Element class

Element is the most general base class from which all objects in a Document inherit. It only has methods and properties common to all kinds of elements. More specific classes inherit from Element.

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Implemented types

• Node
• ARIAMixin
• Animatable
• ChildNode
• InnerHTML
• NonDocumentTypeChildNode
• ParentNode
• Slottable

Implementers

• HTMLElement
• MathMLElement
• SVGElement

Available extensions

• Animatable$Typings
• ARIAMixin$Typings
• ChildNode$Typings
• Element$Typings
• EventTarget$Typings
• InnerHTML$Typings
• Node$Typings
• NonDocumentTypeChildNode$Typings
• ParentNode$Typings
• Slottable$Typings

Annotations

• @JS()
• @staticInterop

Constructors

Element.new()

factory

Properties

addEventListener → ({void Function<K$>(ElementEventMap<K$> type, dynamic listener(K$), [Object? options]) $1, void Function(String type, Object listener, [Object? options]) $2})

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

Overload accessor: $1, $2

no setter

addEventListener ↔ void Function(String, [Object?, Object?])

Available on EventTarget, provided by the EventTarget$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

after ↔ void Function([Iterable?])

Available on ChildNode, provided by the ChildNode$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

animate ↔ Animation Function([dynamic, Object?])

Available on Animatable, provided by the Animatable$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

append ↔ void Function([Iterable?])

Available on ParentNode, provided by the ParentNode$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

appendChild ↔ T Function<T extends Node>(T)

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

ariaAtomic ↔ String?

Available on ARIAMixin, provided by the ARIAMixin$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

ariaAutoComplete ↔ String?

Available on ARIAMixin, provided by the ARIAMixin$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

ariaBusy ↔ String?

Available on ARIAMixin, provided by the ARIAMixin$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

ariaChecked ↔ String?

Available on ARIAMixin, provided by the ARIAMixin$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

ariaColCount ↔ String?

Available on ARIAMixin, provided by the ARIAMixin$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

ariaColIndex ↔ String?

Available on ARIAMixin, provided by the ARIAMixin$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

ariaColSpan ↔ String?

Available on ARIAMixin, provided by the ARIAMixin$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

ariaCurrent ↔ String?

Available on ARIAMixin, provided by the ARIAMixin$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

ariaDisabled ↔ String?

Available on ARIAMixin, provided by the ARIAMixin$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

ariaExpanded ↔ String?

Available on ARIAMixin, provided by the ARIAMixin$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

ariaHasPopup ↔ String?

Available on ARIAMixin, provided by the ARIAMixin$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

ariaHidden ↔ String?

Available on ARIAMixin, provided by the ARIAMixin$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

ariaInvalid ↔ String?

Available on ARIAMixin, provided by the ARIAMixin$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

ariaKeyShortcuts ↔ String?

Available on ARIAMixin, provided by the ARIAMixin$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

ariaLabel ↔ String?

Available on ARIAMixin, provided by the ARIAMixin$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

ariaLevel ↔ String?

Available on ARIAMixin, provided by the ARIAMixin$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

ariaLive ↔ String?

Available on ARIAMixin, provided by the ARIAMixin$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

ariaModal ↔ String?

Available on ARIAMixin, provided by the ARIAMixin$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

ariaMultiLine ↔ String?

Available on ARIAMixin, provided by the ARIAMixin$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

ariaMultiSelectable ↔ String?

Available on ARIAMixin, provided by the ARIAMixin$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

ariaOrientation ↔ String?

Available on ARIAMixin, provided by the ARIAMixin$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

ariaPlaceholder ↔ String?

Available on ARIAMixin, provided by the ARIAMixin$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

ariaPosInSet ↔ String?

Available on ARIAMixin, provided by the ARIAMixin$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

ariaPressed ↔ String?

Available on ARIAMixin, provided by the ARIAMixin$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

ariaReadOnly ↔ String?

Available on ARIAMixin, provided by the ARIAMixin$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

ariaRequired ↔ String?

Available on ARIAMixin, provided by the ARIAMixin$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

ariaRoleDescription ↔ String?

