createElement
(method
)
Owning interface and usage:
Document .
createElement (
tagName )
Member of these other interfaces :
none
Description:
Creates an element of the type specified. Note that the instance returned implements the Element interface, so attributes can be specified directly on the returned object.
Parameters:
DOMString tagName
-
The name of the element type to instantiate. (Remember that for XML this is case-sensitive.)
Returns:
Element -
A new Element object with the nodeName attribute set to tagName , and localName , prefix , and namespaceURI set to null .
Exceptions:
DOMException INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR
Raised if the specified name contains an illegal character.
Note:
If there are known attributes with default values, Attr nodes representing them are automatically created and attached to the element.
Example:
JavaScript:
var elem = document.createElement('P');
var output = elem.nodeName;
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