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Document Object
  Examples
 Document Object Constructor
 Document Object Property
  Extensions for HTMLDocument
  Properties included from DocumentOrShadowRoot
  Event handlers
  Deprecated properties
 Document Object Method
  Extension for HTML documents
  Methods included from DocumentOrShadowRoot
 Document Object Event Handler
  Event handlers implemented from elsewhere
 Document Object Event
  Animation events
  Clipboard events
  Drag & drop events
  Fullscreen events
  Keyboard events
  Load & unload events
  Pointer events
  Selection events
  Touch events
  Transition events
 Non-standard extensions This API has not been standardized.
  Firefox notes
  Internet Explorer notes
 Others Misc.
 Source/Reference

Document Object

The Document object is used to represent the DOM tree of any web document loaded in the user agent. The common properties and methods of the Document object interface usually depends on the web document's type. For example, HTML documents, served with the "text/html" content type, implement the HTMLDocument interface, and XML and SVG documents implement the XMLDocument interface.

Examples

Examples of document object
ASP.NET Code Input:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
    <head>
        <title>Sample Page</title>
        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8">
    </head>
    <body>
<%Response.Write("<p>Results on "& Request.ServerVariables("SERVER_SOFTWARE") & " .net: " & System.Environment.Version.ToString & " " & ScriptEngine & " Version " & ScriptEngineMajorVersion & "." & ScriptEngineMinorVersion & "</p>")%>
   <!-- comment -->
   <DIV>
       <TABLE>
           <TR>
               <TD>Table cell 1
               </TD>
           </TR>
           <TR>
               <TD>Table cell 2
               </TD>
           </TR>
       </TABLE>
   </DIV>
   <PRE id="demo">
   </PRE>
<script type = "text/javascript">
   document.write("Body nodeName: " + document.body.nodeName + "<br>");
   document.write("number of TD tags: " + document.getElementsByTagName("TD").length + "<br>");
   document.write("tag with ID:'demo': " + document.getElementById("demo").nodeName + "<br>");
</script> 

    </body>
</html>
HTTP Response Output:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
    <head>
        <title>Sample Page</title>
        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8">
    </head>
    <body>
<p>Results on Microsoft-IIS/8.5 .net: 2.0.50727.8000 VB Version 8.0</p>
   <!-- comment -->
   <DIV>
       <TABLE>
           <TR>
               <TD>Table cell 1
               </TD>
           </TR>
           <TR>
               <TD>Table cell 2
               </TD>
           </TR>
       </TABLE>
   </DIV>
   <PRE id="demo">
   </PRE>
<script type = "text/javascript">
   document.write("Body nodeName: " + document.body.nodeName + "<br>");
   document.write("number of TD tags: " + document.getElementsByTagName("TD").length + "<br>");
   document.write("tag with ID:'demo': " + document.getElementById("demo").nodeName + "<br>");
</script> 

    </body>
</html>
HTML Web Page Embedded Output:

Document Object Constructor

The typical Document object constructors are.

  • Document(): Creates a new Document object.

Document Object Property

Some typical Document object properties are.

This interface also inherits from the Node and EventTarget interfaces.

