doctype Property | Internet Development Index |
Retrieves the document type declaration associated with the current document.
Syntax
[ oDocType = ] document.doctype
Possible Values
oDocType Object that receives the document type declaration.
NULL Default. Return value for HTML documents. The property is read-only. The property has a default value of NULL.
Remarks
For HTML documents the doctype property returns null as defined by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 standard.
Standards Information
This property is defined in W3C DOM Level 1 .
Applies To
document