Interface DocumentFragment

A minimal document object that has no parent. It is used as a lightweight version of Document that stores a segment of a document structure comprised of nodes just like a standard document. The key difference is that because the document fragment isn't part of the active document tree structure, changes made to the fragment don't affect the document, cause reflow, or incur any performance impact that can occur when changes are made.

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interface DocumentFragment {
    ATTRIBUTE_NODE: 2;
    baseURI: string;
    CDATA_SECTION_NODE: 4;
    childElementCount: number;
    childNodes: NodeListOf<ChildNode>;
    children: HTMLCollection;
    COMMENT_NODE: 8;
    DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE: 11;
    DOCUMENT_NODE: 9;
    DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINED_BY: 16;
    DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINS: 8;
    DOCUMENT_POSITION_DISCONNECTED: 1;
    DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING: 4;
    DOCUMENT_POSITION_IMPLEMENTATION_SPECIFIC: 32;
    DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING: 2;
    DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE: 10;
    ELEMENT_NODE: 1;
    ENTITY_NODE: 6;
    ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE: 5;
    firstChild: null | ChildNode;
    firstElementChild: null | Element;
    isConnected: boolean;
    lastChild: null | ChildNode;
    lastElementChild: null | Element;
    nextSibling: null | ChildNode;
    nodeName: string;
    nodeType: number;
    nodeValue: null | string;
    NOTATION_NODE: 12;
    ownerDocument: Document;
    parentElement: null | HTMLElement;
    parentNode: null | ParentNode;
    previousSibling: null | ChildNode;
    PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE: 7;
    TEXT_NODE: 3;
    textContent: null | string;
    addEventListener(
        type: string,
        callback: null | EventListenerOrEventListenerObject,
        options?: boolean | AddEventListenerOptions,
    ): void;
    append(...nodes: (string | Node)[]): void;
    appendChild<T extends Node>(node: T): T;
    cloneNode(deep?: boolean): Node;
    compareDocumentPosition(other: Node): number;
    contains(other: null | Node): boolean;
    dispatchEvent(event: Event): boolean;
    getElementById(elementId: string): null | HTMLElement;
    getRootNode(options?: GetRootNodeOptions): Node;
    hasChildNodes(): boolean;
    insertBefore<T extends Node>(node: T, child: null | Node): T;
    isDefaultNamespace(namespace: null | string): boolean;
    isEqualNode(otherNode: null | Node): boolean;
    isSameNode(otherNode: null | Node): boolean;
    lookupNamespaceURI(prefix: null | string): null | string;
    lookupPrefix(namespace: null | string): null | string;
    normalize(): void;
    prepend(...nodes: (string | Node)[]): void;
    querySelector<K extends keyof HTMLElementTagNameMap>(
        selectors: K,
    ): null | HTMLElementTagNameMap[K];
    querySelector<K extends keyof SVGElementTagNameMap>(
        selectors: K,
    ): null | SVGElementTagNameMap[K];
    querySelector<K extends keyof MathMLElementTagNameMap>(
        selectors: K,
    ): null | MathMLElementTagNameMap[K];
    querySelector<K extends keyof HTMLElementDeprecatedTagNameMap>(
        selectors: K,
    ): null | HTMLElementDeprecatedTagNameMap[K];
    querySelector<E extends Element = Element>(selectors: string): null | E;
    querySelectorAll<K extends keyof HTMLElementTagNameMap>(
        selectors: K,
    ): NodeListOf<HTMLElementTagNameMap[K]>;
    querySelectorAll<K extends keyof SVGElementTagNameMap>(
        selectors: K,
    ): NodeListOf<SVGElementTagNameMap[K]>;
    querySelectorAll<K extends keyof MathMLElementTagNameMap>(
        selectors: K,
    ): NodeListOf<MathMLElementTagNameMap[K]>;
    querySelectorAll<K extends keyof HTMLElementDeprecatedTagNameMap>(
        selectors: K,
    ): NodeListOf<HTMLElementDeprecatedTagNameMap[K]>;
    querySelectorAll<E extends Element = Element>(
        selectors: string,
    ): NodeListOf<E>;
    removeChild<T extends Node>(child: T): T;
    removeEventListener(
        type: string,
        callback: null | EventListenerOrEventListenerObject,
        options?: boolean | EventListenerOptions,
    ): void;
    replaceChild<T extends Node>(node: Node, child: T): T;
    replaceChildren(...nodes: (string | Node)[]): void;
}

