ShadowRoot: host property
The host read-only property of
the ShadowRoot returns a reference to the DOM element the
ShadowRoot is attached to.
Value
A DOM Element.
Examples
js
let customElem = document.querySelector("my-shadow-dom-element");
let shadow = customElem.shadowRoot;
// ...
// return the original host element some time later
let hostElem = shadow.host;
Specifications
Browser compatibility
See also
partandexportpartsHTML attributes<template>and<slot>HTML elements:host,:host(), and:host-context()CSS pseudo-classes::partand::slottedCSS pseudo-elements