NodeList: keys() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The NodeList.keys() method returns an iterator allowing to go through all keys contained in this object. The keys are unsigned integer.

Syntax

js
keys()

Return value

Returns an iterator.

Example

js
const node = document.createElement("div");
const kid1 = document.createElement("p");
const kid2 = document.createTextNode("hey");
const kid3 = document.createElement("span");

node.appendChild(kid1);
node.appendChild(kid2);
node.appendChild(kid3);

let list = node.childNodes;

// Using for...of
for (const key of list.keys()) {
  console.log(key);
}

The result is:

0
1
2

Browser compatibility

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See also