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Document: childElementCount property

The Document.childElementCount read-only property returns the number of child elements of the document.

To get the number of children of a specific element, see Element.childElementCount.

Value

A number.

Examples

js

document.children;
// HTMLCollection, usually containing an <html> element, the document's only child

document.childElementCount;
// 1

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
childElementCount 29 17 25 No 16 9 4.4 29 25 16 9 2.0

See also

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