> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://dicksonui.gitbook.io/docs/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://dicksonui.gitbook.io/docs/api/the-document-object.md). # The Document Object The document object is the root node of the HTML document. ### Document Object Properties and Methods The following properties and methods can be used on HTML documents: | Property / Method | Description | | ------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | activeElement | Returns the currently focused element in the document | | addEventListener() | Attaches an event handler to the document | | adoptNode() | Adopts a node from another document | | anchors | Returns a collection of all \ elements in the document that have a name attribute | | applets | Returns a collection of all \ elements in the document | | baseURI | Returns the absolute base URI of a document | | body | Sets or returns the document's body (the \ element) | | close() | Closes the output stream previously opened with document.open() | | cookie | Returns all name/value pairs of cookies in the document | | charset | Deprecated. Use characterSet instead. Returns the character encoding for the document | | characterSet | Returns the character encoding for the document | | createAttribute() | Creates an attribute node | | createComment() | Creates a Comment node with the specified text | | createDocumentFragment() | Creates an empty DocumentFragment node | | createElement() | Creates an Element node | | createEvent() | Creates a new event | | createTextNode() | Creates a Text node | | defaultView | Returns the window object associated with a document, or null if none is available. | | designMode | Controls whether the entire document should be editable or not. | | doctype | Returns the Document Type Declaration associated with the document | | documentElement | Returns the Document Element of the document (the \ element) | | documentMode | Returns the mode used by the browser to render the document | | documentURI | Sets or returns the location of the document | | domain | Returns the domain name of the server that loaded the document | | domConfig | Obsolete. Returns the DOM configuration of the document | | embeds | Returns a collection of all \

elements the document | | execCommand() | Invokes the specified clipboard operation on the element currently having focus. | | forms | Returns a collection of all \

elements in the document | | fullscreenElement | Returns the current element that is displayed in fullscreen mode | | fullscreenEnabled() | Returns a Boolean value indicating whether the document can be viewed in fullscreen mode | | getElementById() | Returns the element that has the ID attribute with the specified value | | getElementsByClassName() | Returns a HTMLCollection containing all elements with the specified class name | | getElementsByName() | Returns a HTMLCollection containing all elements with a specified name | | getElementsByTagName() | Returns a HTMLCollection containing all elements with the specified tag name | | hasFocus() | Returns a Boolean value indicating whether the document has focus | | head | Returns the \ element of the document | | images | Returns a collection of all \ elements in the document | | implementation | Returns the DOMImplementation object that handles this document | | importNode() | Imports a node from another document | | inputEncoding | Returns the encoding, character set, used for the document | | lastModified | Returns the date and time the document was last modified | | links | Returns a collection of all \ and \ elements in the document that have a href attribute | | normalize() | Removes empty Text nodes, and joins adjacent nodes | | normalizeDocument() | Removes empty Text nodes, and joins adjacent nodes | | open() | Opens an HTML output stream to collect output from document.write() | | querySelector() | Returns the first element that matches a specified CSS selector(s) in the document | | querySelectorAll() | Returns a static NodeList containing all elements that matches a specified CSS selector(s) in the document | | readyState | Returns the (loading) status of the document | | referrer | Returns the URL of the document that loaded the current document | | removeEventListener() | Removes an event handler from the document (that has been attached with the addEventListener() method) | | renameNode() | Renames the specified node | | scripts | Returns a collection of \