Name

children[ ] — NN n/a IE 4 DOM n/a

Synopsis

Returns an array of all first-level HTML element objects contained by the current element. This collection differs from the all[] collection in that it contains references only to the immediate children of the current element (whereas the all[] collection transcends generations). For example, document.body.children[] might contain a form, but no reference to form elements nested inside the form. Items in this array are indexed (zero based) in source code order.

Syntax

                        object.children(index).objectPropertyOrMethod
                        object.children[index].objectPropertyOrMethod
                        object.children.elementID.objectPropertyOrMethod

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