NodeIterator: referenceNode property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The NodeIterator.referenceNode read-only property returns the Node to which the iterator is anchored; as new nodes are inserted, the iterator remains anchored to the reference node as specified by this property.

Value

A Node.

Examples

js
const nodeIterator = document.createNodeIterator(
  document.body,
  NodeFilter.SHOW_ELEMENT,
  {
    acceptNode(node) {
      return NodeFilter.FILTER_ACCEPT;
    },
  },
);
node = nodeIterator.referenceNode;

Specifications

Specification
DOM Standard
# dom-nodeiterator-referencenode

Browser compatibility

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See also