Document Object Model

Date posted: 23/05/2019

DOM-Document Object Model

Moreover, when html document is loaded in the browser, it becomes a document object.

Likewise,  How you are structure the web element is call the Document Object Model

Subsequently,  In the DOM, all HTML elements are defined as objects.

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>DOM</title>
</head>

  function myFunction()
  {
    console.log(document)
  }

<body>
  <h1>Document Object Model</h1>
  <button onclick="myFunction()">Click me to print the DOM</button>
</body>
</html>

For example, 

console.log(document)=> print the whole document in browser.

Way to find HTML Elements:

Meanwhile, here is the way to find HTML elements.

document.getElementById(id) =>get the element by ID

document.getElementsByTagName(name) =>get the element by TAGNAME

document.getElementsByClassName(name) =>get the element by CLASSNAME

For instance, the sample code is

GET ELEMENT BY Id 

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<h2>  GET ELEMENT BY Id </h2>

<button id="p1" onclick="myFunction()">click me</button>


function myFunction()
{
	document.getElementById("p1").innerHTML = "New text!";
}



<p>The paragraph above was changed by a script.</p>

</body>
</html>

GET ELEMENT BY TAG NAME

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<h2>Finding HTML Elements by Tag Name</h2>

<p>Hello World!</p>
<button onclick="myFunction()">click me</button>

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


function myFunction()
{
	var x = document.getElementsByTagName("button");
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = 
'onclick event by tag name ' + x.innerHTML;
}


</body>
</html>

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