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Element: prefix property

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The Element.prefix read-only property returns the namespace prefix of the specified element, or null if no prefix is specified.

Value

A string.

Examples

The following logs “x” to the console.

<x:div onclick="console.log(this.prefix)"/>

Notes

This will only work when a namespace-aware parser is used, i.e., when a document is served with an XML MIME type. This will not work for HTML documents.

Specifications

SpecificationsStandards references are available on the canonical MDN page.

Browser compatibility

Browser compatibilityCompatibility data is available on the canonical MDN page.

See also