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Element: childElementCount property

The Element.childElementCount read-only property returns the number of child elements of this element.

Examples

js

let sidebar = document.getElementById("sidebar");
if (sidebar.childElementCount > 0) {
  // Do something
}

Specifications

Specification
DOM Standard
# dom-parentnode-childelementcount

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 2 12 3.5 9 10 4 ≤37 18 4 10.1 3 1.0

See also

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