HTMLScriptElement: defer property

{{APIRef("HTML DOM")}}

The defer property of the {{domxref("HTMLScriptElement")}} interface is a boolean value that controls how the script should be executed. For classic scripts, if the defer property is set to true, the external script will be executed after the document has been parsed, but before firing {{domxref("Document/DOMContentLoaded_event", "DOMContentLoaded")}} event. For module scripts, the defer property has no effect.

It reflects the defer attribute of the {{HTMLElement("script")}} element.

Value

A boolean.

Examples

<script id="el" src="/example.js" defer></script>

const el = document.getElementById("el");
console.log(el.defer); // Output: true

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• {{domxref("HTMLScriptElement.async")}}