HTMLContentElement.select

The HTMLContentElement.select property reflects the select attribute. It is a DOMString containing a space-separated list of CSS selectors that select the content to insert in place of the <content> element.

Syntax

object.select = "CSSselector CSSselector ...";

Example

// Select <h1> elements and elements with class="error"
myContentObject.select = "h1 .error";

Specifications

This feature is no longer defined by any standards.

Browser compatibility

Feature Chrome Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari (WebKit)
Basic support 35 28 (28) [1] No support 26 No support
Feature Android Firefox Mobile (Gecko) IE Phone Opera Mobile Safari Mobile
Basic support 37 28.0 (28) [1] No support ? ?

[1] If Shadow DOM is not enabled in Firefox, <content> elements will behave like HTMLUnknownElement. Shadow DOM was first implemented in Firefox 28 and is behind a preference, dom.webcomponents.enabled, which is disabled by default.

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