Element contains another element

JavaScript, Browser · Nov 3, 2020

Checks if the parent element contains the child element.

  • Check that parent is not the same element as child.
  • Use Node.contains() to check if the parent element contains the child element.
const elementContains = (parent, child) =>
  parent !== child && parent.contains(child);
elementContains(
  document.querySelector('head'),
  document.querySelector('title')
);
// true
elementContains(document.querySelector('body'), document.querySelector('body'));
// false

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