Hierarchy (View Summary)

Properties

ATTRIBUTE_NODE baseURI CDATA_SECTION_NODE childElementCount childNodes children COMMENT_NODE DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE DOCUMENT_NODE DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINED_BY DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINS DOCUMENT_POSITION_DISCONNECTED DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING DOCUMENT_POSITION_IMPLEMENTATION_SPECIFIC DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE ELEMENT_NODE ENTITY_NODE ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE firstChild firstElementChild isConnected lastChild lastElementChild nextSibling nodeName nodeType nodeValue NOTATION_NODE ownerDocument parentElement parentNode previousSibling PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE TEXT_NODE textContent

Methods

addEventListener append appendChild cloneNode compareDocumentPosition contains dispatchEvent getElementById getRootNode hasChildNodes insertBefore isDefaultNamespace isEqualNode isSameNode lookupNamespaceURI lookupPrefix normalize prepend querySelector querySelectorAll removeChild removeEventListener replaceChild replaceChildren

Properties

ReadonlyATTRIBUTE_NODE

ATTRIBUTE_NODE: 2

ReadonlybaseURI

baseURI: string

Returns node's node document's document base URL.

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ReadonlyCDATA_SECTION_NODE

CDATA_SECTION_NODE: 4

node is a CDATASection node.

ReadonlychildElementCount

childElementCount: number

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ReadonlychildNodes

childNodes: NodeListOf<ChildNode>

Returns the children.

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Readonlychildren

children: HTMLCollection

Returns the child elements.

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ReadonlyCOMMENT_NODE

COMMENT_NODE: 8

node is a Comment node.

ReadonlyDOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE

DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE: 11

node is a DocumentFragment node.

ReadonlyDOCUMENT_NODE

DOCUMENT_NODE: 9

node is a document.

ReadonlyDOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINED_BY

DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINED_BY: 16

Set when other is a descendant of node.

ReadonlyDOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINS

DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINS: 8

Set when other is an ancestor of node.

ReadonlyDOCUMENT_POSITION_DISCONNECTED

DOCUMENT_POSITION_DISCONNECTED: 1

Set when node and other are not in the same tree.

ReadonlyDOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING

DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING: 4

Set when other is following node.

ReadonlyDOCUMENT_POSITION_IMPLEMENTATION_SPECIFIC

DOCUMENT_POSITION_IMPLEMENTATION_SPECIFIC: 32

ReadonlyDOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING

DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING: 2

Set when other is preceding node.

ReadonlyDOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE

DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE: 10

node is a doctype.

ReadonlyELEMENT_NODE

ELEMENT_NODE: 1

node is an element.

ReadonlyENTITY_NODE

ENTITY_NODE: 6

ReadonlyENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE

ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE: 5

ReadonlyfirstChild

firstChild: null | ChildNode

Returns the first child.

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ReadonlyfirstElementChild

firstElementChild: null | Element

Returns the first child that is an element, and null otherwise.

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ReadonlyisConnected

isConnected: boolean

Returns true if node is connected and false otherwise.

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ReadonlylastChild

lastChild: null | ChildNode

Returns the last child.

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ReadonlylastElementChild

lastElementChild: null | Element

Returns the last child that is an element, and null otherwise.

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ReadonlynextSibling

nextSibling: null | ChildNode

Returns the next sibling.

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ReadonlynodeName

nodeName: string

Returns a string appropriate for the type of node.

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ReadonlynodeType

nodeType: number

Returns the type of node.

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nodeValue

nodeValue: null | string

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ReadonlyNOTATION_NODE

NOTATION_NODE: 12

ReadonlyownerDocument

ownerDocument: Document

Returns the node document. Returns null for documents.

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ReadonlyparentElement

parentElement: null | HTMLElement

Returns the parent element.

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ReadonlyparentNode

parentNode: null | ParentNode

Returns the parent.

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ReadonlypreviousSibling

previousSibling: null | ChildNode

Returns the previous sibling.

