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JavaScript HTML DOM Objects

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In addition to the built-in JavaScript objects, you can also access and manipulate all of the HTML DOM objects with JavaScript.


More JavaScript Objects

Follow the links to learn more about the objects and their collections, properties, methods and events.

Object Description
Window The top level object in the JavaScript hierarchy. The Window object represents a browser window. A Window object is created automatically with every instance of a <body> or <frameset> tag
Navigator Contains information about the client's browser
Screen Contains information about the client's display screen
History Contains the visited URLs in the browser window
Location Contains information about the current URL


The HTML DOM

The HTML DOM is a W3C standard and it is an abbreviation for the Document Object Model for HTML.

The HTML DOM defines a standard set of objects for HTML, and a standard way to access and manipulate HTML documents.

All HTML elements, along with their containing text and attributes, can be accessed through the DOM. The contents can be modified or deleted, and new elements can be created.

The HTML DOM is platform and language independent. It can be used by any programming language like Java, JavaScript, and VBScript.

Follow the links below to learn more about how to access and manipulate each DOM object with JavaScript:

Object Description
Document Represents the entire HTML document and can be used to access all elements in a page
Anchor Represents an <a> element
Area Represents an <area> element inside an image-map
Base Represents a <base> element
Body Represents the <body> element
Button Represents a <button> element
Event Represents the state of an event
Form Represents a <form> element
Frame Represents a <frame> element
Frameset Represents a <frameset> element
Iframe Represents an <iframe> element
Image Represents an <img> element
Input button Represents a button in an HTML form
Input checkbox Represents a checkbox in an HTML form
Input file Represents a fileupload in an HTML form
Input hidden Represents a hidden field in an HTML form
Input password Represents a password field in an HTML form
Input radio Represents a radio button in an HTML form
Input reset Represents a reset button in an HTML form
Input submit Represents a submit button in an HTML form
Input text Represents a text-input field in an HTML form
Link Represents a <link> element
Meta Represents a <meta> element
Option Represents an <option> element
Select Represents a selection list in an HTML form
Style Represents an individual style statement
Table Represents a <table> element
TableData Represents a <td> element
TableRow Represents a <tr> element
Textarea Represents a <textarea> element


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