The Element.prefix
read-only property returns the namespace prefix of the specified element, or null
if no prefix is specified.
The Element.prefix
read-only property returns the namespace prefix of the specified element, or null
if no prefix is specified.
A string.
The following logs "x" to the console.
xml
<x:div onclick="console.log(this.prefix)"/>
This will only work when a namespace-aware parser is used, i.e. when a document is served with an XML MIME type. This will not work for HTML documents.
Specification |
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DOM Standard # ref-for-dom-element-prefix① |
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Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
prefix |
1 | 12 | 1 | 9 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 4.4 | 18 | 4 | ≤12.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/prefix