
Yes |
| lastChild |
Returns the last child of an element |
Yes |
| length |
|
Yes |
| nextSibling |
Returns the element immediately following an element |
Yes |
| nodeName |
Returns the tagname of an element (in uppercase) |
Yes |
| nodeType |
Returns the type of the element |
Yes |
| nodeValue |
Returns the value of the element |
Yes |
| offsetHeight |
Returns the height of an element, including borders and padding if any,
but not margins |
No |
| offsetLeft |
Returns the horizontal offset position of the current element relative
to its offset container |
Yes |
| offsetParent |
Returns the offset container of an element |
Yes |
| offsetTop |
Returns the vertical offset position of the current element relative to
its offset container |
Yes |
| offsetWidth |
Returns the width of an element, including borders and padding if any,
but not margins |
No |
| ownerDocument |
Returns the root element (document object) for an element |
Yes |
| parentNode |
Returns the parent node of an element |
Yes |
| previousSibling |
Returns the element immediately before an element |
Yes |
| scrollHeight |
Returns the entire height of an element (including areas hidden with
scrollbars) |
Yes |
| scrollLeft |
Returns the distance between the actual left edge of an element and its
left edge currently in view |
Yes |
| scrollTop |
Returns the distance between the actual top edge of an element and its
top edge currently in view |
Yes |
| scrollWidth |
Returns the entire width of an element (including areas hidden with
scrollbars) |
Yes |
| style |
Sets or returns the style attribute of an element |
Yes |
| tabIndex |
Sets or returns the tab order of an element |
Yes |
| tagName |
Returns the tagname of an element as a string (in uppercase) |
Yes |
| title |
Sets or returns the title attribute of an element |
Yes |
| width |
Sets or returns the width attribute of an element |
Yes |
| Method |
Description |
W3C |
| appendChild() |
Adds a new child element to the end of the list of children of the
element |
Yes |
| blur() |
Removes focus from an element |
Yes |
| click() |
Executes a click on an element |
Yes |
| cloneNode() |
Clones an element |
Yes |
| focus() |
Gives focus to an element |
Yes |
| getAttribute() |
Returns the value of an attribute |
Yes |
| getElementsByTagName() |
Accesses all elements with a specified tagname |
Yes |
| hasChildNodes() |
Returns whether an element has any child elements |
Yes |
| insertBefore() |
Inserts a new child element before an existing child element |
Yes |
| item() |
Returns an element based on its index within the document tree |
Yes |
| normalize() |
Puts all text nodes underneath this element (including attributes) into
a "normal" form where only structure (e.g., elements, comments, processing
instructions, CDATA sections, and entity references) separates Text nodes,
i.e., there are neither adjacent Text nodes nor empty Text nodes |
Yes |
| removeAttribute() |
Removes a specified attribute from an element |
Yes |
| removeChild() |
Removes a child element |
Yes |
| replaceChild() |
Replace a child element |
Yes |
| setAttribute() |
Adds a new attribute to an element |
Yes |
| toString() |
Converts an element to a string |
Yes |
