DocumentFragment: firstElementChild property

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The DocumentFragment.firstElementChild read-only property returns the document fragment's first child {{domxref("Element")}}, or null if there are no child elements.

Value

An {{domxref("Element")}} that is the first child Element of the object, or null if there are none.

Examples

let fragment = new DocumentFragment();
fragment.firstElementChild; // null

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

fragment.firstElementChild; // <p>

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• {{domxref("Element.firstElementChild")}}