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Document Object

The Document object represents the entire HTML document and can be accessed through the window.document property. It provides properties and methods to access and manipulate elements in the page, including collections of elements like anchors, forms, images and links. Common properties include title, URL, and lastModified date. Methods allow adding content with write() and close() output streams.

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Document Object

The Document object represents the entire HTML document and can be accessed through the window.document property. It provides properties and methods to access and manipulate elements in the page, including collections of elements like anchors, forms, images and links. Common properties include title, URL, and lastModified date. Methods allow adding content with write() and close() output streams.

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satyanarayana
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© Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
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Document Object

The Document object represents the entire HTML


document and can be used to access all elements in a
page.

The Document object is part of the Window object and


is accessed through the window.document property.

IE: Internet Explorer, F: Firefox, O: Opera, W3C: World


Wide Web Consortium (Internet Standard).

Document Object Collections


Collection Description IEF O W3C
anchors[] Returns a reference to all 4 1 9 Yes
Anchor objects in the
document
forms[] Returns a reference to all 4 1 9 Yes
Form objects in the
document
images[] Returns a reference to all 4 1 9 Yes
Image objects in the
document
links[] Returns a reference to all 4 1 9 Yes
Area and Link objects in
the document

Document Object Properties


Property Description IEF O W3C
body Gives direct access to the
<body> element
cookie Sets or returns all cookies 4 1 9 Yes
associated with the current
document
domain Returns the domain name 4 1 9 Yes
for the current document
lastModified Returns the date and time 4 1 NoNo
a document was last
modified
referrer Returns the URL of the 4 1 9 Yes
document that loaded the
current document
title Returns the title of the 4 1 9 Yes
current document
URL Returns the URL of the 4 1 9 Yes
current document

Document Object Methods


Method Description IEFOW3C
close() Closes an output 4 19 Yes
stream opened with the
document.open()
method, and displays
the collected data
getElementById() Returns a reference to 5 19 Yes
the first object with the
specified id
getElementsByName() Returns a collection of 5 19 Yes
objects with the
specified name
getElementsByTagName() Returns a collection of 5 19 Yes
objects with the
specified tagname
open() Opens a stream to 4 19 Yes
collect the output from
any document.write()
or document.writeln()
methods
write() Writes HTML 4 19 Yes
expressions or
JavaScript code to a
document
writeln() Identical to the write() 4 19 Yes
method, with the
addition of writing a
new line character after
each expression

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