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Document

The Document interface represents any web page loaded in the browser and serves as an entry point into the web page's content, which is the DOM tree.

The DOM tree includes elements such as <body> and <table>, among many others. It provides functionality globally to the document, like how to obtain the page's URL and create new elements in the document.

EventTarget Node Document

The Document interface describes the common properties and methods for any kind of document. Depending on the document's type (e.g. HTML, XML, SVG, …), a larger API is available: HTML documents, served with the "text/html" content type, also implement the HTMLDocument interface, whereas XML and SVG documents implement the XMLDocument interface.

Constructor

Document()

Creates a new Document object.

Instance properties

This interface also inherits from the Node and EventTarget interfaces.

Document.activeElement Read only

Returns the Element that currently has focus.

Document.adoptedStyleSheets

Add an array of constructed stylesheets to be used by the document. These stylesheets may also be shared with shadow DOM subtrees of the same document.

Document.body

Returns the <body> or <frameset> node of the current document.

Document.characterSet Read only

Returns the character set being used by the document.

Document.childElementCount Read only

Returns the number of child elements of the current document.

Document.children Read only

Returns the child elements of the current document.

Document.compatMode Read only

Indicates whether the document is rendered in quirks or strict mode.

Document.contentType Read only

Returns the Content-Type from the MIME Header of the current document.

Document.currentScript Read only

Returns the <script> element whose script is currently being processed and isn't a JavaScript module.

Document.doctype Read only

Returns the Document Type Definition (DTD) of the current document.

Document.documentElement Read only

Returns the Element that is a direct child of the document. For HTML documents, this is normally the HTMLHtmlElement object representing the document's <html> element.

Document.documentURI Read only

Returns the document location as a string.

Document.embeds Read only

Returns an HTMLCollection of the embedded <embed> elements in the document.

Document.firstElementChild Read only

Returns the first child element of the current document.

Document.fonts

Returns the FontFaceSet interface of the current document.

Document.forms Read only

Returns an HTMLCollection of the <form> elements in the document.

Document.fragmentDirective Read only Experimental

Returns the FragmentDirective for the current document.

Document.fullscreenElement Read only

The element that's currently in full screen mode for this document.

Document.head Read only

Returns the <head> element of the current document.

Document.hidden Read only

Returns a Boolean value indicating if the page is considered hidden or not.

Document.images Read only

Returns an HTMLCollection of the images in the document.

Document.implementation Read only

Returns the DOM implementation associated with the current document.

Document.lastElementChild Read only

Returns the last child element of the current document.

Document.links Read only

Returns an HTMLCollection of the hyperlinks in the document.

Document.pictureInPictureElement Read only

Returns the Element currently being presented in picture-in-picture mode in this document.

Document.pictureInPictureEnabled Read only

Returns true if the picture-in-picture feature is enabled.

Document.plugins Read only

Returns an HTMLCollection of the available plugins.

Document.pointerLockElement Read only

Returns the element set as the target for mouse events while the pointer is locked. null if lock is pending, pointer is unlocked, or if the target is in another document.

Document.prerendering Read only Experimental

Returns a boolean that indicates whether the document is currently in the process of prerendering, as initiated via the Speculation Rules API.

Document.featurePolicy Experimental Read only

Returns the FeaturePolicy interface which provides a simple API for introspecting the feature policies applied to a specific document.

Document.scripts Read only

Returns an HTMLCollection of the <script> elements in the document.

Document.scrollingElement Read only

Returns a reference to the Element that scrolls the document.

Document.styleSheets Read only

Returns a StyleSheetList of CSSStyleSheet objects for stylesheets explicitly linked into, or embedded in a document.

Document.timeline Read only

Returns timeline as a special instance of DocumentTimeline that is automatically created on page load.

Document.visibilityState Read only

Returns a string denoting the visibility state of the document. Possible values are visible, hidden, prerender, and unloaded.

Extensions for HTMLDocument

The Document interface for HTML documents inherits from the HTMLDocument interface or is extended for such documents.

Document.cookie

Returns a semicolon-separated list of the cookies for that document or sets a single cookie.

Document.defaultView Read only

Returns a reference to the window object.

Document.designMode

Gets/sets the ability to edit the whole document.

Document.dir

Gets/sets directionality (rtl/ltr) of the document.

Document.domain Deprecated

Gets/sets the domain of the current document.

Document.fullscreenEnabled Read only

Indicates whether fullscreen mode is available.

Document.lastModified Read only

Returns the date on which the document was last modified.

Document.location Read only

Returns the URI of the current document.

Document.readyState Read only

Returns loading status of the document.

Document.referrer Read only

Returns the URI of the page that linked to this page.

Document.title

Sets or gets the title of the current document.

Document.URL Read only

Returns the document location as a string.

Deprecated properties

Document.alinkColor Deprecated

Returns or sets the color of active links in the document body.

