Firefox doesn't use parentElement, it uses parentNode

JavaScript in FireFox doesn't support the function parentElement. You should use parentNode instead.

Example:

myElement.parentNode;

Author Paul Hayman

Paul is the COO of kwiboo ltd and has more than 20 years IT consultancy experience. He has consulted for a number of blue chip companies and has been exposed to the folowing sectors: Utilities, Telecommunications, Insurance, Media, Investment Banking, Leisure, Legal, CRM, Pharmaceuticals, Interactive Gaming, Mobile Communications, Online Services.

Paul is the COO and co-founder of kwiboo (http://www.kwiboo.com/) and is also the creator of GeekZilla.

Comments

Brle said:

Thank you very much, I spent whole afternoon trying to make Firefox run javascript which use parentElement!

27/Aug/2007 18:31 PM

Yagnesh said:

thnx it worksssssssss

13/Dec/2008 05:51 AM

manish said:

thanks

07/Jul/2010 12:41 PM

tinku said:

Thats a small but grate post. Very much helpful. Thanks a lot Paul.

10/Nov/2010 17:28 PM

Hemant said:

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01/Apr/2011 11:02 AM

Neil said:

or to put it more accurately:

"Javascript in IE doesn't support the function parentNode".

W3C DOM defines a parentNode property of the Node interface.

IE defines a proprietary parentElement.

06/Nov/2011 11:02 AM

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