This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since November 2015.
The HTMLTemplateElement.content property returns a <template> element's template contents (a DocumentFragment).
const templateElement = document.querySelector("#foo");
const documentFragment = templateElement.content.cloneNode(true);
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML> # dom-template-content-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 | |
content |
26 | 13 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 26 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 1.5 | 4.4 | 8 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLTemplateElement/content