The host read-only property of the ShadowRoot returns a reference to the DOM element the ShadowRoot is attached to.
ShadowRoot: host property
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since January 2020.
Value
A DOM Element.
Examples
js
let customElem = document.querySelector("my-shadow-dom-element"); let shadow = customElem.shadowRoot; // ... // return the original host element some time later let hostElem = shadow.host;
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| DOM Standard # dom-shadowroot-host |
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | ||
host |
53 | 79 | 63 | 40 | 10 | 53 | 63 | 41 | 10 | 6.0 | 53 | |
See also
-
partandexportpartsHTML attributes -
<template>and<slot>HTML elements -
:host,:host(), and:host-context()CSS pseudo-classes -
::partand::slottedCSS pseudo-elements
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/ShadowRoot/host