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How to select a DOM element with JavaScript?


To select a DOM (Document Object Model) element with JavaScript, you can use several methods, here are few of them:

1. `document.getElementById(id)`: This method returns the element that has the ID attribute with the specified value.

Example: \`\`\`js var element = document.getElementById(“myDiv”); \`\`\`

1. `document.getElementsByClassName(className)`: This method returns a collection of all elements in the document with the specified class name.

Example: \`\`\`js var elements = document.getElementsByClassName(“myClass”); // elements0 will return the first element with the class “myClass“ \`\`\`

1. `document.getElementsByTagName(tagName)`: This method returns a collection of all elements in the document with the specified tag name.

Example: \`\`\`js var elements = document.getElementsByTagName(“div”); // elements0 will be the first “div” element in the document \`\`\`

1. `document.querySelector(selector)`: This method returns the first element that matches a specified CSS selector(s) in the document.

Example: \`\`\`js var element = document.querySelector(“.myClass”); \`\`\`

1. `document.querySelectorAll(selector)`: This method returns all elements in the document that matches a specified CSS selector(s).

Example: \`\`\`js var elements = document.querySelectorAll(“div > .myClass”); // elements0 will return the first element that fulfills the criteria. \`\`\`

Remember that `getElementById` returns a single object, while `getElementsByClassName`, `getElementsByTagName`, `querySelectorAll` return a HTMLCollection or NodeList of objects, even if there is only one match.


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