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Element: id property

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The id property of the Element interface represents the element’s identifier, reflecting the id global attribute.

If the id value is not the empty string, it must be unique in a document.

The id is often used with getElementById() to retrieve a particular element. Another common case is to use an element’s ID as a selector when styling the document with CSS.

[!NOTE] Identifiers are case-sensitive, but you should avoid creating IDs that differ only in the capitalization.

Value

A string.

Specifications

SpecificationsStandards references are available on the canonical MDN page.

Browser compatibility

Browser compatibilityCompatibility data is available on the canonical MDN page.

See also

  • The DOM id global attribute.