DocumentFragment: childElementCount property

The DocumentFragment.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.

Value

A number representing the number of children of the document fragment.

Examples

js

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

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

fragment.childElementCount; // 1

Specifications

Specification
DOM Standard
# dom-parentnode-childelementcount

Browser compatibility

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See also