DevGuru JavaScript OBJECT: Document



			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"