# Interface: Element

### Properties

* [attribs](#attribs)
* [childNodes](#childnodes)
* [children](#children)
* [firstChild](#firstchild)
* [lastChild](#lastchild)
* [name](#name)
* [namespace](#namespace)
* [next](#next)
* [nextSibling](#nextsibling)
* [nodeType](#nodetype)
* [parent](#parent)
* [parentNode](#parentnode)
* [prev](#prev)
* [previousSibling](#previoussibling)
* [sourceCodeLocation](#sourcecodelocation)
* [tagName](#tagname)
* [type](#type)
* [x-attribsNamespace](#x_attribsnamespace)
* [x-attribsPrefix](#x_attribsprefix)

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## Properties

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###  attribs

**● attribs**: *`object`*

Element attributes.

#### Type declaration

[name: `string`]: `string`

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###  childNodes

**● childNodes**: *Node[]*

Same as [children](#children). [DOM spec](https://dom.spec.whatwg.org)-compatible alias.

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###  children

**● children**: *Node[]*

Child nodes.

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###  firstChild

**● firstChild**: *Node*

First child of the node.

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###  lastChild

**● lastChild**: *Node*

Last child of the node.

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###  name

**● name**: *`string`*

The name of the node. Equals to element [tagName](#tagname).

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###  namespace

**● namespace**: *`string`*

Element namespace.

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###  next

**● next**: *Node*

Next sibling.

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###  nextSibling

**● nextSibling**: *Node*

Same as [next](#next). [DOM spec](https://dom.spec.whatwg.org)-compatible alias.

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###  nodeType

**● nodeType**: *`number`*

[DOM spec](https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/#dom-node-nodetype)-compatible node [type](#type).

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###  parent

**● parent**: *Node*

Parent node.

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###  parentNode

**● parentNode**: *Node*

Same as [parent](#parent). [DOM spec](https://dom.spec.whatwg.org)-compatible alias.

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###  prev

**● prev**: *Node*

Previous sibling.

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###  previousSibling

**● previousSibling**: *Node*

Same as [prev](#prev). [DOM spec](https://dom.spec.whatwg.org)-compatible alias.

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### `<Optional>` sourceCodeLocation

**● sourceCodeLocation**: *[ElementLocation](../../parse5/docs/element-location.md)*

Element source code location info. Available if location info is enabled via [ParserOptions](../../parse5/docs/parser-options.md).

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###  tagName

**● tagName**: *`string`*

Element tag name.

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###  type

**● type**: *`string`*

The type of the node. E.g. [Document](document.md) will have `type` equal to 'root'`.

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###  x-attribsNamespace

**● x-attribsNamespace**: *`object`*

Element attribute namespaces.

#### Type declaration

[name: `string`]: `string`

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###  x-attribsPrefix

**● x-attribsPrefix**: *`object`*

Element attribute namespace-related prefixes.

#### Type declaration

[name: `string`]: `string`

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