Type Editor

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Type Editor / @type-editor/dom-util / parent-node / parentNode

Function: parentNode()

function parentNode(node): Node;

Defined in: parent-node.ts:20

Gets the parent node of a DOM node, accounting for Shadow DOM and slot assignments.

This function handles special cases:

• If the node is slotted, returns the assigned slot
• If the parent is a DocumentFragment (nodeType 11), returns the shadow root host
• Otherwise returns the regular parent node

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
node	Node	The DOM node whose parent to retrieve

Returns

Node

The parent node, or null if none exists

Example

const element = document.getElementById("myElement");
const parent = parentNode(element);