documentElement
(W3C DOM Core property)
Version | Depr. | Static | Read-only |
---|---|---|---|
DOM1 | No | No | Yes |
IE5.5+ | FF1.5+ | SA1.3+ | OP9+ |
---|---|---|---|
Full | Full | Full | Full |
Example
var root = document.documentElement;
The example above saves a reference to this document's
documentElement
. The reference can then be used
to called methods of that element, such as getElementsByTagName
or setAttribute
.
Description
A shortcut property that
refers to the document's root Element
node; in HTML
this would be the html
element.
This property is readonly.
Compatibility
Internet Explorer | Firefox | Safari | Opera | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5.5 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.5 |
Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full |
No known issues.