JavaScript: How to loop through all DOM elements on a page and display result on console?

Javascript Web Development Object Oriented Programming

To loop through all DOM elements on a page, use document.getElementsByTagName(‘*’). Loop through its length and display the result in console as in the below code −

var tags = document.getElementsByTagName("*");
for (var i=0, max=tags.length; i < max; i++) {
   console.log(tags[i]);
}

Example

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initialscale=1.0">
<title>Document</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Demo</h1>
<label>
Enter the name:
<input type="text" id="txtName">
</label>
<button type="submit">Save</button>
<script>
   var tags = document.getElementsByTagName("*");
   for (var i=0, max=tags.length; i < max; i++) {
      console.log(tags[i]);
   }
</script>
</body>
</html>

To run the above program, save the file name “anyName.html(index.html)” and right click on the file. Select the option “Open with Live Server” in VS Code editor.