Web/API/ShadowRoot/innerHTML

The innerHTML property of the ShadowRoot interface sets or returns a reference to the DOM tree inside the ShadowRoot.

Syntax

var domString = shadowRoot.innerHTML
shadowRoot.innerHTML = domString

Value

A DOMString.

Examples

let customElem = document.querySelector('my-shadow-dom-element');
let shadow = customElem.shadowRoot;

shadow.innerHTML = '<strong>This element should be more important!</strong>';

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
DOM Parsing and SerializationThe definition of 'ShadowRoot.innerHTML' in that specification.	Working Draft	Initial definition

Browser compatibility

The compatibility table in 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
innerHTML Experimental'Non-standard'	Chrome Full support 57	Edge Full support 79	Firefox Full support 63 Full support 63 No support 59 — 63 Disabled' Disabled' From version 59 until version 63 (exclusive): this feature is behind the dom.webcomponents.shadowdom.enabled preference (needs to be set to true). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.	IE No support No	Opera Full support 40	Safari Full support 10.1	WebView Android Full support 57	Chrome Android Full support 57	Firefox Android Full support 63 Full support 63 No support 59 — 63 Disabled' Disabled' From version 59 until version 63 (exclusive): this feature is behind the dom.webcomponents.shadowdom.enabled preference (needs to be set to true). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.	Opera Android Full support 41	Safari iOS Full support 10.3	Samsung Internet Android Full support 6.0

Legend

Full support  

Full support

No support  

No support

Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.'

Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.

Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.'

Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.

User must explicitly enable this feature.'

User must explicitly enable this feature.

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