  • Document.all: Read only. Returns an HTMLAllCollection rooted at the document node. In other words, it returns the page's complete contents.
  • Document.anchors: Read only. Returns a list of all of the anchors in the document.
  • Document.body: Returns the <body> or <frameset> node of the current document.
  • Document.characterSet: Read only. Returns the character set being used by the document.
  • Document.compatMode: Read only. This is an experimental API that should not be used in production code. Indicates whether the document is rendered in quirks or strict mode.
  • Document.contentType: Read only. This is an experimental API that should not be used in production code. Returns the Content-Type from the MIME Header of the current document.
  • Document.doctype: Read only. Returns the Document Type Definition (DTD) of the current document.
  • Document.documentElement: Read only. Returns the Element that is a direct child of the document. For HTML documents, this is normally the HTMLHtmlElement object representing the document's <html> element.
  • Document.documentURI: Read only. Returns the document location as a string.
  • Document.embeds: Read only. Returns a list of the embedded <embed> elements within the current document.
  • Document.fonts: Returns the FontFaceSet interface of the current document.
  • Document.forms: Read only. Returns a list of the <form> elements within the current document.
  • Document.head: Read only. Returns the <head> element of the current document.
  • Document.hidden: Read only. …
  • Document.images: Read only. Returns a list of the images in the current document.
  • Document.implementation: Read only. Returns the DOM implementation associated with the current document.
  • Document.lastStyleSheetSet: Read only. Returns the name of the style sheet set that was last enabled. Has the value null until the style sheet is changed by setting the value of selectedStyleSheetSet.
  • Document.links: Read only. Returns a list of all the hyperlinks in the document.
  • Document.mozSyntheticDocument: This API has not been standardized. Returns a Boolean that is true only if this document is synthetic, such as a standalone image, video, audio file, or the like.
  • Document.plugins: Read only. Returns a list of the available plugins.
  • Document.policy: Read only. This is an experimental API that should not be used in production code. Returns the Policy interface which provides a simple API for introspecting the feature policies applied to a specific document.
  • Document.preferredStyleSheetSet: Read only. Returns the preferred style sheet set as specified by the page author.
  • Document.scripts: Read only. Returns all the <script> elements on the document.
  • Document.scrollingElement: Read only. Returns a reference to the Element that scrolls the document.
  • Document.selectedStyleSheetSet: Returns which style sheet set is currently in use.
  • Document.styleSheetSets: Read only. Returns a list of the style sheet sets available on the document.
  • Document.timeline: Read only. …
  • Document.undoManager: Read only. This is an experimental API that should not be used in production code. …
  • Document.visibilityState: Read only. Returns a string denoting the visibility state of the document. Possible values are visible, hidden, prerender, and unloaded.

The Document interface is extended with the ParentNode interface:

  • ParentNode.childElementCount: Read only. Returns the number of children of this ParentNode which are elements.
  • ParentNode.children: Read only. Returns a live HTMLCollection containing all of the Element objects that are children of this ParentNode, omitting all of its non-element nodes.
  • ParentNode.firstElementChild: Read only. Returns the first node which is both a child of this ParentNode and is also an Element, or null if there is none.
  • ParentNode.lastElementChild: Read only. Returns the last node which is both a child of this ParentNode and is an Element, or null if there is none.

Extensions for HTMLDocument

The Document interface for HTML documents inherits from the HTMLDocument interface or, since HTML5, is extended for such documents.

  • Document.cookie: Returns a semicolon-separated list of the cookies for that document or sets a single cookie.
  • Document.defaultView: Read only. Returns a reference to the window object.
  • Document.designMode: Gets/sets the ability to edit the whole document.
  • Document.dir: Read only. Gets/sets directionality (rtl/ltr) of the document.
  • Document.domain: Gets/sets the domain of the current document.
  • Document.lastModified: Read only. Returns the date on which the document was last modified.
  • Document.location: Read only. Returns the URI of the current document.
  • Document.readyState: Read only. Returns loading status of the document.
  • Document.referrer: Read only. Returns the URI of the page that linked to this page.
  • Document.title: Sets or gets the title of the current document.
  • Document.URL: Read only. Returns the document location as a string.

Properties included from DocumentOrShadowRoot

The Document interface includes the following properties defined on the DocumentOrShadowRoot mixin. Note that this is currently only implemented by Chrome; other browsers still implement them directly on the Document interface.

  • DocumentOrShadowRoot.activeElement: Read only. Returns the Element within the shadow tree that has focus.
  • Document.fullscreenElement: Read only. The element that's currently in full screen mode for this document.
  • DocumentOrShadowRoot.pointerLockElement: Read only. This is an experimental API that should not be used in production code. Returns the element set as the target for mouse events while the pointer is locked. null if lock is pending, pointer is unlocked, or if the target is in another document.
  • DocumentOrShadowRoot.styleSheets: Read only. Returns a StyleSheetList of CSSStyleSheet objects for stylesheets explicitly linked into, or embedded in a document.

