# Get element HTML

1. Place the `Charles: Element HTML` element on the page
2. Give it a value for the selector that matches the element you want to select, eg. `html` to select the whole html document:

<div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/zZ6otsYGvpiZxW9pznFp" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>

Please note that Charles will automatically select the first element that matches the selector.

Learn more about CSS selectors:

* <https://www.w3schools.com/jsref/met_document_queryselector.asp>
* <https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_selectors.asp>
* <https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css_selectors.php>


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```
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```

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Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.