Syntax
js
getElementsByTagNameNS(namespaceURI, localName)
Parameters
namespaceURI-
The namespace URI of elements to look for (see
Element.namespaceURIandAttr.namespaceURI). For example, if you need to look for XHTML elements, use the XHTML namespace URI,http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml. localName-
Either the local name of elements to look for or the special value
"*", which matches all elements (seeElement.localNameandAttr.localName).
Return value
A live HTMLCollection of found elements in the order they appear in the tree.
Examples
js
// Check the alignment on a number of cells in a table in an XHTML document.
const table = document.getElementById("forecast-table");
const cells = table.getElementsByTagNameNS(
"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml",
"td",
);
for (const cell of cells) {
const axis = cell.getAttribute("axis");
if (axis === "year") {
// Grab the data
}
}
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| DOM # dom-element-getelementsbytagnamens |