JavaScript DHTML/Javascript Collections/children
"children" Example
<html>
<head>
<script language="JavaScript">
function function1() {
var m = document.all.myBody.children;
for (i=0; i<m.length; i++)
alert(m.item(i).tagName);
}
</script>
</head>
<body id="myBody">
<input id=myB
type="button"
value="Direct descendants of this body element"
onclick="function1();">
</body>
</html>