DocumentFragment.firstElementChild

The DocumentFragment.firstElementChild read-only property returns the document fragment's first child Element, or null if there are no child elements.

Syntax

// Getter
element = fragment.firstElementChild;

// No setter; read-only property

Example

let fragment = new DocumentFragment();
fragment.firstElementChild; // null

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

fragment.firstElementChild; // <p>

Specifications

Specification
DOM Standard (DOM)
# ref-for-dom-parentnode-firstelementchild①

Browser compatibility

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firstElementChild
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≤37
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25
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2.0

See also

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