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Element: childElementCount property

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The Element.childElementCount read-only property returns the number of child elements of this element.

Examples

let sidebar = document.getElementById("sidebar");
if (sidebar.childElementCount > 0) {
  // Do something
}

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also