OBJECT:
Document
The Document object provides access to the elements in an HTML
page from within your script. This includes the properties of every form,
link and anchor (and, where applicable, any sub-elements), as well as
global Document properties such as background and foreground colors.
PROPERTIES
alinkColor Property
This property defines the color of an active link. The "colorinfo"
argument is a string that can contain either the hexadecimal definition
of the color or it's literal description.
Syntax: document.alinkColor
= "colorinfo"
anchors Property
This property is an array containing references to all the named Anchor
objects in the current document.
Syntax: document.anchors["anchorID"]
applets Property
This property is an array containing references to all the Applet
objects in the current document.
Syntax: document.applets["appletID"]
bgColor Property
This property defines a document's background color. The "colorinfo"
argument is a string that can contain either the hexadecimal definition
of the color or it's literal description.
Syntax: document.bgColor
= "colorinfo"
cookie Property
This property is a string that returns a report detailing all visible
and un-expired cookies that are associated with the specified document.
Syntax: document.cookie
[ = "expression(s)"]
domain Property
This property sets or returns the domain name of the server from which
the document originated.
Syntax: document.domain
= "domaininfo"
embeds Property
This property is an array containing references to all the embedded objects
in the current document.
Syntax: document.embeds["embed_objID"]
fgColor Property
This property defines a document's foreground (text) color. The "colorinfo"
argument is a string that can contain either the hexadecimal definition
of the color or it's literal description.
Syntax: document.fgColor
= "colorinfo"
formName Property
Every form in a document has a separate document object property,
the name of which is taken from the value asigned to the form with the
<FORM NAME = "formID"> tag. Any form in the document can then be
referred to with the syntax below.
Syntax: document."formname"
forms Property
This property is an array containing references to all the Form
objects in the current document.
Syntax: document.forms["formID"]
images Property
This property is an array containing references to all the Image
objects in the current document.
Syntax: document.images["imageID"]
lastModified Property
This property returns the date that the document was last modified.
Syntax: document.lastModified
layers Property
This property is an array containing references to all the Layer
objects in the current document.
Syntax: document.layers["layerID"]
linkColor Property
This property defines the color of any hyperlinks in the document. The
"colorinfo" argument is
a string that can contain either the hexadecimal definition of the color
or it's literal description.
Syntax: document.linkColor = "colorinfo"
links Property
This property is an array containing references to all the Area
and Link objects in the current document.
Syntax: document.links["linkID"]
plugins Property 
This property is an array containing references to all the Plugin
objects in the current document.
Syntax: document.plugins["pluginID"]
referrer Property
If a destination document is reached by a user clicking on a Link
object in another document (the referrer), this property returns the referring
document's URL.
Syntax: document.referrer
title Property
This property returns the document's name as defined between the <TITLE></TITLE>
tags.
Syntax: document.title
URL Property
This property is used to retrieve the document's full URL.
Syntax: document.URL
vlinkColor Property
This property defines the color of any visited links in the document.
The "colorinfo" argument
is a string that can contain either the hexadecimal definition of the
color or it's literal description.
Syntax: document.vlinkColor
= "colorinfo"
METHODS
captureEvents Method
This method instructs the document to capture and handle all events of
a particular type. See the event object for a list of event types.
Syntax: document.captureEvents(eventType)
close Method
This method closes an output stream previously opened with the document.open
method and forces data collected from any instances of the document.write
or document.writeln methods to be displayed.
Syntax: document.close(
)
getSelection Method
This method can be used to return the contents of selected text in the
current document.
Syntax: document.getSelection(
)
handleEvent Method
This method calls the handler for the specified event.
Syntax: document.handleEvent(event)
open Method
This method is used to open a stream to collect the output from any write
or writeln methods.
Syntax: document.open([mimeType[,
replace]])
releaseEvents Method
This method is used to set the document to release any events of the type
eventType and passes them along to objects further
down the event heirarchy.
Syntax: document.releaseEvents(eventType)
routeEvent Method
This method is used to send the event specified along the normal event
hierarchy.
Syntax: document.routeEvent(event)
write Method
This method is used to write HTML expressions to the specified document.
Syntax: document.write("expression(s)")
writeln Method
This method is identical to the write method detailed
above, with the addition of writing a new line character after any specified
expressions.
Syntax: document.writeln("expression(s)")
EVENT HANDLERS
onClick Event handler
This event handler executes some specified JavaScript code on the occurrence
of a Click event (when an element is clicked).
Syntax: document.onClick="myJavaScriptCode"
onDblClick Event handler
This event handler executes some specified JavaScript code on the occurrence
of a DblClick event (when an element is double-clicked).
Syntax: document.onDblClick="myJavaScriptCode"
onKeyDown Event handler
This event handler executes some specified JavaScript code on the occurrence
of a KeyDown event (when a key is depressed).
Syntax: document.onKeyDown="myJavaScriptCode"
onKeyPress Event handler
This event handler executes some specified JavaScript code on the occurrence
of a KeyPress event (when a key is depressed and held down).
Syntax: document.onKeyPress="myJavaScriptCode"
onKeyUp Event handler
This event handler executes some specified JavaScript code on the occurrence
of a KeyUp event (when a key is released).
Syntax: document.onKeyUp="myJavaScriptCode"
onMouseDown Event handler
This event handler executes some specified JavaScript code on the occurrence
of a MouseDown event (when a mouse button is depressed).
Syntax: document.onMouseDown="myJavaScriptCode"
onMouseUp Event handler
This event handler executes some specified JavaScript code on the occurrence
of a MouseUp event (when a mouse button is released).
Syntax: document.onMouseUp="myJavaScriptCode"
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