November 2001
Intermediate to advanced
936 pages
68h 43m
English
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Name
Window — a web browser window or frame
Availability
JavaScript 1.0; enhanced in JavaScript 1.1 and 1.2
Synopsis
self windowwindow.frames[i]
Properties
The Window object defines the following properties. Nonportable, browser-specific properties are listed separately after this list.
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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
closedproperty is set totrue.-
defaultStatus A read/write string that specifies the default message that appears in the status line. See the Window.defaultStatus reference page.
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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.
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frames[] An array of Window objects, one for each frame contained within the this window. The
frames.lengthproperty contains the number of elements in theframes[]array. Note that frames referenced by theframes[]array may themselves contain frames and may have aframes[]array of their own.-
history A read-only reference to the History object of this window or frame. See the History object for details.
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length The number of frames contained in this window or frame.
lengthalso specifies the number of elements in theframes[]array.-
location The Location object for this window or frame. This object specifies the URL of the currently loaded ...
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