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DHTML Document Object Model

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The Document Object Model gives us access to every element in a document.


Examples

Note: Most of the DHTML examples require IE 4.0+, Netscape 7+, or Opera 7+!

Element access
How to access an element and change the style.

Attribute change
How to access an image element and change the "src" attribute.

innerHTML
How to access and change the innerHTML of an element.


How to access an element?

The element must have an id attribute defined and a scripting language is needed. JavaScript is the most browser compatible scripting language, so we use JavaScript.

<html>
<body>
<h1 id="header">My header</h1>
<script type="text/javascript">
document.getElementById('header').style.color="red";
</script>
</body>
</html>

The script changes the color of the header element, and produces this output.

My header



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