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nsIDOMElement

IID:a6cf9078-15b3-11d2-932e-00805f8add32
Inherits From:nsIDOMNode

This interface is implemented by the following components:

Properties

readonly DOMString tagName

The nsIDOMElement interface represents an element in an HTML or XML document.

For more information on this interface please see http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-Core/

Methods

DOMString getAttribute ( DOMString name ) nsIDOMAttr getAttributeNode ( DOMString name ) nsIDOMAttr getAttributeNodeNS ( DOMString namespaceURI , DOMString localName ) DOMString getAttributeNS ( DOMString namespaceURI , DOMString localName ) nsIDOMNodeList getElementsByTagName ( DOMString name ) nsIDOMNodeList getElementsByTagNameNS ( DOMString namespaceURI , DOMString localName ) PRBool hasAttribute ( DOMString name ) PRBool hasAttributeNS ( DOMString namespaceURI , DOMString localName ) void removeAttribute ( DOMString name ) nsIDOMAttr removeAttributeNode ( nsIDOMAttr oldAttr ) void removeAttributeNS ( DOMString namespaceURI , DOMString localName ) void setAttribute ( DOMString name , DOMString value ) nsIDOMAttr setAttributeNode ( nsIDOMAttr newAttr ) nsIDOMAttr setAttributeNodeNS ( nsIDOMAttr newAttr ) void setAttributeNS ( DOMString namespaceURI , DOMString qualifiedName , DOMString value )

DOMString getAttribute ( DOMString name )

Arguments:
name

nsIDOMAttr getAttributeNode ( DOMString name )

Arguments:
name

nsIDOMAttr getAttributeNodeNS ( DOMString namespaceURI , DOMString localName )

Arguments:
namespaceURI
localName

DOMString getAttributeNS ( DOMString namespaceURI , DOMString localName )

Arguments:
namespaceURI
localName

nsIDOMNodeList getElementsByTagName ( DOMString name )

Arguments:
name

nsIDOMNodeList getElementsByTagNameNS ( DOMString namespaceURI , DOMString localName )

Arguments:
namespaceURI
localName

PRBool hasAttribute ( DOMString name )

Arguments:
name

PRBool hasAttributeNS ( DOMString namespaceURI , DOMString localName )

Arguments:
namespaceURI
localName

void removeAttribute ( DOMString name )

Arguments:
name

nsIDOMAttr removeAttributeNode ( nsIDOMAttr oldAttr )

Arguments:
oldAttr

void removeAttributeNS ( DOMString namespaceURI , DOMString localName )

Arguments:
namespaceURI
localName

void setAttribute ( DOMString name , DOMString value )

Arguments:
name
value

nsIDOMAttr setAttributeNode ( nsIDOMAttr newAttr )

Arguments:
newAttr

nsIDOMAttr setAttributeNodeNS ( nsIDOMAttr newAttr )

Arguments:
newAttr

void setAttributeNS ( DOMString namespaceURI , DOMString qualifiedName , DOMString value )

Arguments:
namespaceURI
qualifiedName
value

References

This interface is the type of the following properties:

nsIBoxObject.element, nsIBoxObject.firstChild, nsIBoxObject.lastChild, nsIBoxObject.nextSibling, nsIBoxObject.parentBox, nsIBoxObject.previousSibling, nsIDOMAttr.ownerElement, nsIDOMDocument.documentElement, nsIDOMNSDocument.activeElement, nsIDOMNSHTMLElement.offsetParent, nsIDOMWindowInternal.frameElement, nsIDOMXPathNamespace.ownerElement, nsIDOMXULCommandDispatcher.focusedElement, nsIDOMXULTreeElement.body, nsIEditor.rootElement, nsIHTMLAbsPosEditor.absolutelyPositionedSelectionContainer, nsIHTMLAbsPosEditor.positionedElement, nsIHTMLObjectResizer.resizedObject, nsIMenuBoxObject.activeChild, nsIPluginTagInfo2.DOMElement, nsITreeBoxObject.treeBody, nsITreeColumn.element, nsITypeAheadFind.foundEditable, nsITypeAheadFind.foundLink, nsIWebBrowserFocus.focusedElement, nsIXMLContentBuilder.current, nsIXMLContentBuilder.root, nsIXTFElementWrapper.documentFrameElement, nsIXTFElementWrapper.elementNode, nsIXULTemplateBuilder.root