Event handlers

  • Document.onafterscriptexecute: This API has not been standardized. Represents the event handling code for the afterscriptexecute event.
  • Document.onbeforescriptexecute: This API has not been standardized. Represents the event handling code for the beforescriptexecute event.
  • Document.oncopy: This API has not been standardized. Represents the event handling code for the copy event.
  • Document.oncut: This API has not been standardized. Represents the event handling code for the cut event.
  • Document.onfullscreenchange: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the fullscreenchange event is raised.
  • Document.onfullscreenerror: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the fullscreenerror event is raised.
  • Document.onpaste: This API has not been standardized. Represents the event handling code for the paste event.
  • Document.onreadystatechange: Represents the event handling code for the readystatechange event.
  • Document.onselectionchange: This is an experimental API that should not be used in production code. Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the selectionchange event is raised.
  • Document.onvisibilitychange: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the visibilitychange event is raised.

The Document interface is extended with the GlobalEventHandlers interface:

  • GlobalEventHandlers.onabort: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the abort event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onanimationcancel: This API has not been standardized. An EventHandler called when an animationcancel event is sent, indicating that a running CSS animation has been canceled.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onanimationend: This API has not been standardized. An EventHandler called when an animationend event is sent, indicating that a CSS animation has stopped playing.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onanimationiteration: This API has not been standardized. An EventHandler called when an animationiteration event has been sent, indicating that a CSS animation has begun playing a new iteration of the animation sequence.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onanimationstart: This API has not been standardized. An EventHandler called when an animationstart event is sent, indicating that a CSS animation has started playing.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onauxclick: This API has not been standardized. An EventHandler called when an auxclick event is sent, indicating that a non-primary button has been pressed on an input device (e.g. a middle mouse button).
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onblur: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the blur event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onerror: Is an OnErrorEventHandler representing the code to be called when the error event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onfocus: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the focus event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.oncancel: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the cancel event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.oncanplay: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the canplay event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.oncanplaythrough: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the canplaythrough event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onchange: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the change event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onclick: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the click event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onclose: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the close event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.oncontextmenu: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the contextmenu event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.oncuechange: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the cuechange event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.ondblclick: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the dblclick event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.ondrag: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the drag event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.ondragend: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the dragend event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.ondragenter: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the dragenter event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.ondragexit: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the dragexit event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.ondragleave: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the dragleave event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.ondragover: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the dragover event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.ondragstart: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the dragstart event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.ondrop: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the drop event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.ondurationchange: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the durationchange event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onemptied: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the emptied event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onended: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the ended event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.ongotpointercapture:

    Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the gotpointercapture event type is raised.

  • GlobalEventHandlers.oninput: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the input event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.oninvalid: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the invalid event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onkeydown: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the keydown event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onkeypress: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the keypress event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onkeyup: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the keyup event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onload: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the load event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onloadeddata: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the loadeddata event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onloadedmetadata: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the loadedmetadata event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onloadend: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the loadend event is raised (when progress has stopped on the loading of a resource.)
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onloadstart: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the loadstart event is raised (when progress has begun on the loading of a resource.)
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onlostpointercapture:

    Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the lostpointercapture event type is raised.

