---
title: HTMLShadowElement
slug: Web/API/HTMLShadowElement
tags:
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translation_of: Web/API/HTMLShadowElement
---
<div>{{APIRef("Web Components")}}{{obsolete_header}}</div>

<p>The <code><strong>HTMLShadowElement</strong></code> interface represents a {{HTMLElement("shadow")}} HTML Element, which is used in <a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Web_Components/Shadow_DOM">Shadow DOM</a>.</p>

<p>{{InheritanceDiagram(600, 120)}}</p>

<h2 id="Properties">Properties</h2>

<p><em>This interface inherits the properties of {{domxref("HTMLElement")}}.</em></p>

<h2 id="Methods">Methods</h2>

<p><em>This interface inherits the methods of {{domxref("HTMLElement")}}.</em></p>

<dl>
 <dt>{{domxref("HTMLShadowElement.getDistributedNodes()")}}</dt>
 <dd>Returns a static {{domxref("NodeList")}} of the {{glossary("distributed nodes")}} associated with this <code>&lt;shadow&gt;</code> element. </dd>
</dl>

<h2 id="Specifications">Specifications</h2>

<table class="spec-table standard-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th scope="col">Specification</th>
   <th scope="col">Status</th>
   <th scope="col">Comment</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('Shadow DOM', '#the-shadow-element', 'shadow')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('Shadow DOM')}}</td>
   <td>Initial definition</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>

{{Compat("api.HTMLShadowElement")}}

<h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>

<ul>
 <li>The {{HTMLElement("shadow")}} HTML element, implementing this interface.</li>
 <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/Web_Components/Shadow_DOM">Shadow DOM</a></li>
</ul>