Select an element or list of elements

Written byPhuoc Nguyen

Created

16 Feb, 2020

Last updated

04 May, 2020

#Select an element by given ID

<div id="hello" />;

document.getElementById('hello');

#Select elements by class name

Returns the list of elements that have `hello` class within a given element:

ele.getElementsByClassName('hello');

#Select elements by tag name

Returns the list of `span` inside a given element:

ele.getElementsByTagName('span');

#Select elements by CSS selector

Returns the list of elements that match a given selector:

ele.querySelectorAll('div.hello');

Returns the first element that match a given selector:

ele.querySelector('div.hello');

#See also

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