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DOMRectList: item() method

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{{APIRef("Geometry Interfaces")}}

The {{domxref("DOMRectList")}} method item() returns the {{domxref("DOMRect")}} at the specified index within the list, or null if the index is out of range.

Syntax

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item(index)

Parameters

  • index
    • : A zero-based integer representing the position of the DOMRect in the DOMRectList to retrieve.

Return value

A {{domxref("DOMRect")}} object at the specified index in the DOMRectList, or null if index is greater than or equal to the number of rectangles in the list.

Example

js
const rects = document.getElementById("rects").getClientRects();
console.log(rects.length); // Number of rectangles in the DOMRectList

if (rects.length > 0) {
  console.log(rects.item(0)); // Logs the first DOMRect object
}

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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