This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The HTMLHtmlElement interface serves as the root node for a given HTML document. This object inherits the properties and methods described in the HTMLElement interface.
You can retrieve the HTMLHtmlElement object for a given document by reading the value of the document.documentElement property.
Inherits properties from its parent, HTMLElement.
HTMLHtmlElement.version Deprecated
A string representing the version of the HTML Document Type Definition (DTD) that governs this document. This property should not be used any more as it is non-conforming. Omit it.
No specific method; inherits methods from its parent, HTMLElement.
| Specification |
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| HTML Standard # htmlhtmlelement |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | ||
HTMLHtmlElement |
1 | 12 | 1 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 | 4.4 | |
version |
1 | 12 | 1 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 | 4.4 | |
<html>.
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLHtmlElement