HTMLTemplateElement

Baseline Widely available *

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨November 2015⁩.

* Some parts of this feature may have varying levels of support.

The HTMLTemplateElement interface enables access to the contents of an HTML <template> element.

Note: An HTML parser can create either an HTMLTemplateElement or a ShadowRoot when it parses a <template> element, depending on the <template> attributes. If an HTMLTemplateElement is created the "shadow" attributes are reflected from the template. However these are not useful, because an HTMLTemplateElement is not a shadow root and cannot subsequently be changed to a shadow root.

Instance properties

This interface inherits the properties of HTMLElement.

content Read only: A read-only DocumentFragment which contains the DOM subtree representing the <template> element's template contents.
shadowRootMode: A string that reflects the value of the shadowrootmode attribute of the associated <template> element.
shadowRootDelegatesFocus: A boolean that reflects the value of the shadowrootdelegatesfocus attribute of the associated <template> element.
shadowRootClonable: A boolean that reflects the value of the shadowrootclonable attribute of the associated <template> element.
shadowRootSerializable: A boolean that reflects the value of the shadowrootserializable attribute of the associated <template> element.

Instance methods

This interface inherits the methods of HTMLElement.

Specifications

Specification
HTML> # htmltemplateelement>

Browser compatibility

	Desktop					Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS
`HTMLTemplateElement`	26	13	22	15	8	26	22	14	8	1.5	4.4	8
`content`	26	13	22	15	8	26	22	14	8	1.5	4.4	8
`shadowRootClonable`	124	124	125	110	18	124	125	82	18	27.0	124	18
`shadowRootCustomElementRegistry`	No	No	No	No	26	No	No	No	26	No	No	26
`shadowRootDelegatesFocus`	123	123	123	109	18	123	123	82	18	27.0	123	18
`shadowRootMode`	111	111	123	97	16.4	111	123	75	16.4	22.0	111	16.4
`shadowRootSerializable`	125	125	128	111	18	125	128	83	18	27.0	125	18

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