JavaScript DOM HTML method: getElementsByClassName()
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The getElementsByClassName() method (when
applied HTML
elements in the JavaScript
DOM) returns a
NodeList containing all the elements within the element with the specified class attribute.
 
It
has the following syntax with the following parameters. It returns a
NodeList representing a collection of all relevant elements, ordered as they
appear in the source code.
 
element.getElementsByClassName(classname)
 
 
  | Parameter | Required / Optional | Description | 
 
  | classname | Required | String specifying the class
  name of the elements you want to obtain. To include multiple class names,
  separate individual class names by spaces | 
 
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