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ReadonlyPROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE

PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE: 7

node is a ProcessingInstruction node.

ReadonlyTEXT_NODE

TEXT_NODE: 3

node is a Text node.

textContent

textContent: null | string

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Methods

addEventListener

  • addEventListener(
        type: string,
        callback: null | EventListenerOrEventListenerObject,
        options?: boolean | AddEventListenerOptions,
    ): void

  • Appends an event listener for events whose type attribute value is type. The callback argument sets the callback that will be invoked when the event is dispatched.

    The options argument sets listener-specific options. For compatibility this can be a boolean, in which case the method behaves exactly as if the value was specified as options's capture.

    When set to true, options's capture prevents callback from being invoked when the event's eventPhase attribute value is BUBBLING_PHASE. When false (or not present), callback will not be invoked when event's eventPhase attribute value is CAPTURING_PHASE. Either way, callback will be invoked if event's eventPhase attribute value is AT_TARGET.

    When set to true, options's passive indicates that the callback will not cancel the event by invoking preventDefault(). This is used to enable performance optimizations described in § 2.8 Observing event listeners.

    When set to true, options's once indicates that the callback will only be invoked once after which the event listener will be removed.

    If an AbortSignal is passed for options's signal, then the event listener will be removed when signal is aborted.

    The event listener is appended to target's event listener list and is not appended if it has the same type, callback, and capture.

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    Parameters

    Returns void

append

  • append(...nodes: (string | Node)[]): void

  • Inserts nodes after the last child of node, while replacing strings in nodes with equivalent Text nodes.

    Throws a "HierarchyRequestError" DOMException if the constraints of the node tree are violated.

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    Parameters

    • ...nodes: (string | Node)[]

    Returns void

appendChild

cloneNode

  • cloneNode(deep?: boolean): Node

  • Returns a copy of node. If deep is true, the copy also includes the node's descendants.

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    Parameters

    • Optionaldeep: boolean

    Returns Node

compareDocumentPosition

  • compareDocumentPosition(other: Node): number

  • Returns a bitmask indicating the position of other relative to node.

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    Parameters

    Returns number

contains

  • contains(other: null | Node): boolean

  • Returns true if other is an inclusive descendant of node, and false otherwise.

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    Parameters

    Returns boolean

dispatchEvent

  • dispatchEvent(event: Event): boolean

  • Dispatches a synthetic event event to target and returns true if either event's cancelable attribute value is false or its preventDefault() method was not invoked, and false otherwise.

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    Parameters

    • event: Event

    Returns boolean

getElementById

getRootNode

hasChildNodes

  • hasChildNodes(): boolean

  • Returns whether node has children.

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    Returns boolean

insertBefore

isDefaultNamespace

  • isDefaultNamespace(namespace: null | string): boolean

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    Parameters

    • namespace: null | string

    Returns boolean

isEqualNode

  • isEqualNode(otherNode: null | Node): boolean

  • Returns whether node and otherNode have the same properties.

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    Parameters

    • otherNode: null | Node

    Returns boolean

isSameNode

lookupNamespaceURI

  • lookupNamespaceURI(prefix: null | string): null | string

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    Parameters

    • prefix: null | string

    Returns null | string

lookupPrefix

  • lookupPrefix(namespace: null | string): null | string

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    Parameters

    • namespace: null | string

    Returns null | string

normalize

  • normalize(): void

  • Removes empty exclusive Text nodes and concatenates the data of remaining contiguous exclusive Text nodes into the first of their nodes.

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    Returns void

prepend

  • prepend(...nodes: (string | Node)[]): void

  • Inserts nodes before the first child of node, while replacing strings in nodes with equivalent Text nodes.

    Throws a "HierarchyRequestError" DOMException if the constraints of the node tree are violated.

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    Parameters

    • ...nodes: (string | Node)[]

    Returns void

querySelector

querySelectorAll

removeChild

removeEventListener

replaceChild

replaceChildren

  • replaceChildren(...nodes: (string | Node)[]): void

  • Replace all children of node with nodes, while replacing strings in nodes with equivalent Text nodes.

    Throws a "HierarchyRequestError" DOMException if the constraints of the node tree are violated.

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    Parameters

    • ...nodes: (string | Node)[]

    Returns void

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