HTML templates

Method of declaring a portion of reusable markup that is parsed but not rendered until cloned.

Spec	https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/scripting.html#the-template-element
Status	WHATWG Living Standard

IE	Edge	Firefox	Chrome	Safari	Opera
			98
		95	97
		94	96	TP
11	95	93	95	15	80
10	94	92	94	14.1	79
9	93	91	93	14	78
8	92	90	92	13.1	77
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7	91	89	91	13	76
6	90	88	90	12.1	75
5.5	89	87	89	12	74
	88	86	88	11.1	73
	87	85	87	11	72
	86	84	86	10.1	71
	85	83	85	10	70
	84	82	84	9.1	69
	83	81	83	9	68
	81	80	81	8 (1,2)	67
	80	79	80	7.1 (1,2)	66
	79	78	79	7	65
	18	77	78	6.1 (3)	64
	17	76	77	6	63
	16	75	76	5.1	62
	15	74	75	5	60
	14 (1,2)	73	74	4	58
	13 (1,2)	72	73	3.2	57
	12	71	72	3.1	56
		70	71		55
		69	70		54
		68	69		53
		67	68		52
		66	67		51
		65	66		50
		64	65		49
		63	64		48
		62	63		47
		61	62		46
		60	61		45
		59	60		44
		58	59		43
		57	58		42
		56	57		41
		55	56		40
		54	55		39
		53	54		38
		52	53		37
		51	52		36
		50	51		35
		49	50		34
		48	49		33
		47	48		32
		46	47		31
		45	46		30
		44	45		29
		43	44		28
		42	43		27
		41	42		26
		40	41		25
		39	40		24
		38	39		23
		37	38		22
		36	37		21 (1)
		35	36		20 (1)
		34	35		19 (1)
		33	34 (1)		18 (1)
		32	33 (1)		17 (1)
		31	32 (1)		16 (1)
		30	31 (1)		15 (1)
		29	30 (1)		12.1
		28	29 (1)		12
		27	28 (1)		11.6
		26	27 (1)		11.5
		25	26 (1)		11.1
		24	25		11
		23	24		10.6
		22	23		10.5
		21	22		10.0-10.1
		20	21		9.5-9.6
		19	20		9
		18	19
		17	18
		16	17
		15	16
		14	15
		13	14
		12	13
		11	12
		10	11
		9	10
		8	9
		7	8
		6	7
		5	6
		4	5
		3.6	4
		3.5
		3
		2

Safari on iOS	Opera Mini	Android Browser	Blackberry Browser	Opera Mobile	Android Chrome	Android Firefox	IE Mobile	Android UC Browser	Samsung Internet	QQ Browser	Baidu Browser	KaiOS Browser
15	all	94	10	64	94	92	11	12.12	15.0	10.4	7.12	2.5
14.5-14.8		4.4.3-4.4.4	7	12.1			10		14.0
14.0-14.4		4.4		12					13.0
13.4-13.7		4.2-4.3		11.5					12.0
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13.3		4.1		11.1					11.1-11.2
13.2		4		11					10.1
13.0-13.1		3		10					9.2
12.2-12.5		2.3							8.2
12.0-12.1		2.2							7.2-7.4
11.3-11.4		2.1							6.2-6.4
11.0-11.2									5.0-5.4
10.3									4
10.0-10.2
9.3
9.0-9.2
8.1-8.4 (1,2)
8 (1,2)
7.0-7.1
6.0-6.1
5.0-5.1
4.2-4.3
4.0-4.1
3.2

Notes

1. Does not support Document.importNode on templates, nested templates or elements that contain templates.

2. Does not support Node.cloneNode on templates, nested templates or elements that contain templates.

3. Safari 6.2 has the same partial support as Safari 7.1.

Bugs

• Firefox may preload images inside template elements (1441044)

Resources

• HTML5Rocks - HTML's New template Tag
• Polymer project (polyfill & web components framework)
• Polyfill script