Methods

This section describes the methods associates with various Document Object Model (DOM) objects.

In this section

Topic	Description
sendBeacon	Provides an asynchronous and non-blocking way to transmit data to a provided URL.
addReadRequest	Obsolete. Adds an entry to the queue for read requests.
adoptNode	Tries to move a node from one document to the document that the document object displays.
appendChild	Appends an element as a child to the object.
appendData	Adds a new character string to the end of the object.
assign	Loads a new HTML document.
AutoCompleteSaveForm	Saves the specified form in the AutoComplete data store.
AutoScan	Obsolete as of Windows Internet Explorer 7. Attempts to connect to a Web server by passing the specified query through completion templates.
back	Loads a previous URL from the History list.
callback	Function to invoke if an MSLaunchURI call for a system protocol is successful
captureEvents	No appreciable effect. Do not use.
clear	To clear all elements in the current document, use document.write(""), followed by document.close.
clearRequest	Obsolete. Clears all requests in the read-requests queue to prepare for new profile-information requests.
cloneNode	Copies a reference to the object from the document hierarchy.
close	Closes the view (window).
compareDocumentPosition	Compares the position of two nodes in a document.
confirmSiteSpecificTrackingException	Indicates whether an exception exists for a given domain.
confirmWebWideTrackingException	Indicates whether an exception exists for services from a given domain.
contains	Test if a string is part of this DOMStringList.
ContentDiscoveryReset	Resets the list of feeds, search providers, and Web Slices associated with the page.
createAttribute	Creates an attribute object with a specified name.
createAttributeNS	Creates a reference to an attribute object that is associated with an XML namespace.
createCDATASection	Creates a CDATA section that contains the specified text.
createComment	Creates a comment object with the specified data.
createDocument	Creates a document that is not attached to a window.
createDocumentFragment	Creates a new document.
createDocumentType	Creates a document type element.
createElement	Creates an instance of the element for the specified tag.
createElementNS	Creates an element from the specified namespace.
createHTMLDocument	Creates an HTML document.
createProcessingInstruction	Creates a processing instruction for an XML parser.
createTextNode	Creates a text string from the specified value.
deleteData	Removes a specified range of characters from the object.
disconnect	Stops a MutationObserver from monitoring changes to the DOM nodes registered to it.
doImport	Dynamically imports an element behavior.
elementFromPoint	Returns the element for the specified x coordinate and the specified y coordinate.
execScript	Note execScript is no longer supported. Starting with Internet Explorer 11, use eval. For info, see Compatibility changes. Executes the specified script in the provided language.
exitFullscreen	Causes an element to stop being displayed in full-screen mode.
exitPointerLock	Exits the document out of pointer lock state.
forward	Loads the next URL from the History list.
getAdjacentText	Returns the adjacent text string.
getAttributeNode	Retrieves an attribute object referenced by the attribute.name property.
getAttributeNodeNS	Gets an attribute object that matches the specified namespace and name.
getAttributeNS	Gets the value of the specified attribute within the specified namespace.
getCandidateWindowClientRect	Returns a ClientRect object with candidate window coordinate space information (if the Input Method Editor (IME) candidate window is visible).
getCompositionAlternatives	Returns a copy of the current list of alternate candidate strings from the MSInputMethodContext object.
getElementById	Returns a reference to the first object with the specified value of the ID or NAME attribute.
getElementsByName	Gets a collection of objects based on the value of the NAME or ID attribute.
getElementsByTagNameNS	Gets a collection of objects that are based on the specified element names within a specified namespace.
getElementsByTagNameNS (document)	Gets a collection of nodes that match an element name from the specified namespace.
getHostEnvironmentValue	Provides information on the specified characteristic(s) of the user's system.
msGetInputContext	Returns the MSInputMethodContext associated with the calling element.
getNamedItem	Gets an attribute specified with the name property, by using the attributes collection.
getNamedItemNS	Gets an attribute that is specified with the name property and namespace, by using the attributes collection.
go	Loads a URL from the History list.
hasAttribute	Determines whether an attribute with the specified name exists.
hasAttributeNS	Determines whether an attribute that has the specified namespace and name exists.
hasChildNodes	Returns a value that indicates whether the object has children.
hasComposition	Determines if there is a composition in progress on the element associated with the MSInputMethodContext.
hasFeature	Returns a value that indicates whether the object implements a specific DOM standard.
importNode	Imports a node from another document into the the document that the document object displays.
InPrivateFilteringEnabled	Detects whether the user has enabled InPrivate Filtering.
insertAdjacentElement	Inserts an element at the specified location.
insertAdjacentHTML	Inserts the given HTML text into the element at the location.
insertAdjacentText	Inserts the given text into the element at the specified location.
insertBefore	Inserts an element into the document hierarchy as a child node of a parent object.
insertData	Inserts a new character string in the object at a specified offset.
isCandidateWindowVisible	Returns true if the IME candidate window UI is visible, and false otherwise.
