chadmanr8
chadmanr8

Reputation: 21

How to select every element on a webpage using pure JavaScript

I tried using document.getElementByTag(“*”); but it doesn’t work for every webpage.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 39

Answers (2)

Cagri Tacyildiz
Cagri Tacyildiz

Reputation: 17610

You can use querySelectorAll.

var elements = document.querySelectorAll( 'body *' );

Upvotes: 1

Mohammad Ali Rony
Mohammad Ali Rony

Reputation: 4915

To select every element you need getElementsByTagName, not getElementByTag.

var elements = document.body.getElementsByTagName("*");

Upvotes: 1

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