DocumentOrShadowRoot

The DocumentOrShadowRoot interface of the the Shadow DOM API provides APIs that are shared between documents and shadow roots.

Properties

DocumentOrShadowRoot.activeElement Read only

Returns the element within the shadow tree that has focus.

DocumentOrShadowRoot.styleSheets Read only

Returns a StyleSheetList of CSSStyleSheet objects for stylesheets explicitly linked into or embedded in a document

Methods

DocumentOrShadowRoot.getSelection()

Returns a Selection object representing the range of text selected by the user or the current position of the caret.

DocumentOrShadowRoot.elementFromPoint()

Returns the topmost element at the specified coordinates.

DocumentOrShadowRoot.elementsFromPoint()

Returns an array of all elements at the specified coordinates.

DocumentOrShadowRoot.caretPositionFromPoint()

Returns a CaretPosition object containing the DOM node containing the caret and caret's character offset within that node.

Specification	Status	Comment
DOM The definition of 'DocumentOrShadowRoot' in that specification.	Living Standard	Initial definition.
Shadow DOM The definition of 'DocumentOrShadowRoot' in that specification.	Working Draft	Implementation in Shadow DOM.

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