HTML DOM Element parentNode

Get the node name of the parent node of "myLI":

let name = document.getElementById("myLI").parentNode.nodeName;

Click on an element (<span>) to hide its parent:

Description

The parentNode property returns the parent node of an element or node.

The parentNode property is read-only.

In the HTML DOM (Document Object Model), an HTML document is a collection of nodes with (or without) child nodes.

Nodes are element nodes, text nodes, and comment nodes.

Whitespace between elements are also text nodes.

Elements are only element nodes.

childNodes returns child nodes (element nodes, text nodes, and comment nodes).

children returns child elements (not text and comment nodes).

Siblings are "brothers" and "sisters".

Siblings are nodes with the same parent (in the same childNodes list).

Element Siblings are elements with the same parent (in the same children list).

element.parentNode

node.parentNode

Type	Description
Node	The parent node. `null` if the node has no parent.

element.parentnode is a DOM Level 1 (1998) feature.

It is fully supported in all browsers:


Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Safari	Opera	IE
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	9-11