The Document object represents the entire HTML document and
can be used to access all elements in a page.
| Property |
Description |
IE |
F |
N |
W3C |
| alinkColor |
Sets or returns the color of the active
links in the document |
3 |
1 |
2 |
D |
| bgColor |
Sets or returns the background-color of
the document |
3 |
1 |
2 |
D |
| body |
Specifies the beginning and end of the
document body |
5 |
1 |
6 |
Yes |
| cookie |
Sets or returns all cookies associated
with the document |
3 |
1 |
2 |
Yes |
| documentElement |
Returns a reference to the root node of
the document |
5 |
1 |
6 |
No |
| domain |
Returns the document server's domain
name |
4 |
1 |
3 |
Yes |
| fgColor |
Sets or returns the text-color of the
document |
3 |
1 |
2 |
D |
| lastModified |
Returns the date and time the document
was last modified |
3 |
1 |
2 |
No |
| linkColor |
Sets or returns the color of the links
in the document |
3 |
1 |
2 |
D |
| referrer |
Returns the URL of the document that
loaded the current document |
3 |
1 |
2 |
Yes |
| title |
Returns the title of the document |
3 |
1 |
2 |
Yes |
| URL |
Returns the URL of the current document |
4 |
1 |
3 |
Yes |
| vlinkColor |
Sets or returns the color of the
visited links in the document |
3 |
1 |
2 |
D |
| Method |
Description |
IE |
F |
N |
W3C |
| clear() |
Clears all elements in the document |
- |
1 |
2 |
No |
| close() |
Closes the output stream and displays
the sent data |
3 |
1 |
2 |
Yes |
| createAttribute("name") |
Creates an attribute with a specified
name |
6 |
1 |
6 |
No |
| createElement("tag") |
Creates an element |
5 |
1 |
6 |
Yes |
| createTextNode("txt") |
Creates a text string |
5 |
1 |
6 |
Yes |
| focus() |
Gives the document focus |
5 |
1 |
6 |
No |
| getElementById() |
Returns a reference to the first object
with the specified ID |
5 |
1 |
6 |
Yes |
| getElementsByName() |
Returns a collection of objects with
the specified NAME |
5 |
1 |
6 |
Yes |
| getElementsByTagName("tag") |
Returns a collection of objects with
the specified TAGNAME |
5 |
1 |
6 |
No |
| open() |
Opens a document for writing |
3 |
1 |
2 |
Yes |
| write() |
Writes a text string to a document |
3 |
1 |
2 |
Yes |
| writeln("str") |
Writes a text string followed by a new
line character to a document opened by open() |
3 |
1 |
2 |
Yes |
| Event |
Description |
IE |
F |
N |
W3C |
| onClick |
Executes some code when a Click event
occurs |
5 |
1 |
6 |
|
| onDblClick |
Executes some code when a Doubleclick
event occurs |
5 |
1 |
6 |
|
| onFocus |
Executes some code when a Focus event
occurs |
5 |
1 |
6 |
|
| onKeyDown |
Executes some code when a Keydown event
occurs |
5 |
1 |
6 |
|
| onKeyPress |
Executes some code when a Keypress
event occurs |
5 |
1 |
6 |
|
| onKeyUp |
Executes some code when a Keyup event
occurs |
5 |
1 |
6 |
|
| onMouseDown |
Executes some code when a Mousedown
event occurs |
5 |
1 |
6 |
|
| onMouseMove |
Executes some code when a Mousemove
event occurs |
5 |
1 |
6 |
|
| onMouseOut |
Executes some code when a Mouseout
event occurs |
5 |
1 |
6 |
|
| onMouseOver |
Executes some code when a Mouseover
event occurs |
5 |
1 |
6 |
|
| onMouseUp |
Executes some code when a Mouseup event
occurs |
5 |
1 |
6 |
|
| onResize |
Executes some code when a Resize event
occurs |
5 |
1 |
6 |
|
