This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.
The read-only root property of the FileSystem interface specifies a FileSystemDirectoryEntry object representing the root directory of the file system, for use with the File and Directory Entries API.
Syntax
var rootDirEnt = FileSystem.root;
Value
A FileSystemDirectoryEntry representing the file system's root directory.
Example
// tbd
Specifications
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| File and Directory Entries API The definition of 'root' in that specification. |
Draft | Initial specification. |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
root | Chrome Full support 7 | Edge Full support ≤18 | Firefox Full support 50 | IE No support No | Opera Full support 15 | Safari Full support 11.1 | WebView Android Full support ≤37 | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 50 | Opera Android Full support 14 | Safari iOS Full support 11.3 | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 |
Legend
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- Full support
- No support
- No support