parentElement

Summary

Retrieves the parent node of this DOM node, if the parent is an element node; null if the parent is not an element or if there is no parent. Read-only.

Property of dom/Elementdom/Element

Syntax

Note: This property is read-only.

var result = element.parentElement;

Notes

Remarks

The topmost object returns null as its parent.

Syntax

Attributions

• Microsoft Developer Network: [Windows Internet Explorer API reference Article]