parentElement property
The parentElement property
contains a parent element.
Syntax
element.parentElement;
Example
Let's obtain the parent of the #elem
element and display its id:
<div id="parent">
<p id="elem"></p>
</div>
let elem = document.querySelector('#elem');
let id = elem.parentElement.id;
console.log(id);
The code execution result:
'parent'
See also
-
the
parentNodeproperty
that defines a parent node
