DocumentFragment.childElementCount

The Document.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.

Syntax

fragment.childElementCount;

Example

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

let paragraph = document.createElement('p')
fragment.appendChild(paragraph)

fragment.childElementCount; // 1

Specifications

Browser compatibility

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childElementCount
29
17
25
No
16
9
≤37
29
25
16
9
2.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/DocumentFragment/childElementCount