Reference Index > DOM Core

Element

Interface Specification

interface Element
{
readonly attribute DOMString? namespaceURI;
readonly attribute DOMString? prefix;
readonly attribute DOMString localName;
readonly attribute DOMString tagName;
[CEReactions] attribute DOMString id;
[CEReactions] attribute DOMString className;
[SameObject, PutForwards=value] readonly attribute DOMTokenList classList;
[CEReactions, Unscopable] attribute DOMString slot;
boolean hasAttributes();
[SameObject] readonly attribute NamedNodeMap attributes;
sequence getAttributeNames();
DOMString? getAttribute(DOMString qualifiedName);
DOMString? getAttributeNS(DOMString? namespace, DOMString localName);
[CEReactions] void setAttribute(DOMString qualifiedName, DOMString value);
[CEReactions] void setAttributeNS(DOMString? namespace, DOMString qualifiedName, DOMString value);
[CEReactions] void removeAttribute(DOMString qualifiedName);
[CEReactions] void removeAttributeNS(DOMString? namespace, DOMString localName);
boolean hasAttribute(DOMString qualifiedName);
boolean hasAttributeNS(DOMString? namespace, DOMString localName);
Attr? getAttributeNode(DOMString qualifiedName);
Attr? getAttributeNodeNS(DOMString? namespace, DOMString localName);
[CEReactions] Attr? setAttributeNode(Attr attr);
[CEReactions] Attr? setAttributeNodeNS(Attr attr);
[CEReactions] Attr removeAttributeNode(Attr attr);
ShadowRoot attachShadow(ShadowRootInit init);
readonly attribute ShadowRoot? shadowRoot;
Element? closest(DOMString selectors);
boolean matches(DOMString selectors);
boolean webkitMatchesSelector(DOMString selectors); // historical alias of .matches
HTMLCollection getElementsByTagName(DOMString qualifiedName);
HTMLCollection getElementsByTagNameNS(DOMString? namespace, DOMString localName);
HTMLCollection getElementsByClassName(DOMString classNames);
[CEReactions] Element? insertAdjacentElement(DOMString where, Element element); // historical
void insertAdjacentText(DOMString where, DOMString data); // historical
};

interface mixin ParentNode
{
[SameObject] readonly attribute HTMLCollection	children;
readonly attribute Element?						firstElementChild;
readonly attribute Element?						lastElementChild;
readonly attribute unsigned long				childElementCount;
[CEReactions, Unscopable] void	prepend((Node or DOMString)... nodes);
[CEReactions, Unscopable] void	append((Node or DOMString)... nodes);
Element?			querySelector(DOMString selectors);
[NewObject] NodeList			querySelectorAll(DOMString selectors);
};

interface mixin NonDocumentTypeChildNode
{
readonly attribute Element? previousElementSibling;
readonly attribute Element? nextElementSibling;
};

interface mixin ChildNode
{
[CEReactions, Unscopable] void before((Node or DOMString)... nodes);
[CEReactions, Unscopable] void after((Node or DOMString)... nodes);
[CEReactions, Unscopable] void replaceWith((Node or DOMString)... nodes);
[CEReactions, Unscopable] void remove();
};

interface mixin Slotable
{
readonly attribute HTMLSlotElement? assignedSlot;
};

partial interface Element
{
DOMRectList getClientRects();
[NewObject] DOMRect getBoundingClientRect();
void scrollIntoView(optional (boolean or ScrollIntoViewOptions) arg);
void scroll(optional ScrollToOptions options);
void scroll(unrestricted double x, unrestricted double y);
void scrollTo(optional ScrollToOptions options);
void scrollTo(unrestricted double x, unrestricted double y);
void scrollBy(optional ScrollToOptions options);
void scrollBy(unrestricted double x, unrestricted double y);
attribute unrestricted double scrollTop;
attribute unrestricted double scrollLeft;
readonly attribute long scrollWidth;
readonly attribute long scrollHeight;
readonly attribute long clientTop;
readonly attribute long clientLeft;
readonly attribute long clientWidth;
readonly attribute long clientHeight;
};

Implementation status

Browser & Device compatibility

Notes

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