Web/API/HTMLDataElement

The HTMLDataElement interface provides special properties (beyond the regular HTMLElement interface it also has available to it by inheritance) for manipulating <data> elements.

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Properties

Inherits properties from its parent, HTMLElement.

HTMLDataElement.value

Is a DOMString reflecting the value HTML attribute, containing a machine-readable form of the element's value.

Methods

No specific method; inherits methods from its parent, HTMLElement.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living StandardThe definition of 'HTMLDataElement' in that specification.	Living Standard
HTML5The definition of 'HTMLDataElement' in that specification.	Recommendation

Browser compatibility

The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
HTMLDataElement	Chrome Full support 62	Edge Full support ≤18	Firefox Full support 22	IE No support No	Opera Full support 49	Safari Full support 10	WebView Android Full support 62	Chrome Android Full support 62	Firefox Android Full support 22	Opera Android Full support 46	Safari iOS Full support 10	Samsung Internet Android Full support 8.0
value	Chrome Full support 62	Edge Full support 14	Firefox Full support 22	IE No support No	Opera Full support 49	Safari Full support 10	WebView Android Full support 62	Chrome Android Full support 62	Firefox Android Full support 22	Opera Android Full support 46	Safari iOS Full support 10	Samsung Internet Android Full support 8.0

Legend

Full support  

Full support

No support  

No support

See also

• The HTML element implementing this interface: <data>.

HTMLDataElement by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.