DocumentFragment: childElementCount property

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The DocumentFragment.childElementCount read-only property returns the number of child elements of a DocumentFragment.

To get the number of children of a specific element, see {{domxref("Element.childElementCount")}}.

Value

A number representing the number of children of the document fragment.

Examples

let fragment = new DocumentFragment();
fragment.childElementCount; // 0

let paragraph = document.createElement("p");
fragment.appendChild(paragraph);

fragment.childElementCount; // 1

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• {{domxref("Element.childElementCount")}}
• {{domxref("Document.childElementCount")}}