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  • Syntax
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  • Notes
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  • Browser compatibility
  • See also
  1. The HTML DOM API
  2. Window
  3. Instance properties
    1. caches
    2. closed
    3. cookieStore
    4. credentialless Experimental
    5. crossOriginIsolated
    6. crypto
    7. customElements
    8. devicePixelRatio
    9. document
    10. documentPictureInPicture Experimental
    11. event Deprecated
    12. external Deprecated
    13. fence Experimental
    14. frameElement
    15. frames
    16. fullScreen Non-standard
    17. history
    18. indexedDB
    19. innerHeight
    20. innerWidth
    21. isSecureContext
    22. launchQueue Experimental
    23. length
    24. localStorage
    25. location
    26. locationbar
    27. menubar
    28. mozInnerScreenX Non-standard
    29. mozInnerScreenY Non-standard
    30. name
    31. navigation Experimental
    32. navigator
    33. opener
    34. orientation Deprecated
    35. origin
    36. originAgentCluster
    37. outerHeight
    38. outerWidth
    39. parent
    40. performance
    41. personalbar
    42. scheduler
    43. screen
    44. screenLeft
    45. screenTop
    46. screenX
    47. screenY
    48. scrollbars
    49. scrollMaxX Non-standard
    50. scrollMaxY Non-standard
    51. scrollX
    52. scrollY
    53. self
    54. sessionStorage
    55. sharedStorage Experimental
    56. speechSynthesis
    57. status Deprecated
    58. statusbar
    59. toolbar
    60. top
    61. trustedTypes
    62. visualViewport
    63. window
  4. Instance methods
    1. alert()
    2. atob()
    3. blur() Deprecated
    4. btoa()
    5. cancelAnimationFrame()
    6. cancelIdleCallback()
    7. captureEvents() Deprecated
    8. clearImmediate() Non-standard Deprecated
    9. clearInterval()
    10. clearTimeout()
    11. close()
    12. confirm()
    13. createImageBitmap()
    14. dump() Non-standard
    15. fetch()
    16. fetchLater() Experimental
    17. find() Non-standard
    18. focus()
    19. getComputedStyle()
    20. getDefaultComputedStyle() Non-standard
    21. getScreenDetails() Experimental
    22. getSelection()
    23. matchMedia()
    24. moveBy()
    25. moveTo()
    26. open()
    27. postMessage()
    28. print()
    29. prompt()
    30. queryLocalFonts() Experimental
    31. queueMicrotask()
    32. releaseEvents() Deprecated
    33. reportError()
    34. requestAnimationFrame()
    35. requestFileSystem() Non-standard Deprecated
    36. requestIdleCallback()
    37. resizeBy()
    38. resizeTo()
    39. scroll()
    40. scrollBy()
    41. scrollByLines() Non-standard
    42. scrollByPages() Non-standard
    43. scrollTo()
    44. setImmediate() Non-standard Deprecated
    45. setInterval()
    46. setResizable() Non-standard Deprecated
    47. setTimeout()
    48. showDirectoryPicker() Experimental
    49. showOpenFilePicker() Experimental
    50. showSaveFilePicker() Experimental
    51. sizeToContent() Non-standard
    52. stop()
    53. structuredClone()
    54. webkitConvertPointFromNodeToPage() Non-standard Deprecated
    55. webkitConvertPointFromPageToNode() Non-standard Deprecated
  5. Events
    1. afterprint
    2. appinstalled
    3. beforeinstallprompt
    4. beforeprint
    5. beforeunload
    6. blur
    7. devicemotion
    8. deviceorientation
    9. deviceorientationabsolute
    10. error
    11. focus
    12. gamepadconnected
    13. gamepaddisconnected
    14. hashchange
    15. languagechange
    16. load
    17. message
    18. messageerror
    19. offline
    20. online
    21. orientationchange Deprecated
    22. pagehide
    23. pagereveal
    24. pageshow
    25. pageswap
    26. popstate
    27. rejectionhandled
    28. resize
    29. scrollsnapchange Experimental
    30. scrollsnapchanging Experimental
    31. storage
    32. unhandledrejection
    33. unload Deprecated
    34. vrdisplayactivate Non-standard Deprecated
    35. vrdisplayconnect Non-standard Deprecated
    36. vrdisplaydeactivate Non-standard Deprecated
    37. vrdisplaydisconnect Non-standard Deprecated
    38. vrdisplaypresentchange Non-standard Deprecated
  6. Inheritance
    1. EventTarget
  7. Related pages for HTML DOM
    1. BeforeUnloadEvent
    2. DOMStringMap
    3. ErrorEvent
    4. HTMLAnchorElement
    5. HTMLAreaElement
    6. HTMLAudioElement
    7. HTMLBRElement
    8. HTMLBaseElement
    9. HTMLBodyElement
    10. HTMLButtonElement
    11. HTMLCanvasElement
    12. HTMLDListElement
    13. HTMLDataElement
    14. HTMLDataListElement
    15. HTMLDialogElement
    16. HTMLDivElement
    17. HTMLDocument
    18. HTMLElement
    19. HTMLEmbedElement
    20. HTMLFieldSetElement
    21. HTMLFormControlsCollection
    22. HTMLFormElement
    23. HTMLFrameSetElement Deprecated
    24. HTMLHRElement
    25. HTMLHeadElement
    26. HTMLHeadingElement
    27. HTMLHtmlElement
    28. HTMLIFrameElement
    29. HTMLImageElement
    30. HTMLInputElement
    31. HTMLLIElement
    32. HTMLLabelElement
    33. HTMLLegendElement
    34. HTMLLinkElement
    35. HTMLMapElement
    36. HTMLMediaElement
    37. HTMLMenuElement
    38. HTMLMetaElement
    39. HTMLMeterElement
    40. HTMLModElement
    41. HTMLOListElement
    42. HTMLObjectElement
    43. HTMLOptGroupElement
    44. HTMLOptionElement
    45. HTMLOptionsCollection
    46. HTMLOutputElement
    47. HTMLParagraphElement
    48. HTMLPictureElement
    49. HTMLPreElement
    50. HTMLProgressElement
    51. HTMLQuoteElement
    52. HTMLScriptElement
    53. HTMLSelectElement
    54. HTMLSourceElement
    55. HTMLSpanElement
    56. HTMLStyleElement
    57. HTMLTableCaptionElement
    58. HTMLTableCellElement
    59. HTMLTableColElement
    60. HTMLTableElement
    61. HTMLTableRowElement
    62. HTMLTableSectionElement
    63. HTMLTemplateElement
    64. HTMLTextAreaElement
    65. HTMLTimeElement
    66. HTMLTitleElement
    67. HTMLTrackElement
    68. HTMLUListElement
    69. HTMLUnknownElement
    70. HTMLVideoElement
    71. HashChangeEvent
    72. History
    73. ImageData
    74. Location
    75. MessageChannel
    76. MessageEvent
    77. MessagePort
    78. Navigator
    79. PageRevealEvent
    80. PageSwapEvent
    81. PageTransitionEvent
    82. Plugin Deprecated
    83. PluginArray