This interface is passed as an argument to the following methods:

inIDOMUtils.getBindingURLs, inIDOMUtils.getCSSStyleRules, inIDOMUtils.getContentState, inIDOMUtils.setContentState, inIFlasher.drawElementOutline, inIFlasher.repaintElement, inIFlasher.scrollElementIntoView, nsIAutoCompletePopup.openAutocompletePopup, nsIDOMDocumentCSS.getOverrideStyle, nsIDOMDocumentXBL.addBinding, nsIDOMDocumentXBL.getAnonymousElementByAttribute, nsIDOMDocumentXBL.getAnonymousNodes, nsIDOMDocumentXBL.removeBinding, nsIDOMLSParserFilter.startElement, nsIDOMNSDocument.getBoxObjectFor, nsIDOMViewCSS.getComputedStyle, nsIDOMWindowUtils.focus, nsIDOMXULCommandDispatcher.addCommandUpdater, nsIDOMXULCommandDispatcher.advanceFocusIntoSubtree, nsIDOMXULCommandDispatcher.removeCommandUpdater, nsIDOMXULDocument.addBroadcastListenerFor, nsIDOMXULDocument.removeBroadcastListenerFor, nsIDOMXULPopupElement.showPopup, nsIEditor.getAttributeValue, nsIEditor.removeAttribute, nsIEditor.removeAttributeOrEquivalent, nsIEditor.setAttribute, nsIEditor.setAttributeOrEquivalent, nsIFeedTextConstruct.createDocumentFragment, nsIHTMLAbsPosEditor.absolutelyPositionElement, nsIHTMLAbsPosEditor.getElementZIndex, nsIHTMLAbsPosEditor.relativeChangeElementZIndex, nsIHTMLAbsPosEditor.setElementPosition, nsIHTMLAbsPosEditor.setElementZIndex, nsIHTMLAbsPosEditor.showGrabberOnElement, nsIHTMLEditor.insertElementAtSelection, nsIHTMLEditor.insertLinkAroundSelection, nsIHTMLEditor.isAnonymousElement, nsIHTMLEditor.selectElement, nsIHTMLEditor.setCaretAfterElement, nsIHTMLInlineTableEditor.doInlineTableEditingAction, nsIHTMLInlineTableEditor.showInlineTableEditingUI, nsIHTMLObjectResizeListener.onEndResizing, nsIHTMLObjectResizeListener.onStartResizing, nsIHTMLObjectResizer.mouseDown, nsIHTMLObjectResizer.mouseUp, nsIHTMLObjectResizer.showResizers, nsIListBoxObject.getIndexOfItem, nsIPopupBoxObject.openPopup, nsIPopupBoxObject.showPopup, nsIScriptableUnescapeHTML.parseFragment, nsIScrollBoxObject.ensureElementIsVisible, nsIScrollBoxObject.scrollToElement, nsITableEditor.getCellAt, nsITableEditor.getCellDataAt, nsITableEditor.getCellIndexes, nsITableEditor.getFirstRow, nsITableEditor.getSelectedCellsType, nsITableEditor.getTableSize, nsITableEditor.normalizeTable, nsITableEditor.selectBlockOfCells, nsITableEditor.setSelectionAfterTableEdit, nsITableEditor.switchTableCellHeaderType, nsITreeColumns.getColumnFor, nsITreeContentView.getIndexOfItem, nsIXMLContentBuilder.clear, nsIXTFElement.cloneState, nsIXTFElement.parentChanged, nsIXTFElement.willChangeParent, nsIXULBrowserWindow.setOverLink, nsIXULTemplateBuilder.getResultForContent, nsIXULTreeBuilder.sort, nsIXULTreeBuilderObserver.onCycleHeader

This interface is returned from the following methods:

nsIDOMDocument.createElement, nsIDOMDocument.createElementNS, nsIDOMDocument.getElementById, nsIDOMDocumentXBL.getAnonymousElementByAttribute, nsIDOMDocumentXBL.getBindingParent, nsIDOMNSDocument.elementFromPoint, nsIDOMSVGSVGElement.getElementById, nsIHTMLEditor.createAnonymousElement, nsIHTMLEditor.createElementWithDefaults, nsIHTMLEditor.getElementOrParentByTagName, nsIHTMLEditor.getSelectedElement, nsIHTMLEditor.getSelectionContainer, nsIListBoxObject.getItemAtIndex, nsITableEditor.getCellAt, nsITableEditor.getFirstSelectedCell, nsITableEditor.getFirstSelectedCellInTable, nsITableEditor.getNextSelectedCell, nsITableEditor.getSelectedOrParentTableElement, nsITableEditor.switchTableCellHeaderType, nsITreeContentView.getItemAtIndex, nsIUpdate.serialize, nsIUpdatePatch.serialize

Reference documentation is generated from Mozilla's source.