JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Fourth Edition

Name

Window — a web browser window or frame

Availability

JavaScript 1.0; enhanced in JavaScript 1.1 and 1.2

Synopsis

self window window.frames[i]

Properties

The Window object defines the following properties. Nonportable, browser-specific properties are listed separately after this list.

closed

A read-only boolean value that specifies whether the window has been closed. When a browser window closes, the Window object that represents it does not simply disappear. The Window object continues to exist, but its closed property is set to true.

defaultStatus

A read/write string that specifies the default message that appears in the status line. See the Window.defaultStatus reference page.

document

A read-only reference to the Document object that describes the document contained in this window or frame. See the Document object for details.

frames[]

An array of Window objects, one for each frame contained within the this window. The frames.length property contains the number of elements in the frames[] array. Note that frames referenced by the frames[] array may themselves contain frames and may have a frames[] array of their own.

history

A read-only reference to the History object of this window or frame. See the History object for details.

length

The number of frames contained in this window or frame. length also specifies the number of elements in the frames[] array.

location

The Location object for this window or frame. This object specifies the URL of the currently loaded ...