HTMLTemplateElement

Baseline Widely available *

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since November 2015.

* Some parts of this feature may have varying levels of support.

The HTMLTemplateElement interface enables access to the contents of an HTML <template> element.

Note: An HTML parser can create either an HTMLTemplateElement or a ShadowRoot when it parses a <template> element, depending on the <template> attributes. If an HTMLTemplateElement is created the "shadow" attributes are reflected from the template. However these are not useful, because an HTMLTemplateElement is not a shadow root and cannot subsequently be changed to a shadow root.

EventTarget Node Element HTMLElement HTMLTemplateElement

Instance properties

This interface inherits the properties of HTMLElement.

content Read only

A read-only DocumentFragment which contains the DOM subtree representing the <template> element's template contents.

shadowRootMode

A string that reflects the value of the shadowrootmode attribute of the associated <template> element.

shadowRootDelegatesFocus

A boolean that reflects the value of the shadowrootdelegatesfocus attribute of the associated <template> element.

shadowRootClonable

A boolean that reflects the value of the shadowrootclonable attribute of the associated <template> element.

shadowRootSerializable

A boolean that reflects the value of the shadowrootserializable attribute of the associated <template> element.

Instance methods

This interface inherits the methods of HTMLElement.

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# htmltemplateelement

Browser compatibility

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desktopmobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
HTMLTemplateElement
content
shadowRootClonable
shadowRootDelegatesFocus
shadowRootMode
shadowRootSerializable

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