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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

Specification Status Comment
Shadow DOM
The definition of 'content' in that specification.
Working Draft

Browser compatibility

Feature Chrome Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari (WebKit)
Basic support 35 28 (28) [1] Not supported 26 Not supported
Feature Android Firefox Mobile (Gecko) IE Phone Opera Mobile Safari Mobile
Basic support 37 28.0 (28) [1] Not supported ? ?

[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.

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLContentElement/select