CSSNamespaceRule

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since April 2017.

The CSSNamespaceRule interface describes an object representing a single CSS @namespace at-rule.

CSSRule CSSNamespaceRule

Instance properties

Inherits properties from its ancestor CSSRule.

CSSNamespaceRule.namespaceURI

Returns a string containing the text of the URI of the given namespace.

CSSNamespaceRule.prefix

Returns a string with the name of the prefix associated to this namespace. If there is no such prefix, returns an empty string.

Instance methods

Inherits methods from its ancestor CSSRule.

Examples

The stylesheet includes a namespace as the only rule. Therefore the first CSSRule returned will be a CSSNamespaceRule.

css
@namespace url("http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml");
js
const myRules = document.styleSheets[0].cssRules;
console.log(myRules[0]); // A CSSNamespaceRule

Specifications

Specification
CSS Object Model (CSSOM)
# the-cssnamespacerule-interface

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
CSSNamespaceRule
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 47 (Release date: 2015-12-01)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 53 (Release date: 2017-04-19)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 36 (Release date: 2016-03-15)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 10.1 (Release date: 2017-03-27)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 47 (Release date: 2015-12-02)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 53 (Release date: 2017-04-19)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 36 (Release date: 2016-03-31)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 10.3 (Release date: 2017-03-27)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 5 (Release date: 2016-12-15)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 47 (Release date: 2015-12-02)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 10.3 (Release date: 2017-03-27)
footnote Full support
namespaceURI
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 47 (Release date: 2015-12-01)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 59 (Release date: 2018-03-13)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 36 (Release date: 2016-03-15)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 10.1 (Release date: 2017-03-27)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 47 (Release date: 2015-12-02)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 59 (Release date: 2018-03-13)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 36 (Release date: 2016-03-31)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 10.3 (Release date: 2017-03-27)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 5 (Release date: 2016-12-15)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 47 (Release date: 2015-12-02)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 10.3 (Release date: 2017-03-27)
footnote Full support
prefix
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 47 (Release date: 2015-12-01)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 59 (Release date: 2018-03-13)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 36 (Release date: 2016-03-15)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 10.1 (Release date: 2017-03-27)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 47 (Release date: 2015-12-02)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 59 (Release date: 2018-03-13)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 36 (Release date: 2016-03-31)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 10.3 (Release date: 2017-03-27)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 5 (Release date: 2016-12-15)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 47 (Release date: 2015-12-02)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 10.3 (Release date: 2017-03-27)
footnote Full support

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Full support
Full support