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  1. References
  2. Web APIs
  3. DocumentFragment
  4. DocumentFragment()

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  • Syntax
  • Specifications
  • Browser compatibility

Related Topics

  1. Document Object Model
  2. DocumentFragment
  3. Constructor
    1. DocumentFragment()
  4. Properties
    1. childElementCount
    2. children
    3. firstElementChild
    4. lastElementChild
  5. Methods
    1. append()
    2. prepend()
    3. querySelector()
    4. querySelectorAll()
    5. replaceChildren()
  6. Inheritance:
    1. Node
    2. EventTarget
  7. Related pages for DOM
    1. AbortController
    2. AbortSignal
    3. AbstractRange
    4. Attr
    5. CDATASection
    6. CharacterData
    7. Comment
    8. CustomEvent
    9. DOMError
    10. DOMException
    11. DOMImplementation
    12. DOMParser
    13. DOMPoint
    14. DOMPointReadOnly
    15. DOMRect
    16. DOMTimeStamp
    17. DOMTokenList
    18. Document
    19. DocumentType
    20. Element
    21. Event
    22. EventTarget
    23. HTMLCollection
    24. MutationObserver
    25. NamedNodeMap
    26. Node
    27. NodeIterator
    28. NodeList
    29. ProcessingInstruction
    30. Range
    31. StaticRange
    32. Text
    33. TextDecoder
    34. TextEncoder
    35. TimeRanges
    36. TreeWalker
    37. XMLDocument

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  • Syntax
  • Specifications
  • Browser compatibility

DocumentFragment()

The DocumentFragment() constructor returns a new, empty DocumentFragment object.

Syntax

new DocumentFragment()

Parameters

None.

Return value

A new DocumentFragment object.

Specifications

Specification
DOM Standard
# ref-for-dom-documentfragment-documentfragment①

Browser compatibility

BCD tables only load in the browser

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