JavaScript and the HTML5 DOM - HTML, CSS, and Dynamic HTML - page 1117

JavaScript Element Description

location The URL of the document

media The media for which the document is intended

nextSibling A reference to next sibling of the node

nodeName A string containing the name of the node, the name of the tag to which the object

corresponds

nodeValue A string containing value within the node

ownerDocument A reference to the document in which the element is contained

parentNode A reference to the parent of the object

parentWindow A reference to the window that contains the document

plugins An array of embed elements in the document

previousSibling A reference to the previous sibling of the node

protocol A string containing the protocol used to retrieve the document—its full name

readyState The loading status of the document

referrer The URL of the document containing the link that the user accessed to get to the

current document

scripts An array of all script elements in the document

security A string that contains information about the document's certificate

styleSheets The collection of style sheets in the document

title The title of the document

URL The URL of the document

vlinkColor The color of followed hypertext links

XMLDocument A reference to the top-level node of the XML DOM exposed by the document

XSLDocument A reference to the top-level node of the XSL DOM exposed by the document

Methods
addEventListener ( event,
handler, direction )

Instructs the object to execute the function handler whenever an event of the type
stated in event occurs; direction is a Boolean telling which phase to fire; use true for
capture and false for bubbling

appendChild( newChild ) Appends newChild to the end of the node's childNodes[ ] list

attachEvent( handler, function ) Attaches function as a handler specified by handler

clear() Clears the contents of the document window

cloneNode( deep ) Clones the node and returns the new clone including descendants if deep is true

close() Closes the document stream

createAttribute( name ) Returns a new attribute node of a name given by string name

createComment( data ) Returns a new comment node with the text given by data

createDocumentFragment() Creates an empty document fragment

createElement( tagName ) Returns a new element object that corresponds to tagName

createElementNS
( namespace , qualified )

Creates an element node belonging to namespace and with the namespace prefix
qualified

createEvent( instance ) Creates and returns a new event instance

createStyleSheet ( url [, index ]) Creates a new styleSheet object from the Stylesheet at the URL in the string url and

inserts it into the document at index index

createTextNode( data ) Returns a new text node with value given by data

detachEvent( handler, function ) Instructs the object to stop executing function as an event handler for handler

dispatchEvent( event ) Causes event to be processed by the appropriate handler; is used to redirect events

elementFromPoint( x , y ) Returns the most deeply nested element at the Window coordinates ( x , y )