Attr: ownerElement property
The read-only ownerElement
property of the Attr
interface returns the Element
the attribute belongs to.
Value
The Element
the attribute belongs to, or null
if the attribute is not linked to an element.
Example
The following example displays the qualified name of the element of the two first elements, when we click on the appropriate button.
HTML
html
<svg xml:lang="en-US" class="struct" height="1" width="1">Click me</svg>
<label xml:lang="en-US" class="struct"></label>
<p>
<button>Show value for <svg></button>
<button>Show value for <label></button>
</p>
<p>
Qualified name of the owner element of the attribute <code>xml:lang</code>:
<output id="result">None.</output>
</p>
JavaScript
js
const elements = document.querySelectorAll(".struct");
const buttons = document.querySelectorAll("button");
const outputEl = document.querySelector("#result");
let i = 0;
for (const button of buttons) {
const element = elements[i];
button.addEventListener("click", () => {
const attribute = element.attributes[0];
outputEl.value = attribute.ownerElement.tagName.toLowerCase();
});
i++;
}
Specifications
Specification |
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DOM Standard # dom-attr-ownerelement |
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