JavaScript Objects

An explanation of the most commonly used JavaScript objects, with all of their properties, methods, and event handlers.

January 1, 2000

his is a table of the most commonly used JavaScript objects, with all of their properties, methods, and event handlers.

For additional information on JavaScript:

Visit WebReference's Core Javascript Reference, which has a complete listing of these objects and other information on the JavaScript spec.

Hierarchy Objects
Object	Properties	Methods	Event Handlers
Window	defaultStatus frames opener parent scroll self status top window	alert blur close confirm focus open prompt clearTimeout setTimeout	onLoad onUnload onBlur onFocus
Frame	defaultStatus frames opener parent scroll self status top window	alert blur close confirm focus open prompt clearTimeout setTimeout	none (The onLoad and onUnload event handlers belong to the Window object)
Location	hash host hostname href pathname por protocol search	reload replace	none
History	length forward go	back	none
Navigator	appCodeName appName appVersion mimeTypes plugins userAgent	javaEnabled	none
document	alinkColor anchors applets area bgColor cookie fgColor forms images lastModified linkColor links location referrer title vlinkColor	clear close open write writeln	none (the onLoad and onUnload event handlers belong to the Window object.
image	border complete height hspace lowsrc name src vspace width	none	none
form	action elements encoding FileUpload method name target	submit reset	onSubmit onReset
text	defaultValue name type value	focus blur select	onBlur onCharge onFocus onSelect

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