Get the node names of the <body> element's child nodes:
Click the button to get the node names of the body element's child nodes.
Whitespace inside elements is considered as #text, and text is considered as nodes.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button> <p>test</p> <!-- My personal comment goes here.. --> <div><strong>Note:</strong> Comments in the document are considered as #comments, and comments are also considered as nodes.</div> <p id="demo"></p> <script> function myFunction() {//w w w . j a v a 2s.c o m var c = document.body.childNodes; var txt = ""; var i; for (i = 0; i < c.length; i++) { txt = txt + c[i].nodeName + "<br>"; } document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = txt; } </script> </body> </html>