ShadowRoot: host property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since January 2020.

The host read-only property of the ShadowRoot returns a reference to the DOM element the ShadowRoot is attached to.

Value

A DOM Element.

Examples

js
let customElem = document.querySelector("my-shadow-dom-element");
let shadow = customElem.shadowRoot;

// ...

// return the original host element some time later
let hostElem = shadow.host;

Specifications

Specification
DOM
# dom-shadowroot-host

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
host

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Full support
Full support

See also