Interface HTMLElement

HTMLElement

All Superinterfaces:

Element, Node

All Implemented Interfaces:

Element, Node

All Known Implementing Classes:

HTMLFormElement, HTMLIFrameElement, HTMLInputElement, HTMLLIElement, HTMLScriptElement, HTMLTableElement, HTMLTableRowElement, f_abstractEntry, f_abstractList, f_additionalInformation, f_box, f_button, f_calendar, f_card, f_cardBox, f_checkButton, f_combo, f_comboGrid, f_component, f_componentsGrid, f_componentsList, f_compositeNumEntry, f_customButton, f_dataGrid, f_dataGridPopup, f_dateChooser, f_dateEntry, f_eventTarget, f_expandBar, f_externalBox, f_fieldSet, f_filtredComponent, f_grid, f_helpButton, f_helpMessageZone, f_hiddenValue, f_hyperLink, f_image, f_imageButton, f_imageCheckButton, f_imageCombo, f_imagePagerButton, f_imageRadioButton, f_imageResetButton, f_imageSubmitButton, f_input, f_itemsList, f_itemsToolFolder, f_keyEntry, f_keyLabel, f_lineBreak, f_list, f_menu, f_menuBar, f_menuBarBase, f_menuBase, f_message, f_messageFieldSet, f_messages, f_numberEntry, f_pager, f_passwordEntry, f_progressBar, f_progressIndicator, f_radioButton, f_resetButton, f_ruler, f_scheduler, f_spinner, f_styledMessage, f_styledText, f_submitButton, f_suggestTextEntry, f_tab, f_tabbedPane, f_text, f_textArea, f_textEditor, f_textEditorCombo, f_textEditorImageButton, f_textEntry, f_timeEntry, f_toolBar, f_toolFolder, f_tree

public HTMLElement
extends Element

All HTML element interfaces derive from this class. Elements that only expose the HTML core attributes are represented by the base HTMLElement interface. These elements are as follows:

• HEAD
• special: SUB, SUP, SPAN, BDO
• font: TT, I, B, U, S, STRIKE, BIG, SMALL
• phrase: EM, STRONG, DFN, CODE, SAMP, KBD, VAR, CITE, ACRONYM, ABBR
• list: DD, DT
• NOFRAMES, NOSCRIPT
• ADDRESS, CENTER

Note: The style attribute of an HTML element is accessible through the ElementCSSInlineStyle interface which is defined in the CSS module [DOM Level 2 Style Sheets and CSS].

Field Summary

String	className The class attribute of the element.
String	dir Specifies the base direction of directionally neutral text and the directionality of tables.
String	id The element's identifier.
String	lang Language code defined in RFC 1766.

Fields inherited from class Element

tagName

Fields inherited from class Node

childNodes, firstChild, lastChild, nextSibling, nodeName, nodeType, nodeValue, ownerDocument, parentNode, previousSibling

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class Element

getAttribute, getElementsByTagName, removeAttribute, setAttribute

Methods inherited from class Node

appendChild, hasChildNodes, insertBefore, removeChild, replaceChild

Field Detail

id

String id

The element's identifier. See the id attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

dir

String dir

Specifies the base direction of directionally neutral text and the directionality of tables. See the dir attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

className

String className

The class attribute of the element. This attribute has been renamed due to conflicts with the "class" keyword exposed by many languages. See the class attribute definition in HTML 4.0.

lang

String lang

Language code defined in RFC 1766. See the lang attribute definition in HTML 4.0.