HTML | DOM parentNode Property

The parentNode property is used to return the parent node of the specified node as Node object. It is a read-only property.

Syntax:

node.parentNode

Return value: This property returns a parent element of the specified node or null if the current node has no parent element.

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title> 
      DOM parentNode Property 
    </title> 
</head> 
  
<body onload="start ()" style="text-align: center"> 
    <h1 style="color:green"> 
        GeeksforGeeks 
    </h1> 
  
    <h2> 
        DOM parentNode Property 
    </h2> 
  
    <button onclick="geek ()">Click me!</button> 
    <br> 
    <br> 
    <div id="container"> 
    </div> 
    <script> 
        var Text = null; 
  
        // function to call on body load 
        function start() { 
            // creating a span element 
            Text = document.createElement("span"); 
            Text.style.color = "green"; 
            Text.innerHTML = "GeeksforGeeks"; 
        } 
  
        // check function 
        function geek() { 
            var container =  
                document.getElementById("container"); 
            // checking if parent node of Text  
            // matches with that of var container  
            if (Text.parentNode === container) { 
                container.removeChild(Text); 
            } else { 
                container.appendChild(Text); 
            } 
        } 
    </script> 
</body> 
  
</html> 

Output:
Before clicking on the button:
parentnode
After clicking on the button:

Click the button again to hide the text.

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by parentNode property are listed below:

Google Chrome 1.0
Internet Explorer
Firefox 1.0
Opera
Safari

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