Web/HTML/Global attributes/slot

The slot global attribute assigns a slot in a shadow DOM shadow tree to an element: An element with a slot attribute is assigned to the slot created by the <slot> element whose name attribute's value matches that slot attribute's value.

For examples, see our Using templates and slots guide.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living StandardThe definition of 'slot attribute' in that specification.	Living Standard
DOMThe definition of 'slot attribute' in that specification.	Living Standard

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
slot Experimental'	Chrome Full support 53	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. No support ? — 59 Disabled' Disabled' Until version 59 (exclusive): this feature is behind the dom.webcomponents.enabled preference (needs to be set to true) and the dom.webcomponents.shadowdom.enabled preference (needs to be set to true). To change preferences in Firefox, visit about:config.	IE ?	Opera Full support 40	Safari Full support 10	WebView Android Full support 53	Chrome Android Full support 53	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. No support ? — 59 Disabled' Disabled' Until version 59 (exclusive): this feature is behind the dom.webcomponents.enabled preference (needs to be set to true) and 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	Samsung Internet Android Full support 6.0

Legend

Full support  

Full support

Compatibility unknown  

Compatibility unknown

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.

See also

• All global attributes.

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