CSSPseudoElement.type

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The type read-only property of the CSSPseudoElement interface returns the type of the pseudo-element as a string, represented in the form of a CSS selector.

Syntax

var typeOfPseudoElement = cssPseudoElement.type;

Value

A CSSOMString containing one of the following values:

Examples

The example below demonstrates the relationship between CSSPseudoElement.type and Element.pseudo():

const myElement = document.querySelector('q');
const mySelector = '::after';
const cssPseudoElement = myElement.pseudo(mySelector);
const typeOfPseudoElement = cssPseudoElement.type;

console.log(mySelector === typeOfPseudoElement); // Outputs true

Specifications

Specification
CSS Pseudo-Elements Module Level 4 (CSS Pseudo-Elements 4) # dom-csspseudoelement-type

Browser compatibility

	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	WebView Android	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet
`type`	No	No	75 63-75	No	No	No	No	No	63-79	No	No	No