DOM - Document

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Document

Extends Node. Implements NonElementParentNode, ParentNode, GlobalEventHandlers.

Extended by XMLDocument, Document (Pointer Lock), Document (Fullscreen), Document (Selectors), Document (CSS Object Model), SVGDocument, SVGDocument

Document nodes are simply known as documents.

Properties
Element?	activeElement
HTMLElement?	body The body attribute, on getting, must return the body element of the document (either a body element, a frameset element, or null).
DOMString	characterSet The characterSet attribute must return the name of the encoding.
unsigned long	childElementCount The childElementCount attribute must return the number of children of the context object that are elements.
HTMLCollection	children The children attribute must return an HTMLCollection collection rooted at the context object matching only element children.
HTMLCollection	commands The commands attribute of the document's Document interface must return an HTMLCollection rooted at the Document node, whose filter matches only elements that define commands and have IDs.
DOMString	compatMode The compatMode attribute must return "BackCompat" if the context object is in quirks mode, and "CSS1Compat" otherwise.
DOMString	contentType The contentType attribute must return the content type.
DOMString	cookie The cookie attribute represents the cookies of the resource identified by the document's address.
DOMElementMap	cssElementMap The cssElementMap IDL attribute allows authors to define CSS element reference identifiers, which are used in certain CSS features to override the normal ID-based mapping. [CSSIMAGES]
HTMLScriptElement?	currentScript The currentScript attribute, on getting, must return the value to which it was most recently initialized. When the Document is created, the currentScript must be initialized to null.
WindowProxy?	defaultView
DOMString	designMode
DOMString	dir The dir IDL attribute on Document objects must reflect the dir content attribute of the html element, if any, limited to only known values. If there is no such element, then the attribute must return the empty string and do nothing on setting.
DocumentType?	doctype The doctype attribute must return the child of the document that is a doctype, and null otherwise.
Element?	documentElement The documentElement attribute must return the document element.
DOMString	documentURI The URL and documentURI attributes must return the URL.
DOMString	domain
HTMLCollection	embeds The embeds attribute must return an HTMLCollection rooted at the Document node, whose filter matches only embed elements.
Element?	firstElementChild The firstElementChild attribute must return the first child that is an element, and null otherwise.
HTMLCollection	forms The forms attribute must return an HTMLCollection rooted at the Document node, whose filter matches only form elements.
Element (Fullscreen)?	fullscreenElement The fullscreenElement attribute must return the top element of the context object's fullscreen element stack, or null otherwise.
boolean	fullscreenEnabled The fullscreenEnabled attribute must return true if the context object and all ancestor browsing context's documents have their fullscreen enabled flag set, or false otherwise.
HTMLHeadElement?	head The head attribute, on getting, must return the head element of the document (a head element or null).
HTMLCollection	images The images attribute must return an HTMLCollection rooted at the Document node, whose filter matches only img elements.
DOMImplementation	implementation The implementation attribute must return the DOMImplementation object that is associated with the document.
Element?	lastElementChild The lastElementChild attribute must return the last child that is an element, and null otherwise.
DOMString	lastModified
DOMString?	lastStyleSheetSet The lastStyleSheetSet attribute must return the last CSS style sheet set name.
HTMLCollection	links The links attribute must return an HTMLCollection rooted at the Document node, whose filter matches only a elements with href attributes and area elements with href attributes.
Location?	location
EventHandler	onabort
EventHandler	onautocomplete
EventHandler	onautocompleteerror
EventHandler	onblur
EventHandler	oncancel
EventHandler	oncanplay
EventHandler	oncanplaythrough
EventHandler	onchange
EventHandler	onclick
EventHandler	onclose
EventHandler	oncontextmenu
EventHandler	oncuechange
EventHandler	ondblclick
EventHandler	ondrag
EventHandler	ondragend
EventHandler	ondragenter
EventHandler	ondragexit
EventHandler	ondragleave
EventHandler	ondragover
EventHandler	ondragstart
EventHandler	ondrop
EventHandler	ondurationchange
EventHandler	onemptied
EventHandler	onended
OnErrorEventHandler	onerror
EventHandler	onfocus
EventHandler	oninput
EventHandler	oninvalid
EventHandler	onkeydown
EventHandler	onkeypress
EventHandler	onkeyup
EventHandler	onload
EventHandler	onloadeddata
EventHandler	onloadedmetadata
EventHandler	onloadstart
EventHandler	onmousedown
EventHandler	onmouseenter
EventHandler	onmouseleave
EventHandler	onmousemove
EventHandler	onmouseout
EventHandler	onmouseover
EventHandler	onmouseup
EventHandler	onmousewheel
EventHandler	onpause
EventHandler	onplay
EventHandler	onplaying
EventHandler?	onpointerlockchange An event handler for pointerlockchange events.
EventHandler?	onpointerlockerror An event handler for pointerlockerror events.
EventHandler	onprogress
EventHandler	onratechange
EventHandler	onreadystatechange
EventHandler	onreset
EventHandler	onresize
EventHandler	onscroll
EventHandler	onseeked
EventHandler	onseeking
EventHandler	onselect
EventHandler	onshow
EventHandler	onsort
EventHandler	onstalled
EventHandler	onsubmit
EventHandler	onsuspend
EventHandler	ontimeupdate
EventHandler	ontoggle
EventHandler	onvolumechange
EventHandler	onwaiting
DOMString	origin The origin attribute must return the Unicode serialization of context object's origin. [ORIGIN]
HTMLCollection	plugins The plugins attribute must return the same object as that returned by the embeds attribute.
Element (Pointer Lock)?	pointerLockElement 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.
DOMString?	preferredStyleSheetSet The preferredStyleSheetSet attribute must return the preferred CSS style sheet set name.
DocumentReadyState	readyState The readyState IDL attribute must, on getting, return the current document readiness.
DOMString	referrer The referrer attribute must return the document's referrer.
HTMLCollection	scripts The scripts attribute must return an HTMLCollection rooted at the Document node, whose filter matches only script elements.
DOMString?	selectedStyleSheetSet
StyleSheetList	styleSheets The styleSheets attribute must return a StyleSheetList collection representing the document CSS style sheets.
DOMString[]	styleSheetSets The styleSheetSets attribute must return a read only array of the CSS style sheet set names of the CSS style sheet sets, in order of the document CSS style sheets. The array is live; if the document CSS style sheets change, the array must be updated as appropriate.
DOMString	title
DOMString	URL The URL and documentURI attributes must return the URL.