isDefaultNamespace	Indicates whether or not a namespace is the default namespace for a document.
isEqualNode	Determines if two nodes are equal.
isSameNode	Determines if two node references refer to the same node.
isSupported	Returns a value indicating whether or not the object supports a specific DOM standard.
item	Retrieves an object from a bookmarks collection.
item (Plugin, MimeTypeArray)	Provides index based access for items in a pluginArray, plugin, or MimeTypeArray
javaEnabled	Returns whether Java is enabled.
lookupNamespaceURI	Gets the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) of the namespace associated with a namespace prefix, if any.
lookupPrefix	Gets the namespace prefix associated with a URI, if any.
msActiveXFilteringEnabled	Determines whether Microsoft ActiveX Filtering is enabled by the user.
msAddTrackingProtectionList	Adds an external Tracking Protection list.
MSApp Methods	This section describes MSApp methods, which support Windows Store apps using JavaScript.
msElementsFromPoint	Returns a node list of elements that are “underneath” or intersect a point defined by given x/y coordinates.
msElementsFromRect	Returns an node list of elements that are under a rectangle defined by left, top, width, and height.
msGetWeakWinRTProperty	Retrieves the object that is the target of the specified weak reference that was created by the msSetWeakWinRTProperty function.
msLaunchUri	This method is used to start a service or app, such as an email client, that handles a given protocol. The URI contains the protocol for the default service or app, such as mailto://john@contoso.com.
msProvisionNetworks method	Attempts to configure a connection profile using credentials specified in an XML document.
msReportSafeUrl method	Reports the current URL as a safe URL.
msSaveBlob	Saves the File or Blob to disk.
msSaveOrOpenBlob	Launches the associated application for a File or Blob.
msSetWeakWinRTProperty	Retrieves the object that is the target of the specified weak reference that was created by the msSetWeakWinRTProperty function.
msTrackingProtectionEnabled	Determines whether any Tracking Protection lists are enabled by the user.
namedItem	Returns an object by its id or name from an array.
navigate	Loads the specified URL to the current window.
normalize	Merges adjacent DOM objects to produce a normalized document object model.
observe	Registers a node to observe and specifies the change information to record.
postMessage	Asynchronously posts the provided message to the message queue of the target window corresponding to the MSAppView object.
pushState	Pushes the given data with the given title, and the given URL, if provided, onto the session history .
refresh	This method is supported only for older scripts. It does not affect pluginArray.
refresh	Refreshes the content of the collection. Note This behavior is not implemented in Windows apps using JavaScript.
releaseEvents	No appreciable effect. Do not use.
reload	Reloads the current document.
removeAttributeNode	Removes an attribute object from the object.
removeAttributeNS	Removes the specified attribute from the object.
removeChild	Removes a child node from the object.
removeNamedItem	Removes an attribute specified with the name property from an element by using the attributes collection.
removeNamedItemNS	Removes a named item that is specified by a namespace and local name.
removeNode	Removes the object from the document hierarchy.
removeSiteSpecificTrackingException	Removes a previously-granted tracking exception for a domain.
removeWebWideTrackingException	Removes a previously-granted tracking exception for a service host.
replace	Replaces the current document by loading another document at the specified URL.
replaceChild	Replaces an existing child element with a new child element.
replaceData	Replaces a specified range of characters in the object with a new character string.
replaceNode	Replaces the object with another element.
replaceState	Updates the current entry in the session history to have the given data, title, and, if provided, URL.
replaceWholeText	Replaces the text of the current object.
requestFullscreen	Request that the browser display an element in full-screen mode.
requestPointerLock	Requests that the pointer be locked to the target element.
setAttributeNode	Sets an attribute object node as part of the object.
setAttributeNodeNS	Sets an attribute object as part of the object.
setAttributeNS	Sets the value of the specified attribute within the specified namespace.
setData	(Deprecated as of Microsoft Edge.) Assigns data in a specified format to the dataTransfer object or the clipboardData object.
setNamedItem	Adds an attribute to an element by using an attributes collection.
setNamedItemNS	Adds an attribute to an element by using its namespaceURI and localName properties.
ShowBrowserUI	Opens the specified browser dialog box.
showHelp	Displays a Help file. This method can be used with Microsoft HTML Help.
splitText	Divides a text node at the specified index.
storeSiteSpecificTrackingException	Requests an exemption to the "Do not Track" (DNT) rule for a given website.
storeWebWideTrackingException	Requests an exemption to the "Do not Track" (DNT) rule for services used by other websites.
substringData	Extracts a range of characters from the object.
swapNode	Exchanges the location of two objects in the document hierarchy.
taintEnabled	Returns whether data tainting is enabled.
takeRecords	Empties the MutationObserver's record queue and returns what was previously there.
toggle	Adds a token if it is not present, or removes it if it is. Returns `true` if the token is now present (it was added); returns `false` if it is not (it was removed).
toString	Stringifies the token list.
toString (DOMError, DOMException)	Returns the name property of a DOMError and any associated message defined with the error.