replaceChild Method

Replaces an existing child element with a new child element.

What's New for Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6

This method now applies to the attribute object.

dhtml语法

oReplace = object.replaceChild(oNewNode, oChildNode)

Parameters

oNewNode Required. Objectthat specifies the new element to be inserted into the document.
oChildNode Required. Objectthat specifies the existing element to be replaced.

Return Value

Returns a reference to the object that is replaced.

Remarks

The node to be replaced must be an immediate child of the parent object. The new node must be created using the createelement method.
this property is accessible at run time. if elements are removed at run time, before the closing tag is parsed, areas of the document might not render.

DHTML代码范例

This example uses the replaceChild method to replace a bold element from a div with an italic element.

<HEAD>
<SCRIPT>
function replaceElement()
{
//The first child of the div is the bold element.
var oChild=Div1.children(0);
var sInnerHTML = oChild.innerHTML;
if (oChild.tagName=="B")
{
oNewChild=document.createElement("I");
Div1.replaceChild(oNewChild, oChild);
oNewChild.innerHTML=sInnerHTML
}
else
{
oNewChild=document.createElement("B");
Div1.replaceChild(oNewChild, oChild);
oNewChild.innerHTML=sInnerHTML
}
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<DIV ID=Div1 onclick="replaceElement()">
Click anywhere in this sentence to toggle this <B>word</B>
between bold and italic.</DIV>
</BODY>

是否符合公共标准

This method is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .

Applies To

A, ACRONYM, ADDRESS, attribute, B, BDO, BIG, BLOCKQUOTE, BODY, BUTTON, CAPTION, CENTER, CITE, CODE, COL, COLGROUP, COMMENT, DD, DEL, DFN, DIR, DIV, DL, DT, EM, FIELDSET, FONT, FORM, FRAMESET, HEAD, hn, HTML, I, IFRAME, INPUT type=button, INPUT type=checkbox, INPUT type=file, INPUT type=hidden, INPUT type=image, INPUT type=password, INPUT type=radio, INPUT type=reset, INPUT type=submit, INPUT type=text, INS, KBD, LABEL, LEGEND, LI, LISTING, MAP, MARQUEE, MENU, nextID, OL, OPTION, P, PLAINTEXT, PRE, Q, S, SAMP, SELECT, SMALL, SPAN, STRIKE, STRONG, SUB, SUP, TABLE, TBODY, TD, TEXTAREA, TFOOT, TH, THEAD, TR, TT, U, UL, VAR, XMP