Built-in JavaScript DOM Classes
DOM elements are also objects of built-in classes. Let's look at an example. Let's say we have a paragraph:
html<p>text</p>
Let's get a reference to it in a variable:
javascriptlet elem = document.querySelector('p');
Let's output this paragraph to the console:
javascriptconsole.log(elem);
Now let's look at the list of properties and methods of our paragraph:
javascriptconsole.dir(elem);
We can determine what class our paragraph belongs to. To do this, we need to find the special property [[Prototype]] in the list of properties. In it, we see that the paragraph belongs to the class HTMLParagraphElement. Let's check this:
javascriptconsole.log(elem instanceof HTMLParagraphElement); // true
Examine the output of the following code:
html<div>text</div>javascriptlet elem = document.querySelector('div');
console.dir(elem);
Determine which class this tag belongs to.
Examine the output of the following code:
html<input>javascriptlet elem = document.querySelector('input');
console.dir(elem);
Determine which class this tag belongs to.
Examine the output of the following code:
html<div>text</div>
<div>text</div>
<div>text</div>javascriptlet elems = document.querySelectorAll('div');
console.dir(elems);
Determine which class the result belongs to.
Examine the output of the following code:
html<div>
<p>text</p>
<p>text</p>
<p>text</p>
</div>javascriptlet elem = document.querySelector('div');
let elems = elem.children;
console.dir(elems);
Determine which class the result belongs to.