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ShadowRoot: mode property
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Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since January 2020.
The mode read-only property of the ShadowRoot specifies its mode — either open or closed.
This defines whether or not the shadow root's internal features are accessible from JavaScript.
When the mode of a shadow root is "closed", the shadow root's implementation internals are inaccessible and unchangeable from JavaScript—in the same way the implementation internals of, for example, the <video> element are inaccessible and unchangeable from JavaScript.
The property value is set using the mode property of the object passed to Element.attachShadow(), or using the shadowrootmode attribute of the <template> element when a shadow root is created declaratively.
Value
A string value that can have either of the values:
Examples
js
// We create a closed shadow root, that is not accessible
let element = document.createElement("div");
element.attachShadow({ mode: "closed" });
console.log(element.shadowRoot); // logs null as the shadow root is closed
// We create an open shadow root, that is accessible
let element2 = document.createElement("div");
element2.attachShadow({ mode: "open" });
console.log(`The shadow is ${element2.shadowRoot.mode}`); // logs "The shadow is open"
element2.shadowRoot.textContent = "Opened shadow"; // The shadow is open, we can access it from outside
Specifications
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