HTML DOM Document Object

Document Object

The Document object is used to access all elements in a page.

The Document object's collections, properties, methods, and events are described below:

N: Netscape (including Mozilla when N6 or higher), IE: Internet Explorer, W3C: World Wide Web Consortium (Internet Standard), D: Deprecated

Collections

Collection	Description	N	IE	W3C
anchors[]	Returns a reference to all Anchor objects in the document	2	3	Yes
applets[]	Returns a reference to all Applet objects in the document	3	4	Yes
attributes[]		6	-	No
childNodes[]		6	5	No
embeds[]	Returns a reference to all embedded objects in the document	3	4	No
forms[]	Returns a reference to all Form objects in the document	2	3	Yes
images[]	Returns a reference to all Image objects in the document	3	4	Yes
links[]	Returns a reference to all Link objects in the document	2	3	Yes
plugins[]		6	-	No
sylesheets[]		6	5	No

Properties

Syntax: document.property_name

Property	Description	N	IE	W3C
alinkColor	Sets or returns the color of the active links in the document	2	3	D
bgColor	Sets or returns the background-color of the document	2	3	D
body	Specifies the beginning and end of the document body	6	5	Yes
cookie	Sets or returns all cookies associated with the document	2	3	Yes
documentElement	Returns a reference to the root node of the document	6	5	No
domain	Returns the document server's domain name	3	4	Yes
fgColor	Sets or returns the text-color of the document	2	3	D
lastModified	Returns the date and time the document was last modified	2	3	No
linkColor	Sets or returns the color of the links in the document	2	3	D
referrer	Returns the URL of the document that loaded the current document	2	3	Yes
title	Returns the title of the document (text inside the HTML title element)	2	3	Yes
URL	Returns the URL of the current document	3	4	Yes
vlinkColor	Sets or returns the color of the visited links in the document	2	3	D

Methods

Syntax: document.method_name()

Method	Description	N	IE	W3C
clear()	Clears all elements in the document	2	-	No
close()	Closes the output stream and displays the sent data	2	3	Yes
createAttribute("name")	Creates an attribute with a specified name	6	6	No
createElement("tag")	Creates an element	6	5	No
createTextNode("txt")	Creates a text string	6	5	No
focus()	Gives the document focus	6	5	No
getElementById("id")	Returns a reference to the first object with the specified ID	6	5	No
getElementsByName("name")	Returns a collection of objects with the specified NAME	6	5	Yes
getElementsByTagName("tag")	Returns a collection of objects with the specified TAGNAME	6	5	No
open("mimetype"[,replace])	Opens a document for writing. If a document exists in the target it will be cleared. If this method has no arguments, a new window with about:blank is displayed	2	3	Yes
write("str")	Writes a text string to a document opened by open()	2	3	Yes
writeln("str")	Writes a text string followed by a new line character to a document opened by open()	2	3	Yes

Events

Syntax: document.event_name="someJavaScriptCode"

Event	Description	NN	IE	W3C
onClick	Executes some code when a Click event occurs	6	5
onDblClick	Executes some code when a Doubleclick event occurs	6	5
onFocus	Executes some code when a Focus event occurs	6	5
onKeyDown	Executes some code when a Keydown event occurs	6	5
onKeyPress	Executes some code when a Keypress event occurs	6	5
onKeyUp	Executes some code when a Keyup event occurs	6	5
onMouseDown	Executes some code when a Mousedown event occurs	6	5
onMouseMove	Executes some code when a Mousemove event occurs	6	5
onMouseOut	Executes some code when a Mouseout event occurs	6	5
onMouseOver	Executes some code when a Mouseover event occurs	6	5
onMouseUp	Executes some code when a Mouseup event occurs	6	5
onResize	Executes some code when a Resize event occurs	6	5