  • GlobalEventHandlers.onmousedown: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the mousedown event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onmouseenter: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the mouseenter event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onmouseleave: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the mouseleave event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onmousemove: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the mousemove event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onmouseout: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the mouseout event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onmouseover: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the mouseover event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onmouseup: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the mouseup event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onmousewheel: This API has not been standardized. This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work. Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the mousewheel event is raised. Deprecated. Use onwheel instead.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onwheel: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the wheel event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onpause: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the pause event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onplay: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the play event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onplaying: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the playing event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onpointerdown: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the pointerdown event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onpointermove: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the pointermove event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onpointerup: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the pointerup event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onpointercancel: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the pointercancel event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onpointerover: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the pointerover event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onpointerout: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the pointerout event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onpointerenter: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the pointerevent event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onpointerleave: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the pointerleave event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onpointerlockchange: This is an experimental API that should not be used in production code. Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the pointerlockchange event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onpointerlockerror: This is an experimental API that should not be used in production code. Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the pointerlockerror event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onprogress: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the progress event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onratechange: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the ratechange event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onreset: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the reset event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onresize: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the resize event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onscroll: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the scroll event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onseeked: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the seeked event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onseeking: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the seeking event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onselect: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the select event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onselectstart: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the selectionchange event is raised, i.e. when the user starts to make a new text selection on a web page.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onselectionchange: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the selectionchange event is raised, i.e. when the text selected on a web page changes.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onshow: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the show event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onsort: This is an experimental API that should not be used in production code. Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the sort event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onstalled: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the stalled event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onsubmit: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the submit event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onsuspend: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the suspend event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.ontimeupdate: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the timeupdate event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onvolumechange: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the volumechange event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.ontouchcancel: This API has not been standardized. This is an experimental API that should not be used in production code. Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the touchcancel event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.ontouchend: This API has not been standardized. This is an experimental API that should not be used in production code. Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the touchend event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.ontouchmove: This API has not been standardized. This is an experimental API that should not be used in production code. Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the touchmove event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.ontouchstart: This API has not been standardized. This is an experimental API that should not be used in production code. Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the touchstart event is raised.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.ontransitioncancel: An EventHandler called when a transitioncancel event is sent, indicating that a CSS transition has been cancelled.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.ontransitionend: An EventHandler called when a transitionend event is sent, indicating that a CSS transition has finished playing.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.ontransitionrun: An EventHandler called when a transitionrun event is sent, indicating that a CSS transition is running, though not nessarilty started.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.ontransitionstarted: An EventHandler called when a transitionrun event is sent, indicating that a CSS transition has started transitioning.
  • GlobalEventHandlers.onwaiting: Is an EventHandler representing the code to be called when the waiting event is raised.

Deprecated properties

  • Document.alinkColor: This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work. Returns or sets the color of active links in the document body.
  • Document.all: This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work. This API has not been standardized. Provides access to all elements in the document. This is a legacy, non-standard property and should not be used.
  • Document.applets: This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work. Read only. Returns an ordered list of the applets within a document.
  • Document.bgColor: This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work. Gets/sets the background color of the current document.
  • Document.charset: Read only. This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work. Alias of Document.characterSet. Use this property instead.
  • Document.domConfig: This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work. Should return a DOMConfiguration object.
  • document.fgColor: This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work. Gets/sets the foreground color, or text color, of the current document.
  • Document.fullscreen: This is an obsolete API and is no longer guaranteed to work. true when the document is in full-screen mode.
  • Document.height: This API has not been standardized. This is an obsolete API and is no longer guaranteed to work. Gets/sets the height of the current document.
  • Document.inputEncoding: Read only. This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work. Alias of Document.characterSet. Use this property instead.
  • Document.linkColor: This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work. Gets/sets the color of hyperlinks in the document.
  • Document.vlinkColor: This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work. Gets/sets the color of visited hyperlinks.
  • Document.width: This API has not been standardized. This is an obsolete API and is no longer guaranteed to work. Returns the width of the current document.
  • Document.xmlEncoding: This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work. Returns the encoding as determined by the XML declaration.
  • Document.xmlStandalone: Obsolete since Gecko 10.0 Returns true if the XML declaration specifies the document to be standalone (e.g., An external part of the DTD affects the document's content), else false.
  • Document.xmlVersion: Obsolete since Gecko 10.0 Returns the version number as specified in the XML declaration or "1.0" if the declaration is absent.

Document Object Method

Some typical Document object methods are.

This interface also inherits from the Node and EventTarget interfaces.

