PerformanceElementTiming: element property

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The element read-only property of the {{domxref("PerformanceElementTiming")}} interface returns an {{domxref("Element")}} which is a pointer to the observed element.

Value

An {{domxref("Element")}}, or null if the element is a shadow DOM element.

Examples

Logging the observed element

In this example an {{HTMLElement("img")}} element is being observed by adding the elementtiming attribute. A {{domxref("PerformanceObserver")}} is registered to get all performance entries of type "element" and the buffered flag is used to access data from before observer creation. The DOM element that is observed is logged to the console.

const observer = new PerformanceObserver((list) => {
  list.getEntries().forEach((entry) => {
    if (entry.identifier === "big-image") {
      console.log(entry.element);
    }
  });
});
observer.observe({ type: "element", buffered: true });

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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