DOM element types

Dom element type validations and visibility queries

Install

npm install dom-element-types

Usage

import { isTextInput } from 'dom-element-types';
 
const passwordFieldElement = document.querySelector('input[type=password]');
isTextInput(passwordFieldElement); //true

DOM element type validations

DOM elements could be classified by its purpose using the following functions.

Functions

isImage

Matches img dom elements

import { isImage } from 'dom-element-types';
 
const someImage = document.querySelector('img');
isImage(someImage); //true

isLink

Matches a and [role=link] dom elements

import { isLink } from 'dom-element-types';
 
const someLink = document.querySelector('a');
isLink(someLink); //true

isText

Matches the following text elements: p, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, ul, ol, dl, dt, li, dd, table, code, pre, blockquote and span

import { isText } from 'dom-element-types';
 
const someTitle = document.querySelector('h2');
isText(someTitle); //true

isTextInput

Matches the following text inputs elements: datalist, input[type=number], input[type=email], input[type=password], input[type=search], input[type=tel], input[type=text], input[type=url], textarea, [role=listbox], [role=spinbutton], [role=textbox], [role=searchbox], [role=combobox], [contentEditable]

import { isTextInput } from 'dom-element-types';
 
const someEmailField = document.querySelector('input[type=email]');
isTextInput(someEmailField); //true

isMultilineTextInput

Matches textarea and [contentEditable] elements

import { isMultilineTextInput } from 'dom-element-types';
 
const someBoxContainer = document.querySelector('div[contentEditable]');
isMultilineTextInput(someBoxContainer); //true

isColorInput

Matches input[type=color] element

import { isColorInput } from 'dom-element-types';
 
const someColorField = document.querySelector('input[type=color]');
isColorInput(someColorField); //true

isSelect

Matches the following list elements: select, keygen and [role=listbox]

import { isSelect } from 'dom-element-types';
 
const someList = document.querySelector('select');
isSelect(someList); //true

isMedia

Matches audio and video elements

import { isVideo } from 'dom-element-types';
 
const someVideo = document.querySelector('video');
isVideo(someVideo); //true

isRange

Matches input[type=range] and [role=slider] elements

import { isRange } from 'dom-element-types';
 
const someRange = document.querySelector('input[type=range]');
isRange(someRange); //true

isAnyTypeOfDatePicker

Matches the following datepicker elements: input[type=date], input[type=time], input[type=datetime], input[type=datetime-local], input[type=month] and input[type=week]

import { isAnyTypeOfDatePicker } from 'dom-element-types';
 
const sameDatePicker = document.querySelector('input[type=date]');
isAnyTypeOfDatePicker(sameDatePicker); //true

isDatePicker

Matches input[type=date] element

import { isDatePicker } from 'dom-element-types';
 
const sameDatePicker = document.querySelector('input[type=date]');
isDatePicker(sameDatePicker); //true

isDatetimePicker

Matches input[type=datetime] and input[type=datetime-local] elements

import { isDatetimePicker } from 'dom-element-types';
 
const sameDatePicker = document.querySelector('input[type=datetime]');
isDatetimePicker(sameDatePicker); //true

isMonthPicker

Matches input[type=month] element

import { isMonthPicker } from 'dom-element-types';
 
const sameDatePicker = document.querySelector('input[type=month]');
isMonthPicker(sameDatePicker); //true

isTimePicker

Matches input[type=time] element

import { isTimePicker } from 'dom-element-types';
 
const sameDatePicker = document.querySelector('input[type=time]');
isTimePicker(sameDatePicker); //true

isWeekPicker

Matches input[type=week] element

import { isWeekPicker } from 'dom-element-types';
 
const sameDatePicker = document.querySelector('input[type=week]');
isWeekPicker(sameDatePicker); //true

isScrollable

Determines if an element is scrollable by checking if the scrollHeight > clientHeight and if the computed style is configured for scrolling i.e., has overflowY === scroll or overflowY === auto.

import { isScrollable } from 'dom-element-types';
 
// create a container containing an element that exceeds it's height
let container = document.createElement('div');
document.body.appendChild(container);
container.style = 'overflow-y:scroll;height:400px';
let containerElement = document.createElement('div');
containerElement.style = 'height:800px';
container.appendChild(containerElement);
 
isScrollable(container); // true

Visibility queries

The following functions are useful to get all the visible DOM elements present in the screen (port view).

Functions

isVisible

The function isVisible expects as a parameter a DOM element. It will check if the element:

• is rendered inside the screen area
• is not transparent (opacity > 0)
• is visible (visibility !== 'hidden')

import { isVisible } from 'dom-element-types';
 
const visibleButton = document.querySelector('button');
isVisible(visibleButton); // true

getVisibleElementsInViewPort

It returns an array of elements visible in the screen. The function getVisibleElementsInViewPort expects as an optional parameter a valid selector otherwise defaults to '*'.

import {
  getVisibleElementsInViewPort,
  isVisible
} from 'dom-element-types';
 
const visibleButtons = getVisibleElementsInViewPort('button');
isVisible(visibleButtons[0]); // true

getVisibleElementsInViewPortExpandedData

Same as getVisibleElementsInViewPort function but for each returned element it also returns the boundingClientRect and computedStyle.

Custom validations

In order to create custom validations the user can get all the element type selectors classified by purpose.

getAllElementTypes

Returns an element type selectors map composed of the following types:

• audio
• button
• checkbox
• color
• datePicker
• file
• image
• link
• media
• range
• radio
• select
• text
• textInput
• video
• hasOnClickAttr

import { getAllElementTypes } from 'dom-element-types';
 
console.log(getAllElementTypes());
/*
 Returns:
 {
  audio: ['audio'],
  button: [
    'button',
    'input[type=button]',
    'input[type=reset]',
    'input[type=submit]',
    '[role=button]',
    '[role=menuitem]',
    '[role=option]'
  ],
  checkbox: [
    'input[type=checkbox]',
    '[role=checkbox]',
    '[role=menuitemcheckbox]'
  ],
  ...
}
*/

Check out the full map