The Node.parentElement
read-only property returns the DOM node's parent Element
, or null
if the node either has no parent, or its parent isn't a DOM Element
.
Syntax
parentElement = node.parentElement
parentElement
is the parent element of the current node. This is always a DOM Element
object, or null
.
Example
if (node.parentElement) { node.parentElement.style.color = "red"; }
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
DOM The definition of ' parentElement ' in that specification. |
Living Standard | Initial definition. |
Browser compatibility
On some browsers, the parentElement
property is only defined on nodes that are themselves an Element
. In particular, it is not defined on text nodes.
The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
parentElement | Chrome Full support 1 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 9 | IE
Full support
9
| Opera Full support 7 | Safari Full support 1.1 | WebView Android Full support 1 | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 9 | Opera Android Full support 10.1 | Safari iOS Full support 1 | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- See implementation notes.
- See implementation notes.