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Obsolete
This feature is obsolete. Although it may still work in some browsers, its use is discouraged since it could be removed at any time. Try to avoid using it.

The Node.prefix read-only property returns the namespace prefix of the specified node, or null if no prefix is specified.

In DOM4 this API was moved from Node to the Element and Attr interfaces.

Syntax

string = node.prefix

Examples

The following logs "x" to the console.

<x:div onclick="console.log(this.prefix)"/>

Notes

This will only work when a namespace-aware parser is used, i.e. when a document is served with an XML MIME type. This will not work for HTML documents.

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Core Specification
The definition of 'Node.prefix' in that specification.
Recommendation Specifies the behavior when it's set to null.
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Core Specification
The definition of 'Initial definition' in that specification.
Recommendation Initial definition

Browser compatibility

Feature Chrome Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari
Basic support (Yes)
No support46.0[1]
(Yes)[2]
No support 48.0 (48.0)[1]
? ? ?
Feature Android Firefox Mobile (Gecko) IE Mobile Opera Mobile Safari Mobile
Basic support ? (Yes)[2]
No support 48.0 (48.0)[1]
? ? ?

[1] This API was moved to the Element and Attr APIs according to the DOM4 standard.

[2] Prior to Gecko 5.0 (Firefox 5.0 / Thunderbird 5.0 / SeaMonkey 2.2), this property was read-write; starting with Gecko 5.0 it is read-only, following the specification.

See also

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