Document.all Deprecated

Provides access to all elements in the document — it returns an HTMLAllCollection rooted at the document node. This is a legacy, non-standard property and should not be used.

Document.anchors Deprecated Read only

Returns a list of all of the anchors in the document.

Document.applets Deprecated Read only

Returns an empty HTMLCollection. Legacy property that used to return the list of applets within a document.

Document.bgColor Deprecated

Gets/sets the background color of the current document.

Document.charset Deprecated Read only

Alias of Document.characterSet. Use this property instead.

Document.fgColor Deprecated

Gets/sets the foreground color, or text color, of the current document.

Document.fullscreen Deprecated

true when the document is in fullscreen mode.

Document.inputEncoding Deprecated Read only

Alias of Document.characterSet. Use this property instead.

Document.lastStyleSheetSet Deprecated Read only Non-standard

Returns the name of the style sheet set that was last enabled. Has the value null until the style sheet is changed by setting the value of selectedStyleSheetSet.

Document.linkColor Deprecated

Gets/sets the color of hyperlinks in the document.

Document.preferredStyleSheetSet Deprecated Read only Non-standard

Returns the preferred style sheet set as specified by the page author.

Document.rootElement Deprecated

Like Document.documentElement, but only for <svg> root elements. Use this property instead.

Document.selectedStyleSheetSet Deprecated Non-standard

Returns which style sheet set is currently in use.

Document.styleSheetSets Deprecated Read only Non-standard

Returns a list of the style sheet sets available on the document.

Document.vlinkColor Deprecated

Gets/sets the color of visited hyperlinks.

Document.xmlEncoding Deprecated

Returns the encoding as determined by the XML declaration.

Document.xmlStandalone Deprecated

Returns true if the XML declaration specifies the document to be standalone (e.g., An external part of the DTD affects the document's content), else false.

Document.xmlVersion Deprecated

Returns the version number as specified in the XML declaration or "1.0" if the declaration is absent.

Instance methods

This interface also inherits from the Node and EventTarget interfaces.

Document.adoptNode()

Adopt node from an external document.

Document.append()

Inserts a set of Node objects or string objects after the last child of the document.

Document.captureEvents() Deprecated

See Window.captureEvents.

Document.caretPositionFromPoint()

Returns a CaretPosition object containing the DOM node containing the caret, and caret's character offset within that node.

Document.caretRangeFromPoint() Non-standard

Gets a Range object for the document fragment under the specified coordinates.

Document.createAttribute()

Creates a new Attr object and returns it.

Document.createAttributeNS()

Creates a new attribute node in a given namespace and returns it.

Document.createCDATASection()

Creates a new CDATA node and returns it.

Document.createComment()

Creates a new comment node and returns it.

Document.createDocumentFragment()

Creates a new document fragment.

Document.createElement()

Creates a new element with the given tag name.

Document.createElementNS()

Creates a new element with the given tag name and namespace URI.

Document.createEvent()

Creates an event object.

Document.createNodeIterator()

Creates a NodeIterator object.

Document.createProcessingInstruction()

Creates a new ProcessingInstruction object.

Document.createRange()

Creates a Range object.

Document.createTextNode()

Creates a text node.

Document.createTouch() Deprecated Non-standard

Creates a Touch object.

Document.createTouchList() Deprecated Non-standard

Creates a TouchList object.

Document.createTreeWalker()

Creates a TreeWalker object.

Document.elementFromPoint()

Returns the topmost element at the specified coordinates.

Document.elementsFromPoint()

Returns an array of all elements at the specified coordinates.

Document.enableStyleSheetsForSet() Deprecated Non-standard

Enables the style sheets for the specified style sheet set.

Document.exitFullscreen()

Stops document's fullscreen element from being displayed fullscreen.

Document.exitPictureInPicture()

Remove the video from the floating picture-in-picture window back to its original container.

Document.exitPointerLock()

Release the pointer lock.

Document.getAnimations()

Returns an array of all Animation objects currently in effect, whose target elements are descendants of the document.

Document.getBoxQuads() Experimental

Returns a list of DOMQuad objects representing the CSS fragments of the node.

Document.getElementById()

Returns an object reference to the identified element.

Document.getElementsByClassName()

Returns a list of elements with the given class name.

Document.getElementsByTagName()

Returns a list of elements with the given tag name.

Document.getElementsByTagNameNS()

Returns a list of elements with the given tag name and namespace.

Document.getSelection()

Returns a Selection object representing the range of text selected by the user, or the current position of the caret.

Document.hasStorageAccess()

Returns a Promise that resolves with a boolean value indicating whether the document has access to unpartitioned cookies.

Document.importNode()

Returns a clone of a node from an external document.

Document.prepend()

Inserts a set of Node objects or string objects before the first child of the document.

Document.querySelector()

Returns the first Element node within the document, in document order, that matches the specified selectors.

Document.querySelectorAll()

Returns a list of all the Element nodes within the document that match the specified selectors.

