Name
Document: an HTML or XML document — DOM Level 1 Core: Node → Document
Subinterfaces
HTMLDocument
Properties
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readonly Window defaultView The web browser Window object (the “view” in DOM terminology) in which this document is displayed.
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readonly DocumentType doctype For XML documents with a
<!DOCTYPE<declaration, specifies a DocumentType node that represents the document’s DTD. For HTML documents and for XML documents with no<!DOCTYPE>, this property isnull.-
readonly Element documentElement A reference to the root element of the document. For HTML documents, this property is always the Element object representing the
<html>tag. This root element is also available through thechildNodes[]array inherited from Node. See also thebodyproperty of HTMLDocument.-
readonly DOMImplementation implementation The DOMImplementation object that represents the implementation that created this document.
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readonly CSSStyleSheet[] styleSheets A collection of objects representing all stylesheets embedded in or linked into a document. In HTML documents, this includes stylesheets defined with
<link>and<style>tags.
Methods
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addEventListener( ) Adds an event-handler function to the set of event handlers for this document. This is a DOM-standard method supported by all modern browsers except IE.
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attachEvent( ) Adds an event-handler function to the set of handlers for this document. This is the IE-specific alternative to
addEventListener( ).-
createAttribute( ) Creates a new Attr node with the specified ...
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