Baseline Widely available *
The HTMLElement
interface represents any HTML element. Some elements directly implement this interface, while others implement it via an interface that inherits it.
Also inherits properties from its parent, Element
.
HTMLElement.accessKey
A string representing the access key assigned to the element.
HTMLElement.accessKeyLabel
Read only
Returns a string containing the element's assigned access key.
HTMLElement.anchorElement
Read only Non-standard Experimental
Returns a reference to the element's anchor element, or null
if it doesn't have one.
HTMLElement.attributeStyleMap
Read only
A StylePropertyMap
representing the declarations of the element's style
attribute.
HTMLElement.autocapitalize
A string that represents the element's capitalization behavior for user input. Valid values are: none
, off
, on
, characters
, words
, sentences
.
HTMLElement.autofocus
A boolean value reflecting the autofocus
HTML global attribute, which indicates whether the control should be focused when the page loads, or when dialog or popover become shown if specified in an element inside <dialog>
elements or elements whose popover attribute is set.
HTMLElement.autocorrect
A boolean that represents whether or not text input by a user should be automatically corrected. This reflects the autocorrect
HTML global attribute.
HTMLElement.contentEditable
A string, where a value of true
means the element is editable and a value of false
means it isn't.
HTMLElement.dataset
Read only
Returns a DOMStringMap
with which script can read and write the element's custom data attributes (data-*
).
HTMLElement.dir
A string, reflecting the dir
global attribute, representing the directionality of the element. Possible values are "ltr"
, "rtl"
, and "auto"
.
HTMLElement.draggable
A boolean value indicating if the element can be dragged.
HTMLElement.editContext
Experimental
Returns the EditContext
associated with the element, or null
if there isn't one.
HTMLElement.enterKeyHint
A string defining what action label (or icon) to present for the enter key on virtual keyboards.
HTMLElement.hidden
A string or boolean value reflecting the value of the element's hidden
attribute.
HTMLElement.inert
A boolean value indicating whether the user agent must act as though the given node is absent for the purposes of user interaction events, in-page text searches ("find in page"), and text selection.
HTMLElement.innerText
Represents the rendered text content of a node and its descendants. As a getter, it approximates the text the user would get if they highlighted the contents of the element with the cursor and then copied it to the clipboard. As a setter, it replaces the content inside the selected element, converting any line breaks into <br>
elements.
HTMLElement.inputMode
A string value reflecting the value of the element's inputmode
attribute.
HTMLElement.isContentEditable
Read only
Returns a boolean value indicating whether or not the content of the element can be edited.
HTMLElement.lang
A string representing the language of an element's attributes, text, and element contents.
HTMLElement.nonce
Returns the cryptographic number used once that is used by Content Security Policy to determine whether a given fetch will be allowed to proceed.
HTMLElement.offsetHeight
Read only
Returns a double
containing the height of an element, relative to the layout.
HTMLElement.offsetLeft
Read only
Returns a double
, the distance from this element's left border to its offsetParent
's left border.
HTMLElement.offsetParent
Read only
An Element
that is the element from which all offset calculations are currently computed.
HTMLElement.offsetTop
Read only
Returns a double
, the distance from this element's top border to its offsetParent
's top border.
HTMLElement.offsetWidth
Read only
Returns a double
containing the width of an element, relative to the layout.
HTMLElement.outerText
Represents the rendered text content of a node and its descendants. As a getter, it is the same as HTMLElement.innerText
(it represents the rendered text content of an element and its descendants). As a setter, it replaces the selected node and its contents with the given value, converting any line breaks into <br>
elements.
HTMLElement.popover
Gets and sets an element's popover state via JavaScript ("auto"
, "hint"
, or "manual"
), and can be used for feature detection. Reflects the value of the popover
global HTML attribute.
HTMLElement.spellcheck
A boolean value that controls the spell-checking hint. It is available on all HTML elements, though it doesn't affect all of them.
HTMLElement.style
A CSSStyleDeclaration
representing the declarations of the element's style
attribute.
HTMLElement.tabIndex
A long
representing the position of the element in the tabbing order.
HTMLElement.title
A string containing the text that appears in a popup box when mouse is over the element.
HTMLElement.translate
A boolean value representing the translation.
HTMLElement.virtualKeyboardPolicy
Experimental
A string indicating the on-screen virtual keyboard behavior on devices such as tablets, mobile phones, or other devices where a hardware keyboard may not be available, if the element's content is editable (for example, it is an <input>
or <textarea>
element, or an element with the contenteditable
attribute set).
HTMLElement.writingSuggestions
A string indicating if browser-provided writing suggestions should be enabled under the scope of the element or not.
Also inherits methods from its parent, Element
.
HTMLElement.attachInternals()
Returns an ElementInternals
object, and enables a custom element to participate in HTML forms.
HTMLElement.blur()
Removes keyboard focus from the currently focused element.
HTMLElement.click()
Sends a mouse click event to the element.
HTMLElement.focus()
Makes the element the current keyboard focus.
HTMLElement.hidePopover()
Hides a popover element by removing it from the top layer and styling it with display: none
.
HTMLElement.showPopover()
Shows a popover element by adding it to the top layer and removing display: none;
from its styles.
HTMLElement.togglePopover()
Toggles a popover element between the hidden and showing states.
Listen to these events using addEventListener()
or by assigning an event listener to the oneventname
property of this interface.
Also, inherits events from its parent, Element
.
change
Fired when the value
of an <input>
, <select>
, or <textarea>
element has been changed and committed by the user. Unlike the input
event, the change
event is not necessarily fired for each alteration to an element's value
.
command
Fires on an element that is controlled via a button
with valid commandForElement
and command
values, whenever the button is interacted with (e.g., it is clicked).
error
Fired when a resource failed to load, or can't be used.
load
Fires for elements containing a resource when the resource has successfully loaded.
copy
Fired when the user initiates a copy action through the browser's user interface.
cut
Fired when the user initiates a cut action through the browser's user interface.
paste
Fired when the user initiates a paste action through the browser's user interface.
drag
This event is fired when an element or text selection is being dragged.
dragend
This event is fired when a drag operation is being ended (by releasing a mouse button or hitting the escape key).
dragenter
This event is fired when a dragged element or text selection enters a valid drop target.
dragleave
This event is fired when a dragged element or text selection leaves a valid drop target.
dragover
This event is fired continuously when an element or text selection is being dragged and the mouse pointer is over a valid drop target (every 50 ms WHEN mouse is not moving ELSE much faster between 5 ms (slow movement) and 1ms (fast movement) approximately. This firing pattern is different than mouseover
).
dragstart
This event is fired when the user starts dragging an element or text selection.
drop
This event is fired when an element or text selection is dropped on a valid drop target.
beforetoggle
Fired when the element is a popover or <dialog>
, before it is hidden or shown.
toggle
Fired when the element is a popover, <dialog>
, or <details>
element, just after it is hidden or shown.
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