Document.releaseCapture() Non-standard

Releases the current mouse capture if it's on an element in this document.

Document.releaseEvents() Deprecated

See Window.releaseEvents().

Document.replaceChildren()

Replaces the existing children of a document with a specified new set of children.

Document.requestStorageAccess()

Allows a document loaded in a third-party context (i.e. embedded in an <iframe>) to request access to unpartitioned cookies, in cases where user agents by default block access to unpartitioned cookies by sites loaded in a third-party context to improve privacy.

Document.startViewTransition() Experimental

Starts a new view transition and returns a ViewTransition object to represent it.

Document.mozSetImageElement() Non-standard

Allows you to change the element being used as the background image for a specified element ID.

The Document interface is extended with the XPathEvaluator interface:

Document.createExpression()

Compiles an XPathExpression which can then be used for (repeated) evaluations.

Document.createNSResolver()

Creates an XPathNSResolver object.

Document.evaluate()

Evaluates an XPath expression.

Extension for HTML documents

The Document interface for HTML documents inherit from the HTMLDocument interface or is extended for such documents:

Document.clear() Deprecated

This method does nothing.

Document.close()

Closes a document stream for writing.

Document.execCommand() Deprecated

On an editable document, executes a formatting command.

Document.getElementsByName()

Returns a list of elements with the given name.

Document.hasFocus()

Returns true if the focus is currently located anywhere inside the specified document.

Document.open()

Opens a document stream for writing.

Document.queryCommandEnabled() Deprecated Non-standard

Returns true if the formatting command can be executed on the current range.

Document.queryCommandIndeterm() Deprecated

Returns true if the formatting command is in an indeterminate state on the current range.

Document.queryCommandState() Deprecated Non-standard

Returns true if the formatting command has been executed on the current range.

Document.queryCommandSupported() Deprecated Non-standard

Returns true if the formatting command is supported on the current range.

Document.queryCommandValue() Deprecated

Returns the current value of the current range for a formatting command.

Document.write()

Writes text in a document.

Document.writeln()

Writes a line of text in a document.

Events

Listen to these events using addEventListener() or by assigning an event listener to the oneventname property of this interface.

afterscriptexecute Non-standard

Fired when a static <script> element finishes executing its script

beforescriptexecute Non-standard

Fired when a static <script> is about to start executing.

prerenderingchange Experimental

Fired on a prerendered document when it is activated (i.e. the user views the page).

securitypolicyviolation

Fired when a content security policy is violated.

scroll

Fired when the document view or an element has been scrolled.

visibilitychange

Fired when the content of a tab has become visible or has been hidden.

wheel

Fired when the user rotates a wheel button on a pointing device (typically a mouse).

Animation events

animationcancel

Fired when an animation unexpectedly aborts.

animationend

Fired when an animation has completed normally.

animationiteration

Fired when an animation iteration has completed.

animationstart

Fired when an animation starts.

Clipboard events

copy

Fired when the user initiates a copy action through the browser's user interface.

cut

Fired when the user initiates a cut action through the browser's user interface.

paste

Fired when the user initiates a paste action through the browser's user interface.

Drag & drop events

drag

Fired every few hundred milliseconds as an element or text selection is being dragged by the user.

dragend

Fired when a drag operation is being ended (by releasing a mouse button or hitting the escape key).

dragenter

Fired when a dragged element or text selection enters a valid drop target.

dragleave

Fired when a dragged element or text selection leaves a valid drop target.

dragover

Fired when an element or text selection is being dragged over a valid drop target (every few hundred milliseconds).

dragstart

Fired when the user starts dragging an element or text selection.

drop

Fired when an element or text selection is dropped on a valid drop target.

Fullscreen events

fullscreenchange

Fired when the Document transitions into or out of fullscreen mode.

fullscreenerror

Fired if an error occurs while attempting to switch into or out of fullscreen mode.

Keyboard events

keydown

Fired when a key is pressed.

keypress Deprecated

Fired when a key that produces a character value is pressed down.

keyup

Fired when a key is released.

Load & unload events

DOMContentLoaded

Fired when the document has been completely loaded and parsed, without waiting for stylesheets, images, and subframes to finish loading.

readystatechange

Fired when the readyState attribute of a document has changed.

Pointer events

gotpointercapture

Fired when an element captures a pointer using setPointerCapture().

lostpointercapture

Fired when a captured pointer is released.

pointercancel

Fired when a pointer event is canceled.

pointerdown

Fired when a pointer becomes active.

pointerenter

Fired when a pointer is moved into the hit test boundaries of an element or one of its descendants.

pointerleave

Fired when a pointer is moved out of the hit test boundaries of an element.

pointerlockchange

Fired when the pointer is locked/unlocked.

pointerlockerror

Fired when locking the pointer failed.

pointermove

Fired when a pointer changes coordinates.

pointerout

Fired when a pointer is moved out of the hit test boundaries of an element (among other reasons).

pointerover

Fired when a pointer is moved into an element's hit test boundaries.

pointerup

Fired when a pointer is no longer active.

