Document: childElementCount property
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The Document.childElementCount read-only property
returns the number of child elements of the document.
To get the number of children of a specific element, see Element.childElementCount.
Value
A number.
Examples
js
document.children;
// HTMLCollection, usually containing an <html> element, the document's only child
document.childElementCount;
// 1
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| DOM Standard # dom-parentnode-childelementcount |
Browser compatibility
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