This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since August 2016.
The type read-only property of the HTMLOutputElement interface returns the string "output".
The string "output".
const output = document.querySelector("output");
console.log(output.type); // "output"
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML> # dom-output-type-dev> |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
type |
9 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 5.1 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 1.0 | 3 | 5 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLOutputElement/type