HTMLElement Interface

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HTMLElement Interface

All of the HTML elements implement either this interface, to expose the core HTML attributes and methods, or one of its subinterfaces for elements that need to provide access to additional attributes or methods.

Superinterface:: Element
Subinterfaces:: HTMLAnchorElement HTMLAreaElement HTMLBaseElement HTMLBodyElement HTMLBRElement HTMLButtonElement HTMLCanvasElement HTMLCommandElement HTMLDataListElement HTMLDetailsElement HTMLDivElement HTMLDListElement HTMLEmbedElement HTMLFieldSetElement HTMLFormElement HTMLHeadElement HTMLHeadingElement HTMLHRElement HTMLHtmlElement HTMLIFrameElement HTMLImageElement HTMLInputElement HTMLKeygenElement HTMLLabelElement HTMLLegendElement HTMLLIElement HTMLLinkElement HTMLMapElement HTMLMediaElement HTMLMenuElement HTMLMetaElement HTMLMeterElement HTMLModElement HTMLObjectElement HTMLOListElement HTMLOptGroupElement HTMLOptionElement HTMLOutputElement HTMLParagraphElement HTMLParamElement HTMLPreElement HTMLProgressElement HTMLQuoteElement HTMLScriptElement HTMLSelectElement HTMLSourceElement HTMLSpanElement HTMLStyleElement HTMLTableElement HTMLTableCaptionElement HTMLTableCellElement HTMLTableColElement HTMLTableSectionElement HTMLTextAreaElement HTMLTimeElement HTMLTitleElement HTMLTableRowElement HTMLTrackElement HTMLUListElement
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DOM Properties
get or set	DOMString	element.accessKey element.accessKey = value
get only	DOMString	element.accessKeyLabel
get only	boolean	element.checked
get or set	DOMString	element.className element.className = value
get only	DOMTokenList	element.classList
get only	DOMString	element.commandType
get or set	DOMString	element.contentEditable element.contentEditable = value
get or set	HTMLMenuElement	element.contextMenu element.contextMenu = value
get only	DOMStringMap	element.dataset
get or set	DOMString	element.dir element.dir = value
get only	boolean	element.disabled
get or set	boolean	element.draggable element.draggable = value
get or set	DOMSettableTokenList	element.dropzone element.dropzone = value
get or set	boolean	element.hidden element.hidden = value
get only	DOMString	element.icon
get or set	DOMString	element.id element.id = value
get or set	DOMString	element.innerHTML element.innerHTML = value
get only	boolean	element.isContentEditable
get or set	DOMString	element.itemId element.itemId = value
get only	DOMSettableTokenList	element.itemProp
get only	DOMSettableTokenList	element.itemRef
get or set	boolean	element.itemScope element.itemScope = value
get or set	DOMString	element.itemType element.itemType = value
get or set	any	element.itemValue element.itemValue = value
get only	DOMString	element.label
get or set	DOMString	element.lang element.lang = value
get or set	DOMString	element.outerHTML element.outerHTML = value
get only	HTMLPropertiesCollection	element.properties For a microdata item, the `properties` property is an HTMLPropertiesCollection with all of the elements that contribute properties to this element's microdata model. If the element does not have a itemscope attribute, the element does not represent a microdata item and the collection will be empty.
get or set	boolean	element.spellcheck element.spellcheck = value
get only	CSSStyleDeclaration	element.style
get or set	long	element.tabIndex element.tabIndex = value
get or set	DOMString	element.title element.title = value

DOM Interface Methods		Supported
void	element.blur()
void	element.click()
void	element.focus()
NodeList	element.getElementsByClassName(DOMString classNames) Parameters: - Returns:
void	element.insertAdjacentHTML(DOMString position, DOMString text) Parameters: -

DOM Events
Event Type	Property		Supported
abort	Function	onabort
blur	Function	onblur
canplay	Function	oncanplay
canplaythrough	Function	oncanplaythrough
change	Function	onchange
click	Function	onclick
contextmenu	Function	oncontextmenu
cuechange	Function	oncuechange
dblclick	Function	ondblclick
drag	Function	ondrag
dragend	Function	ondragend
dragenter	Function	ondragenter
dragleave	Function	ondragleave
dragover	Function	ondragover
dragstart	Function	ondragstart
drop	Function	ondrop
durationchange	Function	ondurationchange
emptied	Function	onemptied
ended	Function	onended
error	Function	onerror
focus	Function	onfocus
formchange	Function	onformchange
forminput	Function	onforminput
input	Function	oninput
invalid	Function	oninvalid
keydown	Function	onkeydown
keypress	Function	onkeypress
keyup	Function	onkeyup
load	Function	onload
loadeddata	Function	onloadeddata
loadedmetadata	Function	onloadedmetadata
loadstart	Function	onloadstart
mousedown	Function	onmousedown
mousemove	Function	onmousemove
mouseout	Function	onmouseout
mouseover	Function	onmouseover
mouseup	Function	onmouseup
mousewheel	Function	onmousewheel
pause	Function	onpause
play	Function	onplay
playing	Function	onplaying
progress	Function	onprogress
ratechange	Function	onratechange
readystatechange	Function	onreadystatechange
reset	Function	onreset
scroll	Function	onscroll
seeked	Function	onseeked
seeking	Function	onseeking
select	Function	onselect
show	Function	onshow
stalled	Function	onstalled
submit	Function	onsubmit
suspend	Function	onsuspend
timeupdate	Function	ontimeupdate
volumechange	Function	onvolumechange
waiting	Function	onwaiting

Valid HTML 5