DocumentFragment: firstElementChild property

The DocumentFragment.firstElementChild read-only property returns the document fragment's first child Element, or null if there are no child elements.

Value

An Element that is the first child Element of the object, or null if there are none.

Examples

let fragment = new DocumentFragment();
fragment.firstElementChild; // null

let paragraph = document.createElement("p");
fragment.appendChild(paragraph);

fragment.firstElementChild; // <p>

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• Element.firstElementChild