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The document object represents your web page. The HTML DOM document object is the owner of all other objects in your web page. You can use the document object to access and manipulate HTML elements through methods like getElementById(), getElementsByTagName(), getElementsByClassName(), and properties. It allows you to change element content, attributes, styles, add and remove elements, and add event handlers.

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W3Schools: Javascript HTML Dom Document

The document object represents your web page. The HTML DOM document object is the owner of all other objects in your web page. You can use the document object to access and manipulate HTML elements through methods like getElementById(), getElementsByTagName(), getElementsByClassName(), and properties. It allows you to change element content, attributes, styles, add and remove elements, and add event handlers.

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The HTML DOM document object is the owner of all other objects in your web page.

The HTML DOM Document Object


The document object represents your web page.

If you want to access any element in an HTML page, you always start with accessing the document
object.

Below are some examples of how you can use the document object to access and manipulate HTML.

Finding HTML Elements


Method Description

document.getElementById(id) Find an element by element id

document.getElementsByTagName(name) Find elements by tag name

document.getElementsByClassName(name) Find elements by class name

Changing HTML Elements


Method Description

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element.innerHTML = new html content Change the inner HTML of an element


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element.attribute = new value Change the attribute value of an HTML element

element.setAttribute(attribute, value) Change the attribute value of an HTML element

element.style.property = new style Change the style of an HTML element

Adding and Deleting Elements


Method Description

document.createElement(element) Create an HTML element

document.removeChild(element) Remove an HTML element

document.appendChild(element) Add an HTML element

document.replaceChild(element) Replace an HTML element

document.write(text) Write into the HTML output stream

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Adding Events Handlers


Method Description

document.getElementById(id).onclick = Adding event handler code to an onclick event


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Finding HTML Objects


The first HTML DOM Level 1 (1998), defined 11 HTML objects, object collections, and properties. These
are still valid in HTML5.

Later, in HTML DOM Level 3, more objects, collections, and properties were added.

Property Description DOM

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document.anchors Returns all <a> elements that have a name attribute 1


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document.applets Returns all <applet> elements (Deprecated in HTML5) 1

document.baseURI Returns the absolute base URI of the document 3

document.body Returns the <body> element 1

document.cookie Returns the document's cookie 1

document.doctype Returns the document's doctype 3

document.documentElement Returns the <html> element 3

document.documentMode Returns the mode used by the browser 3

document.documentURI Returns the URI of the document 3

document.domain Returns the domain name of the document server 1

document.domConfig Obsolete. Returns the DOM configuration 3

document.embeds Returns all <embed> elements 3

document.forms Returns all <form> elements 1

document.head Returns the <head> element 3

document.images Returns all <img> elements 1

document.implementation Returns the DOM implementation 3

document.inputEncoding Returns the document's encoding (character set) 3

document.lastModified Returns the date and time the document was updated 3

document.links Returns all <area> and <a> elements that have a href 1
attribute

document.readyState Returns the (loading) status of the document 3

document.referrer Returns the URI of the referrer (the linking document) 1

document.scripts Returns all <script> elements 3

document.strictErrorChecking Returns if error checking is enforced 3

document.title Returns the <title> element 1

document.URL Returns the complete URL of the document 1

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