- Prototype Tutorial
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- Prototype - Short Overview
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- Prototype - Utility Methods
- Prototype - Element Object
- Prototype - Number Processing
- Prototype - Strings Processing
- Prototype - Array Processing
- Prototype - Hash processing
- Prototype - Basic Object
- Prototype - Templating
- Prototype - Enumerating
- Prototype - Event Handling
- Prototype - Form Management
- Prototype - JSON Support
- Prototype - AJAX Support
- Prototype - Expressing Ranges
- Prototype - Periodical Execution
- Prototype Useful Resources
- Prototype - Quick Guide
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- Prototype - Discussion
Prototype - childElements() Method
Collects all of the element's children and returns them as an array of extended elements.
An index of 0 refers to the topmost child of an element.
Syntax
element.childElements();
Return Value
An array of HTML elements.
Example
<html> <head> <title>Prototype examples</title> <script type = "text/javascript" src = "/javascript/prototype.js"></script> <script> function showElements() { var arr = $('father').childElements(); arr.each(function(node) { alert(node.nodeName + ': ' + node.innerHTML); }); } </script> </head> <body> <div id = "father"> <p id = "kid1">This is first paragraph</p> <p id = "kid2">This is second paragraph</p> </div> <br /> <input type = "button" value = "showElements" onclick = "showElements();"/> </body> </html>
Output
prototype_element_object.htm
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