DOM:element.parentNode

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[edit] Summary

Returns the parent of the specified node in the DOM tree.

[edit] Syntax

parentNode = node.parentNode

parentNode is the parent of the current node. The parent of an element is an Element node, a Document node, or a DocumentFragment node.

[edit] Example

if (node.parentNode) {
  // remove a node from the tree, unless 
  // it's not in the tree already
  node.parentNode.removeChild(node);
}

[edit] Notes

parentNode returns null for the following node types: Attr, Document, DocumentFragment, Entity, and Notation.

It also returns null if the node has just been created and is not yet attached to the tree.

[edit] See also

element.firstChild, element.lastChild, element.childNodes, element.nextSibling, element.previousSibling.

[edit] Specification

DOM Level 2 Core: Node.parentNode