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Document Object
Last updated: March 17th, 2005
Document is the parent object of numerous other objects, such as "images", "forms" etc.
Properties
| Properties | Description |
|---|---|
| alinkColor | Specifies the color of activated links in the document (Alink attribute). |
| all[] | IE4+ exclusive array that contains all of the elements within the document. Use document.all["elementID"] or document.all.elementID to access an element. |
| anchors[] | An array containing all of the anchors in the document. |
| applets[] | An array containing all of the applets in the document. |
| bgColor | Specifies the background color of the document. |
| cookie | A string containing the name/value pair of cookies in the document. |
| domain | Specifies the domain name of the server that served a document. Used for security purposes. |
| embeds[] | An array containing all of the plug-ins in the document, represented using the <embed> tag. |
| fgColor | Specifies the default text color of the document (text attribute). |
| fileSize | Returns the file size of the current document. In IE Windows, a numeric string is returned, while in IE Mac, a number instead. IE only property. |
| forms[] | An array containing all of the forms on the page. |
| images[] | An array containing all of the images on the page. |
| lastModified | Specifies the last modified date of the document, as reported by the web server. |
| linkColor | Specifies the color of unvisited links in the document (link attribute). |
| links[] | An array containing all of the links on the page. |
| plugins[] | Same as embeds[] object. |
| readyState | IE4+ exclusive property that specifies
the loading status of the document. It returns one of the below 4
values: 1) uninitialized- The document hasn't started loading yet. 2) loading- The document is loading. 3) interactive- The document has loaded enough whereby user can interact with it. 4) complete- The document has fully loaded. |
| referrer | A string that specifies the URL in which the user derived from to reach the current, usually via a link. |
| title | Specifies the title of the document. Read/write in modern browsers. |
| URL | A string that specifies the complete URL of the document. |
| vlinkColor | Specifies the color of visited links in the document (vlink attribute). |
Methods
Note: "[]" surrounding a parameter below means the parameter is optional.
| Methods | Description |
|---|---|
| close() | Closes a document stream opened using document.open(). |
| getElementById("ID") | A cross browser (IE5/NS6+) DOM method for accessing any element on the page via its ID attribute. |
| open([mineType]) | Opens a document stream in preparation for document.write() to write to it. Use the optional "mineType" argument (default is text/html) to specify a specific minetype, such as "image/gif." Example(s). |
| write("string") | Writes to the document (as it's loading) or document stream the "string" entered. Example(s). |
| writeln("string") | Writes to the document (as it's loading) or document stream the "string" entered and inserts a newline character at the end. |
Examples
open([mineType])
This example opens a blank window and writes to it:
win2=window.open("") //open blank window and write to it
win2.document.open() //open document stream
win2.document.write("<b>Some text</b>")
win2.document.close()
write("string")
Writes out the current document's URL while the page is loaded:
document.write("This page\'s URL is "+document.URL)
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