Available on ARIAMixin, provided by the ARIAMixin$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

ariaRowCount ↔ String?

Available on ARIAMixin, provided by the ARIAMixin$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

ariaRowIndex ↔ String?

Available on ARIAMixin, provided by the ARIAMixin$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

ariaRowSpan ↔ String?

Available on ARIAMixin, provided by the ARIAMixin$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

ariaSelected ↔ String?

Available on ARIAMixin, provided by the ARIAMixin$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

ariaSetSize ↔ String?

Available on ARIAMixin, provided by the ARIAMixin$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

ariaSort ↔ String?

Available on ARIAMixin, provided by the ARIAMixin$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

ariaValueMax ↔ String?

Available on ARIAMixin, provided by the ARIAMixin$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

ariaValueMin ↔ String?

Available on ARIAMixin, provided by the ARIAMixin$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

ariaValueNow ↔ String?

Available on ARIAMixin, provided by the ARIAMixin$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

ariaValueText ↔ String?

Available on ARIAMixin, provided by the ARIAMixin$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

assignedSlot → HTMLSlotElement?

Available on Slottable, provided by the Slottable$Typings extension

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no setter

attachShadow ↔ ShadowRoot Function(ShadowRootInit)

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

attributeNode → num

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

no setter

attributes → NamedNodeMap

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

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no setter

baseURI → String

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

Returns node's node document's document base URL.

no setter

before ↔ void Function([Iterable?])

Available on ChildNode, provided by the ChildNode$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

cdataSectionNode → num

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

node is a CDATASection node.

no setter

checkVisibility ↔ bool Function([CheckVisibilityOptions?])

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

childElementCount → num

Available on ParentNode, provided by the ParentNode$Typings extension

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no setter

childNodes → NodeListOf<ChildNode>

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

Returns the children.

no setter

children → HTMLCollection

Available on ParentNode, provided by the ParentNode$Typings extension

Returns the child elements.

no setter

classList → DOMTokenList

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

Allows for manipulation of element's class content attribute as a set of whitespace-separated tokens through a DOMTokenList object.

no setter

className ↔ String

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

Returns the value of element's class content attribute. Can be set to change it.

getter/setter pair

clientHeight → num

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

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no setter

clientLeft → num

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

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no setter

clientTop → num

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

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no setter

clientWidth → num

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

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no setter

cloneNode ↔ Node Function([bool?])

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

closest → ({K$? Function<K$ extends Element>(HTMLElementTagNameMap<K$> selector) $1, E? Function<E extends Element>(String selectors) $2})

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

Overload accessor: $1, $2

no setter

commentNode → num

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

node is a Comment node.

no setter

compareDocumentPosition ↔ num Function(Node)

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

computedStyleMap ↔ StylePropertyMapReadOnly Function()

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

contains ↔ bool Function([Node?])

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

dispatchEvent ↔ bool Function(Event)

Available on EventTarget, provided by the EventTarget$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

documentFragmentNode → num

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

node is a DocumentFragment node.

no setter

documentNode → num

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

node is a document.

no setter

documentPositionContainedBy → num

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

Set when other is a descendant of node.

no setter

documentPositionContains → num

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

Set when other is an ancestor of node.

no setter

documentPositionDisconnected → num

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

Set when node and other are not in the same tree.

no setter

documentPositionFollowing → num

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

Set when other is following node.

no setter

documentPositionImplementationSpecific → num

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

no setter

documentPositionPreceding → num

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

Set when other is preceding node.

no setter

documentTypeNode → num

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

node is a doctype.

no setter

elementNode → num

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

node is an element.

no setter

entityNode → num

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

no setter

entityReferenceNode → num

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

no setter

firstChild → ChildNode?

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

Returns the first child.

no setter

firstElementChild → Element?

Available on ParentNode, provided by the ParentNode$Typings extension

Returns the first child that is an element, and null otherwise.

no setter

getAnimations ↔ List<Animation> Function([GetAnimationsOptions?])