Selection events

selectionchange

Fired when the current text selection on a document is changed.

Touch events

touchcancel

Fired when one or more touch points have been disrupted in an implementation-specific manner (for example, too many touch points are created).

touchend

Fired when one or more touch points are removed from the touch surface.

touchmove

Fired when one or more touch points are moved along the touch surface.

touchstart

Fired when one or more touch points are placed on the touch surface.

Transition events

transitioncancel

Fired when a CSS transition is canceled.

transitionend

Fired when a CSS transition has completed.

transitionrun

Fired when a CSS transition is first created.

transitionstart

Fired when a CSS transition has actually started.

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
DOMContentLoaded_event 1 12 1 9 9 3.1 4.4 18 4 10.1 2 1.0
Document 60 17 20 No 47 8 60 60 20 44 8 8.0
URL 1 12 1 4 3 1 4.4 18 4 10.1 1 1.0
Document 1 12 1 4 3 1 ≤37 18 4 10.1 1 1.0
activeElement 2 12 3 6 ≤12.1 4 ≤37 18 4 ≤12.1 3.2 1.0
adoptNode 1 12 1 9 ≤12.1 3 4.4 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0
adoptedStyleSheets 73 79 101 No 60 16.4 73 73 101 50 16.4 11.0
afterscriptexecute_event No No 9 No No No No No 9 No No No
alinkColor 64
1–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
12 1 4 51
≤12.1–51Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
11
1.2–11Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
64
4.4–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
64
18–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
4 47
≤12.1–47Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
11
1–11Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
9.0
1.0–9.0Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
all 64
1–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
12 24 4 51
≤12.1–51Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
11
3–11Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
64
≤37–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
64
18–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
24 47
≤12.1–47Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
11
1–11Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
9.0
1.0–9.0Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
anchors 1 12 1 4 ≤12.1 1 4.4 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0
append 54 17 49 No 41 10 54 54 49 41 10 6.0
applets 1 12 1 4 ≤12.1 1 4.4 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0
beforescriptexecute_event No No 9 No No No No No 9 No No No
bgColor 64
1–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
12 1 4 51
≤12.1–51Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
11
1–11Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
64
4.4–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
64
18–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
4 47
≤12.1–47Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
11
1–11Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
9.0
1.0–9.0Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
body 1 12 60
1–60Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
4 9.6 1 4.4 18 60
4–60Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
10.1 1 1.0
captureEvents 64
1–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
12 1 11 51
≤12.1–51Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
11
1–11Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
64
4.4–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
64
18–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
4 47
≤12.1–47Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
11
1–11Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
9.0
1.0–9.0Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
caretPositionFromPoint No No 20 No No No No No 20 No No No
caretRangeFromPoint 4 12 No No 15 5 ≤37 18 No 14 4 1.0
characterSet 1
1charset alias was made read-only in Chrome 45.
1
121212 441.51 994
15charset alias was made read-only in Opera 45.
15≤12.1
333 1
1charset alias was made read-only in WebView 45.
1
18
18charset alias was made read-only in Chrome 45.
18
4444
14charset alias was made read-only in Opera 45.
14≤12.1
111 1.0
1.0charset alias was made read-only in Samsung Internet 5.0.
1.0
childElementCount 29 17 25 No 16 9 4.4 29 25 16 9 2.0
children 29 16 25 No 16 9 4.4 29 25 16 9 2.0
clear 64
1–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
12 1 4 51
≤12.1–51Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
1 64
4.4–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
64
18–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
4 47
≤12.1–47Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
1 9.0
1.0–9.0Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
close 64
1–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
12 1 4 51
≤12.1–51Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
11
1–11Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
64
4.4–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
64
18–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
4 47
≤12.1–47Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
11
1–11Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
9.0
1.0–9.0Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
compatMode 1 12 1 6 ≤12.1 3.1 4.4 18 4 ≤12.1 2 1.0
contentType 36 17 1 No 23≤12.1–15 9 37 36 4 24≤12.1–14 9 3.0
cookie 1 12
1Before Firefox 68, cookie was available only on HTML documents; it is now available on all documents, such as XML and SVG.
