Web Elements have a feature to host shadow elements (a DOM tree for which the code is not accessible).
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Shadow DOM is a JavaScript feature and web standard that allows developers to encapsulate HTML, CSS, and JavaScript into web components.
It’s part of the Web Components standard, which also includes HTML templates, Custom Elements, and HTML imports.
Summary:
- A set of JavaScript APIs that allow developers to attach an encapsulated “shadow” DOM tree to an element.
- This tree is rendered separately from the main document DOM, which allows developers to keep an element’s features private.
- This prevents the features from colliding with other parts of the document, so they can be styled and scripted without issue.
Benefits of Shadow DOM
Independence:
Develops, tests, and deploys components independently from the rest of the application
Encapsulation:
Isolates CSS and JavaScript, preventing style conflicts and global scope issues
Embedding:
Allows developers to embed components, such as buttons or forms, into a page and keep them isolated from other components or the page itself.
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Limitations of Shadow DOM
Developers can only create one shadow root per element
The element must be either a custom element, or one of: “article”, “aside”, “blockquote”, “body”, “div”, “footer”, “h1… h6”, “header”, “main” “nav”, “p”, “section”, or “span”
Other elements, like <img> , can’t host shadow tree
Shadow DOM can pose a unique challenge for test automation since elements in a shadow DOM tree cannot be found using the usual search methods.
Conclusion
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