DocumentFragment: childElementCount property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since April 2018.

The DocumentFragment.childElementCount read-only property returns the number of child elements of a DocumentFragment.

To get the number of children of a specific element, see Element.childElementCount.

Value

A number representing the number of children of the document fragment.

Examples

js
let fragment = new DocumentFragment();
fragment.childElementCount; // 0

let paragraph = document.createElement("p");
fragment.appendChild(paragraph);

fragment.childElementCount; // 1

Specifications

Specification
DOM
# dom-parentnode-childelementcount

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
childElementCount
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 29 (Release date: 2013-08-20)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 17 (Release date: 2018-04-30)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 25 (Release date: 2013-10-29)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 16 (Release date: 2013-08-27)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 9 (Release date: 2015-09-30)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 29 (Release date: 2013-08-21)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 25 (Release date: 2013-10-29)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 16 (Release date: 2013-09-18)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 9 (Release date: 2015-09-16)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 2 (Release date: 2014-10-17)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 9 (Release date: 2015-09-16)
footnote Full support

Legend

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Full support
Full support

See also