Section B.2. Document Methods and Properties

B.2. Document Methods and Properties

The methods and properties in this section are implemented for the document object. Methods and properties already covered in the previous section are not repeated again.

B.2.1. Methods

Method	Description
clear()	Empties the document
close()	Ends the write access to the document
createAttribute(attribute)	Creates an attribute with the given name
createDocumentFragment()	Creates a document fragment
createElement(name)	Creates an element with the given tag name
createTextNode(text)	Creates a text node with the given text
getElementById(id)	Returns the element with the given ID
getElementsByName(name)	Returns all elements with the given name
open(mime, replace)	Opens the document for write access, sets the MIME type, and if the optional replace parameter is true, replaces the old contents (otherwise, appends data)
write(text)	Writes data to the document
writeln(text)	Writes data and a linefeed (\r\n) to the document

B.2.2. Properties

Property	Description
alinkColor	Color for active links
anchors[]	List of all anchors in the document
applets[]	List of all Java applets in the document
bgColor	Background color of the document
body	Body portion of the document
compatMode	Whether the rendering engine uses a compatibility mode for older content
cookie	Cookies the document can access
documentElement	DOM node for the document
domain	Domain of the document
embeds[]	List of all embedded objects
fgColor	Foreground color of the document
forms[]	List of all forms in the document
images[]	List of all images in the document
lastModified	Date of last modification of the document
linkColor	Color for links
links[]	List of all links in the document
location	URL information about the document
referrer	Document the user came from to the current document
styleSheets[]	List of all stylesheets in the document
URL	URL of the document
vlinkColor	Color for visited links