Available on Animatable, provided by the Animatable$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

getAttribute ↔ String? Function(String)

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

getAttributeNames ↔ List<String> Function()

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

getAttributeNode ↔ Attr? Function(String)

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

getAttributeNodeNS ↔ Attr? Function(String, [String?])

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

getAttributeNS ↔ String? Function(String, [String?])

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

getBoundingClientRect ↔ DOMRect Function()

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

getClientRects ↔ DOMRectList Function()

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

getElementsByClassName ↔ HTMLCollectionOf<Element> Function(String)

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

getElementsByTagName → ({HTMLCollectionOf<K$> Function<K$ extends Element>(HTMLElementTagNameMap<K$> qualifiedName) $1, HTMLCollectionOf<Element> Function(String qualifiedName) $2})

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

Overload accessor: $1, $2

no setter

getElementsByTagNameNS → ({HTMLCollectionOf<HTMLElement> Function(String namespaceURI, String localName) $1, HTMLCollectionOf<SVGElement> Function(String namespaceURI, String localName) $2, HTMLCollectionOf<MathMLElement> Function(String namespaceURI, String localName) $3, HTMLCollectionOf<Element> Function(String localName, [String? namespace]) $4})

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

Overload accessor: $1, $2, $3, $4

no setter

getRootNode ↔ Node Function([GetRootNodeOptions?])

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

hasAttribute ↔ bool Function(String)

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

hasAttributeNS ↔ bool Function(String, [String?])

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

hasAttributes ↔ bool Function()

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

hasChildNodes ↔ bool Function()

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

hashCode → int

The hash code for this object.

no setter, inherited

hasPointerCapture ↔ bool Function(num)

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

id ↔ String

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

Returns the value of element's id content attribute. Can be set to change it.

getter/setter pair

innerHTML ↔ String

Available on InnerHTML, provided by the InnerHTML$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

insertAdjacentElement ↔ Element? Function(InsertPosition, Element)

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

insertAdjacentHTML ↔ void Function(InsertPosition, String)

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

insertAdjacentText ↔ void Function(InsertPosition, String)

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

insertBefore ↔ T Function<T extends Node>(T, [Node?])

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

isConnected → bool

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

Returns true if node is connected and false otherwise.

no setter

isDefaultNamespace ↔ bool Function([String?])

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

isEqualNode ↔ bool Function([Node?])

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

isSameNode ↔ bool Function([Node?])

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

lastChild → ChildNode?

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

Returns the last child.

no setter

lastElementChild → Element?

Available on ParentNode, provided by the ParentNode$Typings extension

Returns the last child that is an element, and null otherwise.

no setter

localName → String

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

Returns the local name.

no setter

lookupNamespaceURI ↔ String? Function([String?])

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

lookupPrefix ↔ String? Function([String?])

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

matches ↔ bool Function(String)

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

namespaceURI → String?

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

Returns the namespace.

no setter

nextElementSibling → Element?

Available on NonDocumentTypeChildNode, provided by the NonDocumentTypeChildNode$Typings extension

Returns the first following sibling that is an element, and null otherwise.

no setter

nextSibling → ChildNode?

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

Returns the next sibling.

no setter

nodeName → String

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

Returns a string appropriate for the type of node.

no setter

nodeType → num

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

Returns the type of node.

no setter

nodeValue ↔ String?

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

normalize ↔ void Function()

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

notationNode → num

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

no setter

onfullscreenchange ↔ dynamic Function(Event)?

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

onfullscreenerror ↔ dynamic Function(Event)?

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

outerHTML ↔ String

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

ownerDocument → Document?

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

Returns the node document. Returns null for documents.

no setter

ownerDocument → Document

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

Returns the node document. Returns null for documents.

no setter

parentElement → HTMLElement?

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

Returns the parent element.

no setter

parentNode → ParentNode?

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

Returns the parent.

no setter

part → DOMTokenList

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

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no setter

prefix → String?

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

Returns the namespace prefix.

no setter

prepend ↔ void Function([Iterable?])

Available on ParentNode, provided by the ParentNode$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

previousElementSibling → Element?