Constructor
Document()

Operations
Node	adoptNode(Node node)
void	append((Node or DOMString) nodes...)
void	close()
Comment	createComment(DOMString data) The createComment(data) method must return a new Comment node with its data set to data and node document set to the context object.
DocumentFragment	createDocumentFragment() The createDocumentFragment() method must return a new DocumentFragment node with its node document set to the context object.
Element	createElement(DOMString localName)
Element	createElementNS(DOMString? namespace, DOMString qualifiedName)
Event	createEvent(DOMString interface)
NodeIterator	createNodeIterator(Node root, optional unsigned long whatToShow, optional NodeFilter? filter)
ProcessingInstruction	createProcessingInstruction(DOMString target, DOMString data)
Range	createRange() The createRange() method must return a new range with (context object, 0) as its start and end.
Text	createTextNode(DOMString data) The createTextNode(data) method must return a new Text node with its data set to data and node document set to the context object.
TreeWalker	createTreeWalker(Node root, optional unsigned long whatToShow, optional NodeFilter? filter)
void	enableStyleSheetsForSet(DOMString? name)
boolean	execCommand(DOMString commandId, optional boolean showUI, optional DOMString value)
void	exitFullscreen()
void	exitPointerLock() Initiates an exit from pointer lock state if currently locked to a target in this document, and sends a pointerlockchange event when the lock state has been exited. The system mouse cursor must be displayed again and positioned at the same location that it was when pointer lock was entered (the same location that is reported in screenX/Y when the pointer is locked).
Element?	getElementById(DOMString elementId) The getElementById(elementId) method must return the first element, in tree order, within context object's descendants, whose ID is elementId, and null if there is no such element otherwise.
HTMLCollection	getElementsByClassName(DOMString classNames) The getElementsByClassName(classNames) method must return the list of elements with class names classNames for the context object.
NodeList	getElementsByName(DOMString elementName) The getElementsByName(name) method takes a string name, and must return a live NodeList containing all the HTML elements in that document that have a name attribute whose value is equal to the name argument (in a case-sensitive manner), in tree order.
HTMLCollection	getElementsByTagName(DOMString localName) The getElementsByTagName(localName) method must return the list of elements with local name localName for the context object.
HTMLCollection	getElementsByTagNameNS(DOMString? namespace, DOMString localName) The getElementsByTagNameNS(namespace, localName) method must return the list of elements with namespace namespace and local name localName for the context object.
NodeList	getItems(optional DOMString typeNames)
object	getter(DOMString name)
boolean	hasFocus()
Node	importNode(Node node, optional boolean deep)
Document	open(optional DOMString type_url, optional DOMString replace_name, optional DOMString features, optional boolean replace)
void	prepend((Node or DOMString) nodes...)
Element?	query(DOMString relativeSelectors) The query(relativeSelectors) method must return the first result of running match a relative selectors string relativeSelectors against a set consisting of context object, and null if the result is an empty list.
Elements	queryAll(DOMString relativeSelectors) The queryAll(relativeSelectors) method must return an Elements array initialized with the result of running match a relative selectors string relativeSelectors against a set consisting of context object.
boolean	queryCommandEnabled(DOMString commandId)
boolean	queryCommandIndeterm(DOMString commandId)
boolean	queryCommandState(DOMString commandId)
boolean	queryCommandSupported(DOMString commandId)
DOMString	queryCommandValue(DOMString commandId)
Element?	querySelector(DOMString selectors) The querySelector() methods on the Document, DocumentFragment, and Element interfaces must return the first matching Element node within the subtrees of the context node. If there is no matching Element, the method must return null.
Element?	querySelector(DOMString selectors) The querySelector(selectors) method must return the first result of running scope-match a selectors string selectors against the context object, and null if the result is an empty list otherwise.
NodeList	querySelectorAll(DOMString selectors) The querySelectorAll() methods on the Document, DocumentFragment, and Element interfaces must return a NodeList containing all of the matching Element nodes within the subtrees of the context node, in document order. If there are no matching nodes, the method must return an empty NodeList.
NodeList	querySelectorAll(DOMString selectors) The querySelectorAll(selectors) method must return the static result of running scope-match a selectors string selectors against the context object.
void	write(DOMString text...)
void	writeln(DOMString text...)

Referenced by
DOMImplementation	createHTMLDocument(...)
HTMLIFrameElement	contentDocument
HTMLObjectElement	contentDocument
Node	ownerDocument
Window	document