---
title: Element.assignedSlot
slug: Web/API/Element/assignedSlot
translation_of: Web/API/Slottable/assignedSlot
translation_of_original: Web/API/Element/assignedSlot
---
<p>{{SeeCompatTable}}{{APIRef("Shadow DOM")}}</p>

<p>The <strong><code>assignedSlot</code></strong> property of the {{domxref("Element")}} interface returns the {{domxref("HTMLSlotElement")}} interface associated with the element.</p>

<h2 id="Syntax">Syntax</h2>

<pre class="syntaxbox">var <em>htmlSlotElement</em> = <em>element</em>.assignedSlot</pre>

<h3 id="Value">Value</h3>

<p>An instance of {{domxref("HTMLSlotElement")}}.</p>

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

<table class="standard-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th scope="col">Specification</th>
   <th scope="col">Status</th>
   <th scope="col">Comment</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('DOM WHATWG','#dom-slotable-assignedslot','assignedSlot')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('DOM WHATWG')}}</td>
   <td></td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="Browser_Compatibility">Browser Compatibility</h2>

{{Compat("api.Element.assignedSlot")}}