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JS & DOM Reference

Overview

JavaScript Objects

JS Array JS Boolean JS Date JS Math JS Number JS String JS RegExp JS Global

Browser Objects

Window Navigator Screen History Location

Core DOM Objects

DOM Node DOM NodeList DOM NamedNodeMap DOM Document DOM Element DOM Attr

HTML DOM Objects

DOM Document DOM Events DOM Elements
DOM Anchor DOM Area DOM Base DOM Body DOM Button DOM Form DOM Frame/IFrame DOM Frameset DOM Image DOM Input Button DOM Input Checkbox DOM Input File DOM Input Hidden DOM Input Password DOM Input Radio DOM Input Reset DOM Input Submit DOM Input Text DOM Link DOM Meta DOM Object DOM Option DOM Select DOM Style DOM Table DOM td / th DOM tr DOM Textarea

Document close() Method

Document Object

Definition and Usage

The close() method closes the output stream previously opened with the document.open() method, and displays the collected data in this process.

Syntax

document.close()

Browser Support

The close() method is supported in all major browsers.

Examples

Example 1

Open an output stream, add some text, then close the output stream:

<html>
<head>
<script>
function createDoc()
  {
  var doc=document.open("text/html","replace");
  var txt="<html><body>Learning about the HTML DOM is fun!</body></html>";
  doc.write(txt);
  doc.close();
  }
</script>
</head>

<body>
<input type="button" value="New document" onclick="createDoc()">
</body>
</html>

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Example 2

Open an output stream (in a new window; about:blank), add some text, then close the output stream:

<html>
<body>

<script>
var w=window.open();
w.document.open();
w.document.write("<b>Hello World!</b>");
w.document.close();
</script>

</body>
</html>

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Document Object