  • Document.adoptNode(): Adopt node from an external document.
  • Document.captureEvents(): This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work. See Window.captureEvents.
  • Document.caretRangeFromPoint(): This API has not been standardized. Gets a Range object for the document fragment under the specified coordinates.
  • Document.createAttribute(): Creates a new Attr object and returns it.
  • Document.createAttributeNS(): Creates a new attribute node in a given namespace and returns it.
  • Document.createCDATASection(): Creates a new CDATA node and returns it.
  • Document.createComment(): Creates a new comment node and returns it.
  • Document.createDocumentFragment(): Creates a new document fragment.
  • Document.createElement(): Creates a new element with the given tag name.
  • Document.createElementNS(): Creates a new element with the given tag name and namespace URI.
  • Document.createEntityReference(): This is an obsolete API and is no longer guaranteed to work. Creates a new entity reference object and returns it.
  • Document.createEvent(): Creates an event object.
  • Document.createNodeIterator(): Creates a NodeIterator object.
  • Document.createProcessingInstruction(): Creates a new ProcessingInstruction object.
  • Document.createRange(): Creates a Range object.
  • Document.createTextNode(): Creates a text node.
  • Document.createTouch(): This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work. Creates a Touch object.
  • Document.createTouchList(): Creates a TouchList object.
  • Document.createTreeWalker(): Creates a TreeWalker object.
  • Document.enableStyleSheetsForSet(): Enables the style sheets for the specified style sheet set.
  • Document.exitPointerLock(): This is an experimental API that should not be used in production code. Release the pointer lock.
  • Document.getAnimations(): This is an experimental API that should not be used in production code. Returns an array of all Animation objects currently in effect, whose target elements are descendants of the document.
  • Document.getElementsByClassName(): Returns a list of elements with the given class name.
  • Document.getElementsByTagName(): Returns a list of elements with the given tag name.
  • Document.getElementsByTagNameNS(): Returns a list of elements with the given tag name and namespace.
  • Document.hasStorageAccess(): Returns a Promise that resolves with a boolean value indicating whether the document has access to its first-party storage.
  • Document.importNode(): Returns a clone of a node from an external document.
  • Document.normalizeDocument(): This is an obsolete API and is no longer guaranteed to work. Replaces entities, normalizes text nodes, etc.
  • Document.releaseCapture(): This API has not been standardized. Releases the current mouse capture if it's on an element in this document.
  • Document.releaseEvents(): This API has not been standardized. This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work. See Window.releaseEvents().
  • Document.requestStorageAccess(): Returns a Promise that resolves if the access to first-party storage was granted, and rejects if access was denied.
  • Document.routeEvent(): This API has not been standardized. Obsolete since Gecko 24 See Window.routeEvent().
  • Document.mozSetImageElement(): This API has not been standardized. Allows you to change the element being used as the background image for a specified element ID.

The Document interface is extended with the ParentNode interface:

  • document.getElementById(String id): Returns an object reference to the identified element.
  • document.querySelector(): Returns the first Element node within the document, in document order, that matches the specified selectors.
  • document.querySelectorAll(): Returns a list of all the Element nodes within the document that match the specified selectors.

The Document interface is extended with the XPathEvaluator interface:

  • document.createExpression(): Compiles an XPathExpression which can then be used for (repeated) evaluations.
  • document.createNSResolver(): Creates an XPathNSResolver object.
  • document.evaluate(): Evaluates an XPath expression.

Extension for HTML documents

The Document interface for HTML documents inherit from the HTMLDocument interface or, since HTML5, is extended for such documents:

  • document.clear(): This API has not been standardized. This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work. In majority of modern browsers, including recent versions of Firefox and Internet Explorer, this method does nothing.
  • document.close(): Closes a document stream for writing.
  • document.execCommand(): On an editable document, executes a formating command.
  • document.getElementsByName(): Returns a list of elements with the given name.
  • document.hasFocus(): Returns true if the focus is currently located anywhere inside the specified document.
  • document.open(): Opens a document stream for writing.
  • document.queryCommandEnabled(): Returns true if the formating command can be executed on the current range.
  • document.queryCommandIndeterm(): Returns true if the formating command is in an indeterminate state on the current range.
  • document.queryCommandState(): Returns true if the formating command has been executed on the current range.
  • document.queryCommandSupported(): Returns true if the formating command is supported on the current range.
  • document.queryCommandValue(): Returns the current value of the current range for a formating command.
  • document.write(): Writes text in a document.
  • document.writeln(): Writes a line of text in a document.

Methods included from DocumentOrShadowRoot

The Document interface includes the following methods defined on the DocumentOrShadowRoot mixin. Note that this is currently only implemented by Chrome; other browsers still implement them on the Document interface.

