JavaScript · DOM and events

querySelector

Returns the first element matching a CSS selector, or null.

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Syntax

document.querySelector(selector)

Example

Try it

const box = document.createElement("p");
box.textContent = "Found by selector";
console.log(box.textContent);

Cache the result instead of querying on every event.

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