4 3 1 4.4 18
4Before Firefox 68, cookie was available only on HTML documents; it is now available on all documents, such as XML and SVG.
10.1 1 1.0
createAttribute 1 12 44
1–44The parameter was not converted to its lowercase variant.
6 ≤12.1 1 4.4 18 44
4–44The parameter was not converted to its lowercase variant.
≤12.1 1 1.0
createAttributeNS 1 12 1 9 ≤12.1 1 4.4 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0
createCDATASection 1 12 1 9 ≤12.1 1 4.4 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0
createComment 1 12 1 6 ≤12.1 1 4.4 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0
createDocumentFragment 1 12 1 6 ≤12.1 1 4.4 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0
createElement 1 12
1Doesn't conform to the DOM spec for XUL and XHTML documents: localName and namespaceURI are not set to null on the created element.
5 6 1 4.4 18 4 10.1 1 1.0
createElementNS 1 12
1Doesn't conform to the DOM spec for XUL and XHTML documents: localName and namespaceURI are not set to null on the created element.
9 ≤12.1 1 4.4 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0
createEvent 1 12
1From version 67, creating touch events using this method is no longer supported.
9 7 1 4.4 18 4 10.1 1 1.0
createExpression 1 12 1 No ≤12.1 3 3 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0
createNSResolver 1 12 1 No ≤12.1 3 3 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0
createNodeIterator 1 12 1 9 9 3 4.4 18 4 10.1 1 1.0
createProcessingInstruction 1 12 1 9 ≤12.1 1 4.4 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0
createRange 1 12 1 9 ≤12.1 1 4.4 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0
createTextNode 1 12 1 5 7 1 4.4 18 4 10.1 1 1.0
createTouch No No 18–67 No No No
4.4–68Since Chrome 55, all parameters are optional.
25–68Since Chrome 55, all parameters are optional.
6
14–48Since Opera Android 42, all parameters are optional.
≤3
1.5–10.0Since Samsung Internet 6.0, all parameters are optional.
createTouchList 22–69 No 18–67 No 15–56 No 4.4–69 25–69 6 14–48 ≤3 1.5–10.0
createTreeWalker 1 12 1 9 9 3 4.4 18 4 10.1 3 1.0
currentScript 29 12 4 No 16 8 4.4 29 4 16 8 2.0
defaultView 1 12 1 9 ≤12.1 1 4.4 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0
designMode 1 12 1 4 9 1.2 4.4 18 4 10.1 1 1.0
dir 64
1–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
12
1Incorrect behavior before Firefox 23.
5 51
≤12.1–51Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
10.1
1–10.1Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
64
4.4–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
64
18–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
4Incorrect behavior before Firefox 23.
47
≤12.1–47Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
10.3
1–10.3Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
9.0
1.0–9.0Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
doctype 1 12 1 6 ≤12.1 1 4.4 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0
documentElement 1 12 1 5 7 1 4.4 18 4 10.1 1 1.0
documentURI 1 17 1 No ≤12.1 3 4.4 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0
domain
1From Chrome 110, domain is available by opt-in via `Origin-keyed agent clusters` . See this chromestatus entry.
12
1From Firefox 62, if the domain cannot be identified, domain returns an empty string instead of null. See bug 819475.
4 ≤12.1 1
4.4From Chrome 110, domain is available by opt-in via `Origin-keyed agent clusters` . See this chromestatus entry.
18From Chrome 110, domain is available by opt-in via `Origin-keyed agent clusters` . See this chromestatus entry.
4From Firefox 62, if the domain cannot be identified, domain returns an empty string instead of null. See bug 819475.
≤12.1 1
1.0From Samsung Internet 21.0, domain is available by opt-in via `Origin-keyed agent clusters` . See this chromestatus entry.
elementFromPoint
1Before Chrome 66, this method returned null when the element was a child of a host node. See issue 759947.
12 3 4
≤12.1Before Opera 53, this method returned null when the element was a child of a host node. See issue 759947.
4
≤37Before WebView 66, this method returned null when the element was a child of a host node. See issue 759947.
18Before Chrome 66, this method returned null when the element was a child of a host node. See issue 759947.
4
≤12.1Before Opera Android 47, this method returned null when the element was a child of a host node. See issue 759947.
3.2
1.0Before Samsung Internet 9.0, this method returned null when the element was a child of a host node. See issue 759947.
elementsFromPoint
43Before Chrome 66, this method returned null when the element was a child of a host node. See issue 759947.
79
12–79Returns a NodeList instead of an array. See the MSDN documentation. Returns null when the point provided has no elements beneath it (e.g., when given a point outside the document).
46
10Returns a NodeList instead of an array. See the MSDN documentation. Returns null when the point provided has no elements beneath it (e.g., when given a point outside the document).
30 11.1
43Before Chrome 66, this method returned null when the element was a child of a host node. See issue 759947.
43Before Chrome 66, this method returned null when the element was a child of a host node. See issue 759947.
46 30 11.3
4.0Before Samsung Internet 9.0, this method returned null when the element was a child of a host node. See issue 759947.
embeds 64
1–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
