With JavaScript you can access and manipulate all of the HTML DOM objects.
The HTML DOM is a W3C standard and it is an abbreviation for the Document
Object Model for HTML.
The HTML DOM defines a standard set of objects for HTML, and a standard way
to access and manipulate HTML documents.
All HTML elements, along with their containing text and attributes, can be
accessed through the DOM. The contents can be modified or deleted, and new
elements can be created.
The HTML DOM is platform and language independent. It can be used by any
programming language like Java, JavaScript, and VBScript.
Follow the links below to learn more about how to access and manipulate each
DOM object with JavaScript:
| Object |
Description |
| Anchor |
Represents an HTML a element (a hyperlink) |
| Applet |
Represents an HTML applet element. The applet element is
used to place executable content on a page |
| Area |
Represents an area of an image-map. An image-map is an image
with clickable regions |
| Base |
Represents an HTML base element |
| Basefont |
Represents an HTML basefont element |
| Body |
Represents the body of the document (the HTML body) |
| Button |
Represents a push button on an HTML form. For each instance
of an HTML <input type="button"> tag on an HTML form, a Button object is
created |
| Checkbox |
Represents a checkbox on an HTML form. For each instance of
an HTML <input type="checkbox"> tag on an HTML form, a Checkbox object is
created |
| Document |
Used to access all elements in a page |
| Event |
Represents the state of an event, such as the element in
which the event occurred, the state of the keyboard keys, the location of
the mouse, and the state of the mouse buttons |
| FileUpload |
For each instance of an HTML <input type="file"> tag on a
form, a FileUpload object is created |
| Form |
Forms are used to prompt users for input. Represents an
HTML form element |
| Frame |
Represents an HTML frame |
| Frameset |
Represents an HTML frameset |
| Hidden |
Represents a hidden field on an HTML form. For each
instance of an HTML <input type="hidden"> tag on a form, a Hidden object is
created |
| History |
A predefined object which can be accessed through the
history property of the Window object. This object consists of an array of
URLs. These URLs are all the URLs the user has visited within a browser
window |
| Iframe |
Represents an HTML inline-frame |
| Image |
Represents an HTML img element |
| Link |
Represents an HTML link element. The link element can only
be used within the <head> tag |
| Location |
Contains information about the current URL |
| Meta |
Represents an HTML meta element |
| Navigator |
Contains information about the client browser |
| Option |
Represents an option in a selection list on an HTML form.
For each instance of an HTML <option> tag in a selection list on a form, an
Option object is created |
| Password |
Represents a password field on an HTML form. For each
instance of an HTML <input type="password"> tag on a form, a Password object
is created |
| Radio |
Represents radio buttons on an HTML form. For each instance
of an HTML <input type="radio"> tag on a form, a Radio object is created |
| Reset |
Represents a reset button on an HTML form. For each
instance of an HTML <input type="reset"> tag on a form, a Reset object is
created |
| Screen |
Automatically created by the JavaScript runtime engine and
it contains information about the client's display screen |
| Select |
Represents a selection list on an HTML form. For each
instance of an HTML <select> tag on a form, a Select object is created |
| Style |
Represents an individual style statement. This object can
be accessed from the document or from the elements to which that style is
applied |
| Submit |
Represents a submit button on an HTML form. For each
instance of an HTML <input type="submit"> tag on a form, a Submit object is
created |
| Table |
Represents an HTML table element |
| TableData |
Represents an HTML td element |
| TableHeader |
Represents an HTML th element |
| TableRow |
Represents an HTML tr element |
| Text |
Represents a text field on an HTML form. For each instance
of an HTML <input type="text"> tag on a form, a Text object is created |
| Textarea |
Represents an HTML textarea element |
| Window |
Corresponds to the browser window. A Window object is
created automatically with every instance of a <body> or <frameset> tag |
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