documentElement Property

Retrieves a reference to the root node of the document.

Syntax

HTML	N/A
Scripting	[ oElement = ] document.documentElement

Possible Values

oElement

Object that specifies the reference to the document element.

The property is read-only with no default value.

Remarks

The root node of a typical HTML document is the HTML object.

Example

This example uses the documentElement property to retrieve the innerHTML property of the entire document.

<SCRIPT>
function fnGetHTML(){
   var sData = document.documentElement.innerHTML;
   oResults.value=sData;
}
</SCRIPT>

<TEXTAREA ID = oResults COLS = 50 ROWS = 10>
</TEXTAREA>

Applies To

[ Object Name ] Platform Version Win16: Win32: Mac: Unix: WinCE: Version data is listed when the mouse hovers over a link, or the link has focus.	document

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