Web/API/HTMLTemplateElement/content

The HTMLTemplateElement.content property returns a <template> element's template contents (a DocumentFragment).

Syntax

var documentFragment = templateElement.content

Example

var templateElement = document.querySelector("#foo");
var documentFragment = templateElement.content.cloneNode(true);

Specifications

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

Browser compatibility

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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
content	Chrome Full support 26	Edge Full support 13	Firefox Full support 22	IE No support No	Opera Full support 15	Safari Full support 8	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support 26	Firefox Android Full support 22	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support 8	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.5

Legend

Full support  

Full support

No support  

No support

See also

• HTMLTemplateElement

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