CSSPseudoElement: element property
Limited availability
This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.
Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The element read-only property of the
CSSPseudoElement interface returns a reference to the originating element
of the pseudo-element, in other words its parent element.
Value
An Element representing the pseudo-element's originating element.
Examples
The example below demonstrates the relationship between
CSSPseudoElement.element and Element.pseudo():
js
const myElement = document.querySelector("q");
const cssPseudoElement = myElement.pseudo("::after");
const originatingElement = cssPseudoElement.element;
console.log(myElement === originatingElement); // Outputs true
console.log(myElement.parentElement === originatingElement); // Outputs false
console.log(myElement.lastElementChild === cssPseudoElement); // Outputs false
console.log(myElement.lastChild === cssPseudoElement); // Outputs false
console.log(myElement.nextElementSibling === cssPseudoElement); // Outputs false
console.log(myElement.nextSibling === cssPseudoElement); // Outputs false
Specifications
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| CSS Pseudo-Elements Module Level 4 # dom-csspseudoelement-element |
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- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.
- User must explicitly enable this feature.