HTMLDocument : Document
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HTML Document object.

Platform Support

IE Mozilla Netscape Opera Safari
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Constructors

Constructor Action IE Mozilla Netscape Opera Safari
HTMLDocument Constructor() : HTMLDocument
HTML Document object.
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HTMLDocument() : HTMLDocument

HTML Document object.

Returns
HTMLDocument

Visibility
internal

Properties

Property Action IE Mozilla Netscape Opera Safari
anchors : HTMLCollection
Array of all of the anchors in the document.
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applets : HTMLCollection
Array of all of the applets in the document.
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body : HTMLElement
Reference to the HTMLBodyElement for the document.
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For examples, see the quirksmode test page:

http://www.quirksmode.org/dom/tests/document.html

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cookie : String
Cookies for the document.
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domain : String
Name of the domain that the document was loaded from.
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forms : HTMLCollection
Array of all of the forms (HTMLFormElement) in the document.
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images : HTMLCollection
Array of all of the images in the document.
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links : HTMLCollection
Array of all of the links in the document.
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referrer : String
URL of the document that linked to this document.
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title : String
Title of the document. (Contents of the title tag.)
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For examples, see the quirksmode test page:

http://www.quirksmode.org/dom/tests/innerhtml.html

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URL : String
URL of the document.
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Functions

Method Action IE Mozilla Netscape Opera Safari
close() : void
Closes the output stream to the document.
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Returns
void

See Also

HTMLDocument.open|Document.close

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static getElementsByName(String elementName) : NodeList
Returns an array of all of the elements in the document with the specified name.
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  • IE: Only returns matching img and input elements.
  • Opera: Only returns matching img and input elements.

Parameters
String elementName Name of the element.

Returns
NodeList

For examples, see the quirksmode test page:

http://www.quirksmode.org/dom/tests/named.html

See Also

Document.getElementById|Document.getElementsByTagName

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open() : void
Opens an output stream for the document so that the document may be written to.
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Returns
void

See Also

HTMLDocument.close|HTMLDocument.write|Document.open

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write(String text) : void
Appends a line of text to the end of the document.
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Parameters
String text Text string to write.

Returns
void

See Also

HTMLDocument.open|Document.write

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writeln(String text) : void
Appends a line of text, followed by a newline character, to the end of the document.
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Parameters
String text Text string to write.

Returns
void

See Also

Document.writeln

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References

Document.getElementById|HTMLBodyElement|Document

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