The Document Object Model

aka, The DOM

<!doctype html>
<html>
 <head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>All About Bears</title>
  <style type="text/css">
   h1 {
     color: blue;
   }
  #mainpicture {
    border: 1px solid black;
  }
  .bearname {
    font-weight: bold;
  }
  </style>
 </head>
 <body>
  <h1>BEARS!</h1>
  <img id="mainpicture" src="http://placebear.com/200/300">
  <p>The No. 1 Threat To America</p>
  <ul>
   <li class="bearname">Smokey</li>
   <li class="bearname">Teddy</li>
  </ul>
 </body>
</html>

HTML+CSS: Review

HTML+CSS: Review

The DOM is a Tree!

The

document
  • Find elements in the tree
  • Modify elements
  • Create elements outside of the tree
  • Insert elements into the tree

We're going to learn how to:

Object

Using 

document

to find elements

To find this HTML:

<h1>BEARS!</h1>

Use this:

Access like this:

console.log(headerArray[0]);

> '<h1>BEARS!</h1>'
document.getElementsByTagName();

Find an array of all elements with a specific tag:

var headerArray = document.getElementsByTagName("h1");

Using 

document

to find elements

document.getElementsByClassName();

Find an array of all elements with a specific class:

var bearliArray = document.getElementsByClassName("bearpicture");

To find this HTML:

<li class="bearname">Smokey</li>
<li class="bearname">Teddy</li>

Use this:

Access like this:

console.log(bearliArray[0]);

> '<li class="bearname">Smokey</li>'

Using 

document

to find elements

document.getElementById();

Find elements by an ID:

To find this HTML:

var picture = document.getElementById("mainPicture");
<img id="mainpicture" src="http://placebear.com/200/300">

Use this:

Modifying Elements

Once we have an element, we can change it's properties

var bearImg = document.getElementById("mainpicture");

bearImg.src = "http://placekitten.com/344/543"
bearImg.className = "kittenimg";

Modifying Elements

We can also modify the CSS of an element directly by changing it's style property

var title = document.getElementsByTagName("h1")[0];

title.style.fontFamily = "Arial";
title.style.color = "blue";

We can modify any CSS property- it's name is in camelCase instead of as kabob-case

Try It!

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Creating New Elements

To make a new DOM node, first create it and create a reference

var newImg = document.createElement("img");

var newH1 = document.createElement("h1");

var newP = document.createElement("p");

Specify the tag name to get the element you want

document.createElement()

Creating New Elements

Inserting New Elements

Next, add the node to the tree:

var newImg = document.createElement("img");
newImg.src = "http://placekitten.com/345/543";


var body = document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0];

First, we need a new node and a place to put the new node

body.appendChild(newImg);

Inserting New Elements

//Make the elements
var newImg = document.createElement("img");

var newH1 = document.createElement("h1");

var newP = document.createElement("p");

Inserting New Elements

//Make the elements
var newImg = document.createElement("img");

var newH1 = document.createElement("h1");

var newP = document.createElement("p");


// Find a place to put them

var body = document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0];


// Put them in their place

body.appendChild(newImg);

body.appendChild(newH1);

body.appendChild(newP);

Inserting New Elements

//Make the elements
var newImg = document.createElement("img");

var newH1 = document.createElement("h1");

var newP = document.createElement("p");


// Find a place to put them

var body = document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0];


// Put them in their place

body.appendChild(newImg);

body.appendChild(newH1);

body.appendChild(newP);

// We still have references

newH1.innerText = "Cats have invaded!";

newImg.src = "http://placekitten.com/444/567";

newP.innerText = "We're here to take over your page!"

The Document Object Model

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