Question

I need to write a script that will use document.write to produce some output, but I need to know what element it is contained, example:

<p>
    paragraph 1
    <script src="test.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</p>

I need to get a reference to the p tag…

thanks!

Answer 1

At the time the script is run, the document is only partially loaded. So your script element would be the last node in the document:

var target = document.documentElement; // start at the root element
while (target.childNodes.length && target.lastChild.nodeType == 1) { // find last HTMLElement child node
    target = target.lastChild;
}
// target is now the script element
alert(target.parentNode); // this is p