HTMLMetaElement : HTMLElement
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Represents various kinds of metadata that cannot be expressed using the title,base,link,style, and script elements.

Platform Support

Mozilla Chrome Safari Opera IE Netscape
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Constructors

Constructor Action Mozilla Chrome Safari Opera IE Netscape
HTMLMetaElement Constructor() : HTMLMetaElement
Creates an instance of the HTMLMetaElement.
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HTMLMetaElement() : HTMLMetaElement

Creates an instance of the HTMLMetaElement.

Returns
HTMLMetaElement

Visibility
internal

Properties

Property Action Mozilla Chrome Safari Opera IE Netscape
name : String
Specifies the name for the metadata.
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httpEquiv : String
Specifies a pragma directive used for the meta element.
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content : String
Specifies the content for the metadata.
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Inherited Functions

Method Action Mozilla Chrome Safari Opera IE Netscape
getElementsByClassName(String classNames) : NodeList
Returns a NodeList containing all the Element nodes with the specified classNames.
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Parameters
String classNames (one-or-more)A string representing the class name(s) of the elements to return. Multiple class names should be separated by spaces.

Returns
NodeList

Using getElementsByClassName

                        	                    document.getElementById("useCases").getElementsByClassName("question");

Would return a NodeList of all elements inside the element with the id "useCases" to which the class "question" applies.

                        	                    document.getElementById("useCases").getElementsByClassName("question issue");

Would return a NodeList of all elements inside the element with the id "useCases" to which both the classes "question" and "issue" apply.

Remarks

Returns a list of child elements to which the specified className applies. The returned NodeList is sorted in tree order (the order the elements were found during a depth-first preorder traversal through the node tree).

See Also

Document.getElementsByClassName|Element.getElementsByClassName|HTMLDocument.getElementsByClassName

Availability

HTML 5|W3C|W3C

References

HTMLMetaElement

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