isHtmlElement

Type guard that narrows an unknown value to HTMLElement. Safe to call in non-browser environments — it returns false when globalThis.document is not available.

Importing

import { isHtmlElement } from '@basmilius/utils';

Usage

import { isHtmlElement } from '@basmilius/utils';

function focus(target: unknown): void {
    if (isHtmlElement(target)) {
        target.focus();
    }
}

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
elm	unknown	The value to test.

Returns

boolean — true when running in a browser and elm instanceof HTMLElement.

Type signature

declare function isHtmlElement(elm: unknown): elm is HTMLElement;

See also

• viewTransition