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Class CKEDITOR.dom.element


Extends CKEDITOR.dom.node.

Defined in: core/dom/element.js.

Class Summary
Constructor Attributes Constructor Name and Description
 
CKEDITOR.dom.element(element, ownerDocument)
Represents a DOM element.
Field Summary
Field Attributes Field Name and Description
 
$
The native DOM element represented by this class instance.
 
Sets the value of an element attribute.
Method Summary
Method Attributes Method Name and Description
<static>  
CKEDITOR.dom.element.createFromHtml(html, ownerDocument)
Creates an instance of the CKEDITOR.dom.element class based on the HTML representation of an element.
 
append(node)
Append a node as a child of this element.
 
appendText(text)
Append text to this element.
 
Gets the document containing this element.
 
Gets the first child node of this element.
 
Gets the value of the "id" attribute of this element.
 
Gets the element name (tag name).
 
Gets the value of the "name" attribute of this element.
 
hide()
Hides this element (display:none).
 
setAttributes(attributesPairs)
Sets the value of several element attributes.
 
setHtml(html)
Sets the inner HTML of this element.
 
setStyle(name, value)
Sets the value of an element style.
 
show()
Shows this element (display it).
Methods borrowed from class CKEDITOR.dom.node:
appendTo, insertAfter, insertBefore
Class Detail
CKEDITOR.dom.element(element, ownerDocument)
Since: 3.0
Represents a DOM element.
// Create a new <span> element.
var element = new CKEDITOR.dom.element( 'span' );
// Create an element based on a native DOM element.
var element = new CKEDITOR.dom.element( document.getElementById( 'myId' ) );
Parameters:
{Object|String} element
A native DOM element or the element name for new elements.
{CKEDITOR.dom.document} ownerDocument Optional
The document that will contain the element in case of element creation.
Field Detail
{Object} $
Since: 3.0
The native DOM element represented by this class instance.
var element = new CKEDITOR.dom.element( 'span' );
alert( element.$.nodeType );  // "1"

setAttribute
Since: 3.0
Sets the value of an element attribute.
var element = CKEDITOR.dom.element.getById( 'myElement' );
element.setAttribute( 'class', 'myClass' );
element.setAttribute( 'title', 'This is an example' );
Method Detail
<static> {CKEDITOR.dom.element} CKEDITOR.dom.element.createFromHtml(html, ownerDocument)
Since: 3.0
Creates an instance of the CKEDITOR.dom.element class based on the HTML representation of an element.
var element = CKEDITOR.dom.element.createFromHtml( '<strong class="anyclass">My element</strong>' );
alert( element.getName() );  // "strong"
Parameters:
{String} html
The element HTML. It should define only one element in the "root" level. The "root" element can have child nodes, but not siblings.
ownerDocument
Returns:
{CKEDITOR.dom.element} The element instance.

{CKEDITOR.dom.node} append(node)
Since: 3.0
Append a node as a child of this element.
var p = new CKEDITOR.dom.element( 'p' );

var strong = new CKEDITOR.dom.element( 'strong' );
p.append( strong );

var em = p.append( 'em' );

// result: "<p><strong></strong><em></em></p>"
Parameters:
{CKEDITOR.dom.node|String} node
The node or element name to be appended.
Returns:
{CKEDITOR.dom.node} The appended node.

{CKEDITOR.dom.node} appendText(text)
Since: 3.0
Append text to this element.
var p = new CKEDITOR.dom.element( 'p' );
p.appendText( 'This is' );
p.appendText( ' some text' );

// result: "<p>This is some text</p>"
Parameters:
{String} text
The text to be appended.
Returns:
{CKEDITOR.dom.node} The appended node.

{CKEDITOR.dom.document} getDocument()
Since: 3.0
Gets the document containing this element.
var element = CKEDITOR.document.getById( 'example' );
alert( element.getDocument().equals( CKEDITOR.document ) );  // "true"
Returns:
{CKEDITOR.dom.document} The document.

{CKEDITOR.dom.node} getFirst()
Since: 3.0
Gets the first child node of this element.
var element = CKEDITOR.dom.element.createFromHtml( '<div><b>Example</b></div>' );
var first = element.getFirst();
alert( first.getName() );  // "b"
Returns:
{CKEDITOR.dom.node} The first child node or null if not available.

{String} getId()
Since: 3.0
Gets the value of the "id" attribute of this element.
var element = CKEDITOR.dom.element.createFromHtml( '<p id="myId"></p>' );
alert( element.getId() );  // "myId"
Returns:
{String} The element id, or null if not available.

{String} getName()
Since: 3.0
Gets the element name (tag name). The returned name is guaranteed to be always full lowercased.
var element = new CKEDITOR.dom.element( 'span' );
alert( element.getName() );  // "span"
Returns:
{String} The element name.

{String} getNameAtt()
Since: 3.0
Gets the value of the "name" attribute of this element.
var element = CKEDITOR.dom.element.createFromHtml( '<input name="myName"></input>' );
alert( element.getNameAtt() );  // "myName"
Returns:
{String} The element name, or null if not available.

hide()
Since: 3.0
Hides this element (display:none).
var element = CKEDITOR.dom.element.getById( 'myElement' );
element.hide();

setAttributes(attributesPairs)
Since: 3.0
Sets the value of several element attributes.
var element = CKEDITOR.dom.element.getById( 'myElement' );
element.setAttributes({
    'class' : 'myClass',
    'title' : 'This is an example' });
Parameters:
{Object} attributesPairs
An object containing the names and values of the attributes.

{String} setHtml(html)
Since: 3.0
Sets the inner HTML of this element.
var p = new CKEDITOR.dom.element( 'p' );
p.setHtml( '<b>Inner</b> HTML' );

// result: "<p><b>Inner</b> HTML</p>"
Parameters:
{String} html
The HTML to be set for this element.
Returns:
{String} The inserted HTML.

setStyle(name, value)
Since: 3.0
Sets the value of an element style.
var element = CKEDITOR.dom.element.getById( 'myElement' );
element.setStyle( 'background-color', '#ff0000' );
element.setStyle( 'margin-top', '10px' );
element.setStyle( 'float', 'right' );
Parameters:
{String} name
The name of the style. The CSS naming notation must be used (e.g. "background-color").
{String} value
The value to be set to the style.

show()
Since: 3.0
Shows this element (display it).
var element = CKEDITOR.dom.element.getById( 'myElement' );
element.show();

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