TreeWalker.root

The TreeWalker.root read-only property returns the node that is the root of what the TreeWalker traverses.

SyntaxEdit

root = TreeWalker.root;

ExampleEdit

var treeWalker = document.createTreeWalker(
    document.body,
    NodeFilter.SHOW_ELEMENT,
    { acceptNode: function(node) { return NodeFilter.FILTER_ACCEPT; } },
    false
);
root = treeWalker.root; // document.body in this case

SpecificationsEdit

Specification Status Comment
DOM
The definition of 'TreeWalker.root' in that specification.
Living Standard No change from Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Traversal and Range Specification
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Traversal and Range Specification
The definition of 'TreeWalker.root' in that specification.
Recommendation Initial definition.

Browser compatibilityEdit

Feature Chrome Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari
Basic support 1.0 2.0 (1.8.1) 9.0 9.0 3.0

See alsoEdit

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