Available on NonDocumentTypeChildNode, provided by the NonDocumentTypeChildNode$Typings extension

Returns the first preceding sibling that is an element, and null otherwise.

no setter

previousSibling → ChildNode?

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

Returns the previous sibling.

no setter

processingInstructionNode → num

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

node is a ProcessingInstruction node.

no setter

querySelector → ({K$? Function<K$ extends Element>(HTMLElementTagNameMap<K$> selectors) $1, E? Function<E extends Element>(String selectors) $2})

Available on ParentNode, provided by the ParentNode$Typings extension

Overload accessor: $1, $2

no setter

querySelectorAll → ({NodeListOf<K$> Function<K$ extends Element>(HTMLElementTagNameMap<K$> selectors) $1, NodeListOf<E> Function<E extends Element>(String selectors) $2})

Available on ParentNode, provided by the ParentNode$Typings extension

Overload accessor: $1, $2

no setter

releasePointerCapture ↔ void Function(num)

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

remove ↔ void Function()

Available on ChildNode, provided by the ChildNode$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

removeAttribute ↔ void Function(String)

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

removeAttributeNode ↔ Attr Function(Attr)

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

removeAttributeNS ↔ void Function(String, [String?])

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

removeChild ↔ T Function<T extends Node>(T)

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

removeEventListener ↔ void Function(String, [Object?, Object?])

Available on EventTarget, provided by the EventTarget$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

removeEventListener → ({void Function<K$>(ElementEventMap<K$> type, dynamic listener(K$), [Object? options]) $1, void Function(String type, Object listener, [Object? options]) $2})

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

Overload accessor: $1, $2

no setter

replaceChild ↔ T Function<T extends Node>(Node, T)

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

replaceChildren ↔ void Function([Iterable?])

Available on ParentNode, provided by the ParentNode$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

replaceWith ↔ void Function([Iterable?])

Available on ChildNode, provided by the ChildNode$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

requestFullscreen ↔ Future<void> Function([FullscreenOptions?])

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

requestPointerLock ↔ void Function()

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

role ↔ String?

Available on ARIAMixin, provided by the ARIAMixin$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

runtimeType → Type

A representation of the runtime type of the object.

no setter, inherited

scroll → ({void Function([ScrollToOptions? options]) $1, void Function(num x, num y) $2})

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

Overload accessor: $1, $2

no setter

scrollBy → ({void Function([ScrollToOptions? options]) $1, void Function(num x, num y) $2})

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

Overload accessor: $1, $2

no setter

scrollHeight → num

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

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no setter

scrollIntoView ↔ void Function([Object?])

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

scrollLeft ↔ num

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

scrollTo → ({void Function([ScrollToOptions? options]) $1, void Function(num x, num y) $2})

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

Overload accessor: $1, $2

no setter

scrollTop ↔ num

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

scrollWidth → num

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

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no setter

setAttribute ↔ void Function(String, String)

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

setAttributeNode ↔ Attr? Function(Attr)

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

setAttributeNodeNS ↔ Attr? Function(Attr)

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

setAttributeNS ↔ void Function(String, String, [String?])

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

setPointerCapture ↔ void Function(num)

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

shadowRoot → ShadowRoot?

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

Returns element's shadow root, if any, and if shadow root's mode is "open", and null otherwise.

no setter

slot ↔ String

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

Returns the value of element's slot content attribute. Can be set to change it.

getter/setter pair

tagName → String

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

Returns the HTML-uppercased qualified name.

no setter

textContent ↔ String?

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

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getter/setter pair

textNode → num

Available on Node, provided by the Node$Typings extension

node is a Text node.

no setter

toggleAttribute ↔ bool Function(String, [bool?])

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

webkitMatchesSelector ↔ bool Function(String)

Available on Element, provided by the Element$Typings extension

getter/setter pair

Methods

noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) → dynamic

Invoked when a nonexistent method or property is accessed.

inherited

toString() → String

A string representation of this object.

inherited

Operators

operator ==(Object other) → bool

The equality operator.

inherited