HTMLElement

The HTMLElement interface represents any HTML element. Some elements directly implement this interface, while others implement it via an interface that inherits it.

Instance properties

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.attributeStyleMap Read only: A StylePropertyMap representing the declarations of the element's style 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.isContentEditable Read only: Returns a boolean value indicating whether or not the content of the element can be edited.
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.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.popover Experimental: A string value reflecting the value of the element's popover attribute.
HTMLElement.lang: A string representing the language of an element's attributes, text, and element contents.
HTMLElement.noModule: A boolean value indicating whether an import script can be executed in user agents that support module scripts.
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.properties Experimental Read only: Returns a HTMLPropertiesCollection…
HTMLElement.spellcheck: A boolean value that controls spell-checking. It is present on all HTML elements, though it doesn't have an effect on 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.

Instance methods

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() Experimental: Hides the element, if it has a valid HTMLElement.popover value.
HTMLElement.showPopover() Experimental: Shows the element, promoting it to the top layer, if it has a valid HTMLElement.popover value.
HTMLElement.togglePopover() Experimental: Hides or shows the element, if it has a valid HTMLElement.popover value.

Events

Listen to these events using addEventListener() or by assigning an event listener to the oneventname property of this interface.

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.
invalid: Fired when an element does not satisfy its constraints during constraint validation.
beforetoggle: Fired when the element is a popover, before it is hidden or shown.
toggle: Fired when the element is a popover, just after it is hidden or shown.

Animation events

animationcancel: Fired when an animation unexpectedly aborts.
animationend: Fired when an animation has completed normally.
animationiteration: Fired when an animation iteration has completed.
animationstart: Fired when an animation starts.

Input events

beforeinput: Fired when the value of an <input>, <select>, or <textarea> element is about to be modified.
input: Fired when the value of an <input>, <select>, or <textarea> element has been changed.
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.

Pointer events

gotpointercapture: Fired when an element captures a pointer using setPointerCapture().
lostpointercapture: Fired when a captured pointer is released.
pointercancel: Fired when a pointer event is canceled.
pointerdown: Fired when a pointer becomes active.
pointerenter: Fired when a pointer is moved into the hit test boundaries of an element or one of its descendants.
pointerleave: Fired when a pointer is moved out of the hit test boundaries of an element.
pointermove: Fired when a pointer changes coordinates.
pointerout: Fired when a pointer is moved out of the hit test boundaries of an element (among other reasons).
pointerover: Fired when a pointer is moved into an element's hit test boundaries.
pointerup: Fired when a pointer is no longer active.

Transition events

transitioncancel: Fired when a CSS transition is canceled.
transitionend: Fired when a CSS transition has completed.
transitionrun: Fired when a CSS transition is first created.
transitionstart: Fired when a CSS transition has actually started.

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard # htmlelement

Browser compatibility

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