TreeWalker: currentNode property

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 TreeWalker.currentNode property represents the Node which the TreeWalker is currently pointing at.

Value

A Node.

Examples

js
const treeWalker = document.createTreeWalker(
  document.body,
  NodeFilter.SHOW_ELEMENT,
  {
    acceptNode(node) {
      return NodeFilter.FILTER_ACCEPT;
    },
  },
);
root = treeWalker.currentNode; // the root element as it is the first element!

Specifications

Specification
DOM
# ref-for-dom-treewalker-currentnode①

Browser compatibility

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desktopmobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
currentNode

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Full support
Full support

See also