NodeIterator: root property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The NodeIterator.root read-only property represents the Node that is the root of what the NodeIterator traverses.

Value

A Node.

Examples

js
const nodeIterator = document.createNodeIterator(
  document.body,
  NodeFilter.SHOW_ELEMENT,
  {
    acceptNode(node) {
      return NodeFilter.FILTER_ACCEPT;
    },
  },
);
root = nodeIterator.root; // document.body in this case

Specifications

Specification
DOM
# dom-nodeiterator-root

Browser compatibility

Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
root

See also