Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference

Name

window — NN 2 IE 3 DOM n/a

Synopsis

The window object represents the browser window or frame in which document content is displayed. The window object plays a vital role in scripting when scripts must communicate with document objects located in other frames or subwindows. Internet Explorer 4 includes a special kind of subwindow called a modal dialog window. Modal dialog windows have most, but not all, window object properties and methods available to them.

Object Model Reference

NN

window

self

top

parent

IE

window

self

top

parent

Properties

clientInformation	event	navigator	returnValue
closed	history	offscreenBuffering	screen
defaultStatus	innerHeight	opener	scrollbars
dialogArguments	innerWidth	outerHeight	self
dialogHeight	length	outerWidth	status
dialogLeft	location	pageXOffset	statusbar
dialogTop	locationbar	pageYOffset	toolbar
dialogWidth	menubar	parent	top
document	name	personalbar

Methods

alert( )	focus( )	resizeBy( )
back( )	forward( )	resizeTo( )
blur( )	handleEvent( )	routeEvent( )
captureEvents( )	home( )	scroll( )
clearInterval( )	moveBy( )	scrollBy( )
clearTimeout( )	moveTo( )	scrollTo( )
close( )	navigate( )	setInterval( )
confirm( )	open( )	setTimeout( )
disableExternalCapture( )	print( )	showHelp( )
enableExternalCapture( )	prompt( )	showModalDialog( ) ...