Retrieves a reference to the first child in the childNodes collection of the object.
Syntax
HTMLN/AScripting[ oElement = ] object.firstChild
Possible Values
oElement Object that receives the first child object.The property is read-only. The property has no default value.
The property is read-only. The property has no default value.
Remarks
In Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, This property now applies to the attribute object.
Example
This example implements the firstChild attribute to obtain the first child element of an object. <SCRIPT> var oFirstChild = oList.firstChild; </SCRIPT> <BODY> <UL ID = oList> <LI>List Item 1 <LI>List Item 2 <LI>List Item 3 </UL> <BODY>
This example implements the firstChild attribute to obtain the first child element of an object.
<SCRIPT> var oFirstChild = oList.firstChild; </SCRIPT> <BODY> <UL ID = oList> <LI>List Item 1 <LI>List Item 2 <LI>List Item 3 </UL> <BODY>
Standards Information
This property is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .
Applies To
A, ABBR, ACRONYM, ADDRESS, APPLET, AREA, attribute, B, BASE, BASEFONT, BDO, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, COL, COLGROUP, COMMENT, DD, DEL, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, EMBED, FIELDSET, FONT, FORM, FRAME, FRAMESET, HEAD, hn, HR, HTML, I, IFRAME, IMG, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, INS, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LINK, LISTING, MAP, MARQUEE, MENU, nextID, OL, OPTION, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, Q, S, SAMP, SCRIPT, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TITLE, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP
See Also
lastChild, About the W3C Document Object Model
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