document.getElement(div#menuArea).getElements(a)

I want to get all the a elements from a div with id "menuArea". I think above syntax is wrong. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

document.getElement(div#menuArea).getElements(a)

I want to get all the a elements from a div with id "menuArea". I think above syntax is wrong. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

• javascript
• html

• 1 You should research for answers before asking. stackoverflow.com/questions/15765639/… – NewToJS Commented Feb 26, 2015 at 7:40

2 Answers 2

Try this

document.getElementById('menuArea').getElementsByTagName('a')

Or for IE8+

document.querySelectorAll('#menuArea a')

Or you can try jQuery:

$('#'menuArea a');

About class, try this:

var d = document.getElementById('menuArea').getElementsByTagName('a')
d.className = d.className + " otherclass";

This is pure JavaScript.