What is HTML DOM?

  • HTML DOM stands for HTML Document Object Model.
  • It is a programming interface for web documents.
  • It represents the structure of an HTML document as a tree of objects.
  • With the HTML DOM, JavaScript can access and manipulate all elements of an HTML document.

Example: This example shows the accessing the JavaScript HTML DOM by id.

HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" 
          content="width=device-width,
                   initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Accessing the JavaScript
             HTML DOM by id
      </title>
</head>

<body>
    <h1 id="demo">This is some text.</h1>
    <button onclick="changeText()">
      Change Text
      </button>

    <script>
        function changeText() {
            let element = document.getElementById("demo");
            element.textContent = "Text changed by JavaScript!";
        }
    </script>
</body>

</html>

Output:

Output


JavaScript HTML DOM

The HTML DOM serves as a blueprint for webpages, outlining their structure and individual elements, using JavaScript it can dynamically access and modify the content, structure, and style of a webpage. We can access, modify, and delete the HTML elements via JavaScript.

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  • What is DOM?
  • Features of JavaScript DOM
  • What is HTML DOM?

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