HTMLTemplateElement

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since November 2015.

The HTMLTemplateElement interface enables access to the contents of an HTML <template> element.

Note: An HTML parser can create either an HTMLTemplateElement or a ShadowRoot when it parses a <template> element, depending on the <template> attributes. If an HTMLTemplateElement is created the "shadow" attributes are reflected from the template. However these are not useful, because an HTMLTemplateElement is not a shadow root and cannot subsequently be changed to a shadow root.

Instance properties

This interface inherits the properties of HTMLElement.

content Read only: A read-only DocumentFragment which contains the DOM subtree representing the <template> element's template contents.
shadowRootMode: A string that reflects the value of the shadowrootmode attribute of the associated <template> element.
shadowRootDelegatesFocus: A boolean that reflects the value of the shadowrootdelegatesfocus attribute of the associated <template> element.
shadowRootClonable: A boolean that reflects the value of the shadowrootclonable attribute of the associated <template> element.
shadowRootSerializable: A boolean that reflects the value of the shadowrootserializable attribute of the associated <template> element.

Instance methods

This interface inherits the methods of HTMLElement.

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard # htmltemplateelement

Browser compatibility

	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android
`HTMLTemplateElement`	26	13	22	15	8	26	22	14	8	1.5	4.4
`content`	26	13	22	15	8	26	22	14	8	1.5	4.4
`shadowRootClonable`	124	124	125	110	18	124	125	82	18	No	124
`shadowRootDelegatesFocus`	123	123	123	109	18	123	123	82	18	No	123
`shadowRootMode`	111	111	123	97	16.4	111	123	75	16.4	22.0	111
`shadowRootSerializable`	125	125	128	111	18	125	128	83	18	No	125

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLTemplateElement