Node: hasChildNodes() method

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 hasChildNodes() method of the Node interface returns a boolean value indicating whether the given Node has child nodes or not.

Syntax

js
hasChildNodes()

Parameters

None.

Return value

A boolean value that is true if the node has child nodes, and false otherwise.

Example

js
let foo = document.getElementById("foo");
if (foo.hasChildNodes()) {
  // Do something with 'foo.childNodes'
}

Specifications

Specification
DOM
# ref-for-dom-node-haschildnodes①

Browser compatibility

See also