12 1 4 51
≤12.1–51Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
10.1
2–10.1Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
64
4.4–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
64
18–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
4 47
≤12.1–47Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
10.3
1–10.3Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
9.0
1.0–9.0Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
enableStyleSheetsForSet No No 3 No No No No No 4 No No No
evaluate 1 12 1 No 9 3 3 18 4 10.1 1 1.0
execCommand 1 12
1["From Firefox 82, nested calls are not supported (return false). See bug 1634262.", "Before Firefox 89, manipulating the content of <input> and <textarea> elements using Document.execCommand() commands requires workarounds (see bug 1220696)."]
4 9 1.3 4.4 18
4["From Firefox 82, nested calls are not supported (return false). See bug 1634262.", "Before Firefox 89, manipulating the content of <input> and <textarea> elements using Document.execCommand() commands requires workarounds (see bug 1220696)."]
10.1 1 1.0
exitFullscreen 7115 791212–14 649 11 581512.1–15 16.45.1 71≤37 7118 649 501412.1–14
12Only available on iPad, not on iPhone.
10.01.0
exitPictureInPicture 69 79 No No 56 13.1 No 105 No 72 13.4 20.0
exitPointerLock 3722 13 5014–50 No 2415 10.1 374.4 3725 5014–50 2414 No 3.01.5
featurePolicy 74 79 69 No 62 No 74 74 No 53 No 11.0
fgColor 64
1–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
12 1 4 51
≤12.1–51Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
11
1–11Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
64
4.4–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
64
18–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
4 47
≤12.1–47Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
11
1–11Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
9.0
1.0–9.0Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
firstElementChild 29 17 25 No 16 9 4.4 29 25 16 9 2.0
fonts 35 79 41 No 22 10 37 35 41 22 10 3.0
forms 1 12 1 4 ≤12.1 1 4.4 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0
fragmentDirective 86 86 No No 72 No 86 86 No 61 No 14.0
freeze_event 68 79 No No 55 No 68 68 No 48 No 10.0
fullscreen 7115 7912 649 No 5815 16.46 71≤37 7118 649 5014
12Only available on iPad, not on iPhone.
10.01.0
fullscreenElement 7120 791212–14 649 11 581512.1–15 16.46 714.4 7125 649 501412.1–14
16.4Only available on iPad, not on iPhone.
12Only available on iPad, not on iPhone.
10.01.5
fullscreenEnabled 7120 12 6410 11 581512.1–15 16.46 714.4 7125 6410 501412.1–14
12Only available on iPad, not on iPhone.
10.01.5
fullscreenchange_event 7115 791212–14 6410 11 581512.1–15 16.45.1 71≤37 7118 6410 501412.1–14
12Only available on iPad, not on iPhone.
10.01.0
fullscreenerror_event 7118 791212–14 6410 11 581512.1–15 16.46 71≤37 7118 6410 501412.1–14
12Only available on iPad, not on iPhone.
10.01.0
getAnimations 84 84 75 No 70 14
13.1Implements an older version of the specification, see Webkit bug 179536.
84 84 79 60 14
13.4Implements an older version of the specification, see Webkit bug 179536.
14.0
getBoxQuads No No 31 No No No No No No No No No
getElementById 1 12 1 5.5 7 1 4.4 18 4 10.1 1 1.0
getElementsByClassName 1 12 3 9 9.5 3.1 4.4 18 4 10.1 2 1.0
getElementsByName 1
12Before Edge 79, this method returns an HTMLCollection, not a NodeList.
1
5Returns an HTMLCollection, not a NodeList
5 1 4.4 18 4 10.1 1 1.0
getElementsByTagName 1 12 1 5 5.1 1 4.4 18 4 10.1 1 1.0
getElementsByTagNameNS 1 12 1 9 ≤12.1 1 4.4 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0
getSelection 2 12 1 9 ≤12.1 4 ≤37 18 4 ≤12.1 3.2 1.0
hasFocus 2 12 3 5.5 15 4 ≤37 18 4 14 3.2 1.0
hasRedemptionRecord 117 117 No No 103 No 117 117 No No No No
hasStorageAccess
113Only available to Google Chrome's first-party sets.
78
85 65 No
99Only available to Opera's first-party sets.
65
11.1
113Only available to Google Chrome's first-party sets.
113Only available to Google Chrome's first-party sets.
78
65 No 11.3 No
head 4 12 4 9 11 5 ≤37 18 4 11 4 1.0
hidden 3313 12
18Since Firefox 56 it also returns true on macOS when the window is completely hidden by another non-translucent application.
10–52
10 12.1 7 ≤374.4.3 3318
18Since Firefox 56 it also returns true on macOS when the window is completely hidden by another non-translucent application.
10–52
12.1 7 2.01.0
images 1 12 1 4 ≤12.1 1 4.4 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0
implementation 1 12 1 6 ≤12.1 1 4.4 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0
importNode 1 12 1 9 9 1 4.4 18 4 10.1 1 1.0
lastElementChild 29 17 25 No 16 9 4.4 29 25 16 9 2.0
lastModified 1 12 1 4 ≤12.1 1 4.4 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0
lastStyleSheetSet No No 3 No No No No No 4 No No No
linkColor 64
1–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
12 1 4 51
≤12.1–51Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
11
1–11Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
64
4.4–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
64
18–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
4 47
≤12.1–47Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
11
1–11Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
9.0
1.0–9.0Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
links 1 12 1 4 ≤12.1 1 4.4 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0
location 1 12 1 4 3 1 4.4 18 4 10.1 1 1.0
lostpointercapture_event 57 17 59 No 44 13 57 57 79 43 13 7.0
