web api instance property
Document: childElementCount property
The Document.childElementCount read-only property
returns the number of child elements of the document.
To get the number of children of a specific element, see childElementCount.
Value
A number.
Examples
document.children;
// HTMLCollection, usually containing an <html> element, the document's only child
document.childElementCount;
// 1
Specifications
SpecificationsStandards references are available on the canonical MDN page.
Browser compatibility
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