CSSPseudoElement: type property
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.
Value
A string containing one of the following values:
Examples
The example below demonstrates the relationship between
CSSPseudoElement.type and Element.pseudo():
js
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 # dom-csspseudoelement-type |
Browser compatibility
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