Element Interface

Element inherits methods from its parents Node, and its own parent, EventTarget.

EventTarget.addEventListener()

Registers an event handler to a specific event type on the element.

Element.after()

Inserts a set of Node objects or strings in the children list of the Element's parent, just after the Element.

Element.attachShadow()

Attaches a shadow DOM tree to the specified element and returns a reference to its ShadowRoot.

Element.animate()

A shortcut method to create and run an animation on an element. Returns the created Animation object instance.

Element.append()

Inserts a set of Node objects or strings after the last child of the element.

Element.before()

Inserts a set of Node objects or strings in the children list of the Element's parent, just before the Element.

Element.closest()

Returns the Element which is the closest ancestor of the current element (or the current element itself) which matches the selectors given in parameter.

Element.computedStyleMap()

Returns a StylePropertyMapReadOnly interface which provides a read-only representation of a CSS declaration block that is an alternative to CSSStyleDeclaration.

EventTarget.dispatchEvent()

Dispatches an event to this node in the DOM and returns a boolean value that indicates whether no handler canceled the event.

Element.getAnimations()

Returns an array of Animation objects currently active on the element.

Element.getAttribute()

Retrieves the value of the named attribute from the current node and returns it as a string.

Element.getAttributeNames()

Returns an array of attribute names from the current element.

Element.getAttributeNode()

Retrieves the node representation of the named attribute from the current node and returns it as an Attr.

Element.getAttributeNodeNS()

Retrieves the node representation of the attribute with the specified name and namespace, from the current node and returns it as an Attr.

Element.getAttributeNS()

Retrieves the value of the attribute with the specified namespace and name from the current node and returns it as a string.

Element.getBoundingClientRect()

Returns the size of an element and its position relative to the viewport.

Element.getBoxQuads() Experimental

Returns a list of DOMQuad objects representing the CSS fragments of the node.

Element.getClientRects()

Returns a collection of rectangles that indicate the bounding rectangles for each line of text in a client.

Element.getElementsByClassName()

Returns a live HTMLCollection that contains all descendants of the current element that possess the list of classes given in the parameter.

Element.getElementsByTagName()

Returns a live HTMLCollection containing all descendant elements, of a particular tag name, from the current element.

Element.getElementsByTagNameNS()

Returns a live HTMLCollection containing all descendant elements, of a particular tag name and namespace, from the current element.

Element.hasAttribute()

Returns a boolean value indicating if the element has the specified attribute or not.

Element.hasAttributeNS()

Returns a boolean value indicating if the element has the specified attribute, in the specified namespace, or not.

Element.hasAttributes()

Returns a boolean value indicating if the element has one or more HTML attributes present.

Element.hasPointerCapture()

Indicates whether the element on which it is invoked has pointer capture for the pointer identified by the given pointer ID.

Element.insertAdjacentElement()

Inserts a given element node at a given position relative to the element it is invoked upon.

Element.insertAdjacentHTML()

Parses the text as HTML or XML and inserts the resulting nodes into the tree in the position given.

Element.insertAdjacentText()

Inserts a given text node at a given position relative to the element it is invoked upon.

Element.matches()

Returns a boolean value indicating whether or not the element would be selected by the specified selector string.

Element.prepend()

Inserts a set of Node objects or strings before the first child of the element.

Element.querySelector()

Returns the first Node which matches the specified selector string relative to the element.

Element.querySelectorAll()

Returns a NodeList of nodes which match the specified selector string relative to the element.

Element.releasePointerCapture()

Releases (stops) pointer capture that was previously set for a specific pointer event.

Element.remove()

Removes the element from the children list of its parent.

Element.removeAttribute()

Removes the named attribute from the current node.

Element.removeAttributeNode()

Removes the node representation of the named attribute from the current node.

Element.removeAttributeNS()

Removes the attribute with the specified name and namespace, from the current node.

EventTarget.removeEventListener()

Removes an event listener from the element.

Element.replaceChildren()

Replaces the existing children of a Node with a specified new set of children.

Element.replaceWith()

Replaces the element in the children list of its parent with a set of Node objects or strings.

Element.requestFullscreen()

Asynchronously asks the browser to make the element fullscreen.

Element.requestPointerLock()

Allows to asynchronously ask for the pointer to be locked on the given element.

Element.scroll()

Scrolls to a particular set of coordinates inside a given element.

Element.scrollBy()

Scrolls an element by the given amount.

Element.scrollIntoView()

Scrolls the page until the element gets into the view.

Element.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded() Non-standard

Scrolls the current element into the visible area of the browser window if it's not already within the visible area of the browser window. Use the standard Element.scrollIntoView() instead.

Element.scrollTo()

Scrolls to a particular set of coordinates inside a given element.

Element.setAttribute()

Sets the value of a named attribute of the current node.

Element.setAttributeNode()

Sets the node representation of the named attribute from the current node.

Element.setAttributeNodeNS()

Sets the node representation of the attribute with the specified name and namespace, from the current node.

Element.setAttributeNS()

Sets the value of the attribute with the specified name and namespace, from the current node.

Element.setCapture() Non-standard Deprecated

Sets up mouse event capture, redirecting all mouse events to this element.

Element.setHTML() Experimental

Parses and sanitizes a string of HTML and inserts into the DOM as a subtree of the element.

Element.setPointerCapture()

Designates a specific element as the capture target of future pointer events.

Element.toggleAttribute()

Toggles a boolean attribute, removing it if it is present and adding it if it is not present, on the specified element.