  • DocumentOrShadowRoot.getSelection(): Returns a Selection object representing the range of text selected by the user, or the current position of the caret.
  • DocumentOrShadowRoot.elementFromPoint(): Returns the topmost element at the specified coordinates.
  • DocumentOrShadowRoot.elementsFromPoint(): Returns an array of all elements at the specified coordinates.
  • DocumentOrShadowRoot.caretPositionFromPoint(): Returns a CaretPosition object containing the DOM node containing the caret, and caret's character offset within that node.

Document Object Event Handler

Some typical Document object event handlers are.

Event handlers implemented from elsewhere

Document Object Event

Some typical Document object events are.

Listen to these events using addEventListener() or by assigning an event listener to the oneventname property of this interface.

  • scroll: Fired when the document view or an element has been scrolled.
    Also available via the onscroll property.
  • visibilitychange: Fired when the content of a tab has become visible or has been hidden.
    Also available via the onvisibilitychange property.
  • wheel: Fired when the user rotates a wheel button on a pointing device (typically a mouse).
    Also available via the onwheel property.

Animation events

  • animationcancel Fired when an animation unexpectedly aborts.
    Also available via the onanimationcancel property.
  • animationend Fired when an animation has completed normally.
    Also available via the onanimationend property.
  • animationiteration Fired when an animation iteration has completed.
    Also available via the onanimationiteration property.
  • animationstart Fired when an animation starts.
    Also available via the onanimationstart property.

Clipboard events

  • copy Fired when the user initiates a copy action through the browser's user interface.
    Also available via the oncopy property.
  • cut Fired when the user initiates a cut action through the browser's user interface.
    Also available via the oncut property.
  • paste Fired when the user initiates a paste action through the browser's user interface.
    Also available via the onpaste property.

Drag & drop events

  • drag Fired every few hundred milliseconds as an element or text selection is being dragged by the user.
    Also available via the ondrag property.
  • dragend Fired when a drag operation is being ended (by releasing a mouse button or hitting the escape key).
    Also available via the ondragend property.
  • dragenter Fired when a dragged element or text selection enters a valid drop target.
    Also available via the ondragenter property.
  • dragexit Fired when an element is no longer the drag operation's immediate selection target.
    Also available via the ondragexit property.
  • dragleave Fired when a dragged element or text selection leaves a valid drop target.
    Also available via the ondragleave property.
  • dragover Fired when an element or text selection is being dragged over a valid drop target (every few hundred milliseconds).
    Also available via the ondragover property.
  • dragstart Fired when the user starts dragging an element or text selection.
    Also available via the ondragstart property.
  • drop Fired when an element or text selection is dropped on a valid drop target.
    Also available via the ondrop property.

Fullscreen events

  • fullscreenchange Fired when the Document transitions into or out of full-screen mode.
    Also available via the onfullscreenchange property.
  • fullscreenerror Fired if an error occurs while attempting to switch into or out of full-screen mode.
    Also available via the onfullscreenerror property.

Keyboard events

  • keydown Fired when a key is pressed.
    Also available via the onkeydown property.
  • keypress Fired when a key that produces a character value is pressed down. This deprecated API should no longer be used, but will probably still work.
    Also available via the onkeypress property.
  • keyup Fired when a key is released.
    Also available via the onkeyup property.

Load & unload events

  • DOMContentLoaded: Fired when the document has been completely loaded and parsed, without waiting for stylesheets, images, and subframes to finish loading.
  • readystatechange: Fired when the readyState attribute of a document has changed.
    Also available via the onreadystatechange property.

Pointer events

  • gotpointercapture: Fired when when an element captures a pointer using setPointerCapture().
    Also available via the ongotpointercapture property.
  • lostpointercapture: Fired when a captured pointer is released.
    Also available via the onlostpointercapture property.
  • pointercancel: Fired when a pointer event is canceled.
    Also available via the onpointercancel property.
  • pointerdown Fired when a pointer becomes active.
    Also available via the onpointerdown property.
  • pointerenter Fired when a pointer is moved into the hit test boundaries of an element or one of its descendants.
    Also available via the onpointerenter property.
  • pointerleave Fired when a pointer is moved out of the hit test boundaries of an element.
    Also available via the onpointerleave property.
  • pointerlockchange Fired when the pointer is locked/unlocked.
    Also available via the onpointerlockchange property.
  • pointerlockerror Fired when locking the pointer failed.
    Also available via the onpointerlockerror property.
  • pointermove Fired when a pointer changes coordinates.
    Also available via the onpointermove property.
  • pointerout Fired when a pointer is moved out of the hit test boundaries of an element (among other reasons).
    Also available via the onpointerout property.
  • pointerover Fired when a pointer is moved into an element's hit test boundaries.
    Also available via the onpointerover property.
  • pointerup Fired when a pointer is no longer active.
    Also available via the onpointerup property.

