NodeIterator: root property

{{APIRef("DOM")}}

The NodeIterator.root read-only property represents the {{DOMxref("Node")}} that is the root of what the {{DOMxref("NodeIterator")}} traverses.

Value

A {{DOMxref("Node")}}.

Examples

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

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}

See also

• The interface it belongs to: {{domxref("NodeIterator")}}.