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What are Custom Elements in the context of Web Components?
Updated Apr 28, 2026
Short answer
A way to define your own HTML tags with custom behavior.
Deep explanation
Custom Elements allow developers to extend the browser's vocabulary. You create a class extending HTMLElement and define it using customElements.define(). This is a core pillar of Web Components.
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