Selection events

  • selectionchange Fired when the current text selection on a document is changed.
    Also available via the onselectionchange property.
  • selectstart: Fired when the user begins a new selection.
    Also available via the onselectstart property.

Touch events

  • touchcancel Fired when one or more touch points have been disrupted in an implementation-specific manner (for example, too many touch points are created).
    Also available via the ontouchcancel property.
  • touchend Fired when one or more touch points are removed from the touch surface.
    Also available via the ontouchend property
  • touchmove Fired when one or more touch points are moved along the touch surface.
    Also available via the ontouchmove property
  • touchstart Fired when one or more touch points are placed on the touch surface.
    Also available via the ontouchstart property

Transition events

  • transitioncancel Fired when a CSS transition is canceled.
    Also available via the ontransitioncancel property.
  • transitionend Fired when a CSS transition has completed.
    Also available via the ontransitionend property.
  • transitionrun Fired when a CSS transition is first created.
    Also available via the ontransitionrun property.
  • transitionstart Fired when a CSS transition has actually started.
    Also available via the ontransitionstart property.

Non-standard extensions This API has not been standardized.

This API has not been standardized. Non-standard
This feature is non-standard and is not on a standards track. Do not use it on production sites facing the Web: it will not work for every user. There may also be large incompatibilities between implementations and the behavior may change in the future.

Firefox notes

Mozilla defines a set of non-standard properties made only for XUL content:

  • document.currentScript: This API has not been standardized. Returns the <script> element that is currently executing.
  • document.documentURIObject: (Mozilla add-ons only!) Returns the nsIURI object representing the URI of the document. This property only has special meaning in privileged JavaScript code (with UniversalXPConnect privileges).
  • document.popupNode: Returns the node upon which a popup was invoked.
  • document.tooltipNode: Returns the node which is the target of the current tooltip.

Mozilla also define some non-standard methods:

  • document.execCommandShowHelp: Obsolete since Gecko 14.0. This method never did anything and always threw an exception, so it was removed in Gecko 14.0 (Firefox 14.0 / Thunderbird 14.0 / SeaMonkey 2.11).
  • document.getBoxObjectFor: This is an obsolete API and is no longer guaranteed to work. Use the Element.getBoundingClientRect() method instead.
  • document.loadOverlay: Loads a XUL overlay dynamically. This only works in XUL documents.
  • document.queryCommandText: Obsolete since Gecko 14.0. This method never did anything but throw an exception, and was removed in Gecko 14.0 (Firefox 14.0 / Thunderbird 14.0 / SeaMonkey 2.11).

Internet Explorer notes

Microsoft defines some non-standard properties:

  • document.fileSize: * This API has not been standardized. This is an obsolete API and is no longer guaranteed to work. Returns size in bytes of the document. Starting with Internet Explorer 11, that property is no longer supported. See MSDN.

Internet Explorer does not support all methods from the Node interface in the Document interface:

  • document.contains: As a work-around, document.body.contains() can be used.

Others Misc.

  • baseURI: Returns the absolute base URI of a document
  • documentMode: Returns the mode used by the browser to render the document
  • fullscreenEnabled(): Returns a Boolean value indicating whether the document can be viewed in fullscreen mode
  • normalize(): Removes empty Text nodes, and joins adjacent nodes
  • removeEventListener(): Removes an event handler from the document (that has been attached with the addEventListener() method)
  • renameNode(): Renames the specified node
  • strictErrorChecking: Sets or returns whether error-checking is enforced or not

Source/Reference

  • https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document
  • https://www.w3schools.com/jsref/dom_obj_document.asp

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