Web/API/ShadowRoot/mode

The mode property of the ShadowRoot specifies its mode — either open or closed. This defines whether or not the shadow root's internal features are accessible from JavaScript.

When the mode of a shadow root is "closed", the shadow root’s implementation internals are inaccessible and unchangeable from JavaScript—in the same way the implementation internals of, for example, the <video> element are inaccessible and unchangeable from JavaScript.

Syntax

var mode = shadowRoot.mode

Value

A value defined in the ShadowRootMode enum — either open or closed.

Examples

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

// Another way to check whether the shadow root is open; it will return null if not
if(shadow) {
  // If it is open, close it to stop people stealing our secrets!
  shadow.mode = 'closed';
}

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
DOMThe definition of 'ShadowRoot.mode' in that specification.	Living Standard

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
mode Experimental'	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.

User must explicitly enable this feature.'

User must explicitly enable this feature.

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