mozSetImageElement No No 4 No No No No No 4 No No No
open 64
1–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
12 1 4 51
≤12.1–51Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
11
1–11Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
64
4.4–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
64
18–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
4 47
≤12.1–47Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
11
1–11Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
9.0
1.0–9.0Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
pictureInPictureElement 69 79 No No 56 13.1 No 105 No 72 13.4 20.0
pictureInPictureEnabled 69 79 No No 56 13.1 No 105 No 72 13.4 20.0
plugins 64
1–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
12 1 4 51
≤12.1–51Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
10.1
3–10.1Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
64
4.4–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
64
18–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
4 47
≤12.1–47Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
10.3
1–10.3Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
9.0
1.0–9.0Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
pointerLockElement 37 13 5014–50 No 24 10.1 37 37 5014–50 24 No 3.0
pointerlockchange_event 3622–38 13 5014–50 No 2315–25 10.1 374.4–38 3625–38 5014–50 2414–25 No 3.01.5–3.0
pointerlockerror_event 3622–38 13 5014–50 No 2315–25 10.1 374.4–38 3625–38 5014–50 2414–25 No 3.01.5–3.0
preferredStyleSheetSet No No 3 No No No No No 4 No No No
prepend 54 17 49 No 41 10 54 54 49 41 10 6.0
prerendering 108 108 No No 94 No 108 108 No 73 No 21.0
prerenderingchange_event 108 108 No No 94 No 108 108 No 73 No 21.0
queryCommandEnabled 1 12 41
1–41queryCommandEnabled with arguments cut, copy or paste would throw errors unless the script had special privileges.
4 ≤12.1 2 4.4 18 41
4–41queryCommandEnabled with arguments cut, copy or paste would throw errors unless the script had special privileges.
≤12.1 1 1.0
queryCommandIndeterm 1 12 1 4 15 2 4.4 18 4 14 1 1.0
queryCommandState 1 12 1 4 ≤12.1 2 4.4 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0
queryCommandSupported 1 12 41
1–41The "paste" command is reported as supported when the paste feature is available even if the calling script has insufficient privileges to actually perform the action.
4 ≤12.1 2 4.4 18 41
4–41The "paste" command is reported as supported when the paste feature is available even if the calling script has insufficient privileges to actually perform the action.
≤12.1 1 1.0
queryCommandValue 1 12 1 4 ≤12.1 2 4.4 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0
querySelector 1 12 3.5 9
8querySelectorAll() is supported, but only for CSS 2.1 selectors.
10 3.1 4.4 18 4 10.1 2 1.0
querySelectorAll 1 12 3.5 9
8querySelectorAll() is supported, but only for CSS 2.1 selectors.
10 3.1 4.4 18 4 10.1 2 1.0
readyState 1 12 3.6 11
9–11Internet Explorer 9 and 10 have bugs where the 'interactive' state can be fired too early before the document has finished parsing.
4–9Only supports 'complete'.
11Opera Presto fires 'complete' late after the 'load' event (in an incorrect order as per HTML5 standard specification).
1 4.4 18 4
11Opera Presto fires 'complete' late after the 'load' event (in an incorrect order as per HTML5 standard specification).
1 1.0
readystatechange_event 9 12 4 4 ≤12.1 5.1 ≤37 18 4 ≤12.1 5 1.0
referrer 1 12 1 4 3 1 4.4 18 4 10.1 1 1.0
releaseCapture No No 4 5 No No No No 4 No No No
releaseEvents 64
1–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
12 1 11 51
≤12.1–51Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
11
1–11Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
64
4.4–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
64
18–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
4 47
≤12.1–47Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
11
1–11Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
9.0
1.0–9.0Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
replaceChildren 86 86 78 No 72 14 86 86 79 61 14 14.0
requestStorageAccess
113["Only available to Google Chrome's first-party sets.", "Client-side storage access granted per-frame, as per spec updates see explanation."]
78Client-side storage access granted per-page (see explanation)
113["Only resolves requestStorageAccess() calls that come from domains within a first-party set.", "Each embedded site instance must separately opt in to client-side storage access via a requestStorageAccess() call, as per spec updates."]
85–112Client-side storage access granted per-page (see explanation)
65 No
99["Only available to Opera's first-party sets.", "Client-side storage access granted per-frame, as per spec updates see explanation."]
65Client-side storage access granted per-page (see explanation)
11.1Client-side storage access granted per-page (see explanation)
113["Only available to Google Chrome's first-party sets.", "Client-side storage access granted per-frame, as per spec updates see explanation."]
113["Only available to Google Chrome's first-party sets.", "Client-side storage access granted per-frame, as per spec updates see explanation."]
78Client-side storage access granted per-page (see explanation)
65 No
11.3Client-side storage access granted per-page (see explanation)
No
resume_event 68 79 No No 55 No 68 68 No 48 No 10.0
rootElement 34 12 52 9 21 10.1 37 34 52 21 10.3 2.0
scripts 1 12 9 4 ≤12.1 3 4.4 18 9 ≤12.1 1 1.0
scroll_event 1 12 6 9 11.6 2 4.4 18 6 12 1 1.0
scrollend_event 114 114 109 No 100 No 114 114 109 No No No
scrollingElement 44 12 48 No 31 9 44 44 48 32 9 4.0
securitypolicyviolation_event 76 79 93 No 63 15.4 76 76 93 54 15.4 12.0
selectedStyleSheetSet No No 3 No No No No No 4 No No No
selectionchange_event 11 12 52 5.5 15 5.1 ≤37 18 52 14 5 1.0
startViewTransition 111 111 No No 97 No 111 111 No No No 22.0
styleSheetSets No No 3 No No No No No 4 No No No
styleSheets 1 12 1 4 ≤12.1 4 4.4 18 4 ≤12.1 3.2 1.0
timeline 84 84 75 No 70 13.1 84 84 79 60 13.4 14.0
title 1 12 1 4 ≤12.1 1 4.4 18 4 ≤12.1 1 1.0
visibilityState 3313 12 1810–52 10 201512.1–15 7 ≤374.4.3 3318 1810–52 201412.1–14 7 2.01.0
visibilitychange_event 62
33The onvisibilitychange event handler property is not supported.
13The onvisibilitychange event handler property is not supported.
18
12The onvisibilitychange event handler property is not supported.
56
10The onvisibilitychange event handler property is not supported.
49
20The onvisibilitychange event handler property is not supported.
15The onvisibilitychange event handler property is not supported.
12.1–15The onvisibilitychange event handler property is not supported.
14.1
14Doesn't fire the visibilitychange event when navigating away from a document, so also include code to check for the pagehide event (which does fire for that case in all current browsers). See WebKit bugs 116769, 151234, 151610, and 194897.
10.1["Doesn't fire the visibilitychange event when navigating away from a document, so also include code to check for the pagehide event (which does fire for that case in all current browsers). See WebKit bugs 116769, 151234, 151610, and 194897.", "Before Safari 14, the event does not bubble, so document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', ...) works, but window.addEventListener('visibilitychange', ...) does not."]
7["Doesn't fire the visibilitychange event when navigating away from a document, so also include code to check for the pagehide event (which does fire for that case in all current browsers). See WebKit bugs 116769, 151234, 151610, and 194897.", "Before Safari 14, the event does not bubble, so document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', ...) works, but window.addEventListener('visibilitychange', ...) does not.", "The onvisibilitychange event handler property is not supported."]
62
≤37The onvisibilitychange event handler property is not supported.
4.4.3The onvisibilitychange event handler property is not supported.
62
33The onvisibilitychange event handler property is not supported.
18The onvisibilitychange event handler property is not supported.
56 46
20The onvisibilitychange event handler property is not supported.
14The onvisibilitychange event handler property is not supported.
12.1–14The onvisibilitychange event handler property is not supported.
14.5
14Doesn't fire the visibilitychange event when navigating away from a document, so also include code to check for the pagehide event (which does fire for that case in all current browsers). See WebKit bugs 116769, 151234, 151610, and 194897.
10.3["Doesn't fire the visibilitychange event when navigating away from a document, so also include code to check for the pagehide event (which does fire for that case in all current browsers). See WebKit bugs 116769, 151234, 151610, and 194897.", "Before Safari 14, the event does not bubble, so document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', ...) works, but window.addEventListener('visibilitychange', ...) does not."]
7["Doesn't fire the visibilitychange event when navigating away from a document, so also include code to check for the pagehide event (which does fire for that case in all current browsers). See WebKit bugs 116769, 151234, 151610, and 194897.", "Before Safari 14, the event does not bubble, so document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', ...) works, but window.addEventListener('visibilitychange', ...) does not.", "The onvisibilitychange event handler property is not supported."]
8.0
2.0The onvisibilitychange event handler property is not supported.
1.0The onvisibilitychange event handler property is not supported.
vlinkColor 64
1–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
12 1 4 51
≤12.1–51Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
11
1–11Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
64
4.4–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
64
18–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
4 47
≤12.1–47Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
11
1–11Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
9.0
1.0–9.0Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
wasDiscarded 68 79 No No 55 No 68 68 No 48 No 10.0
write 1 12 1 4 3 1 4.4 18 4 10.1 1 1.0
writeln 64
1–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
12 1 4 51
≤12.1–51Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
11
1–11Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
64
4.4–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
64
18–64Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
4 47
≤12.1–47Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
11
1–11Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
9.0
1.0–9.0Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
xmlEncoding 1 12 1–10 9 15 3 4.4 18 4–10 14 1 1.0
xmlStandalone 1 12 1–10 9 15 3 4.4 18 4–10 14 1 1.0
xmlVersion 1 12 1–10 9 15 3 4.4 18 4–10 14 1 1.0

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