The Window Object

The windows object has the following properties and methods:

Name	Description	Returns
alert(<msg>)	Displays a message dialog window.	void
blur()	Unfocuses the window.	void
clearInterval(<id>)	Cancels an interval timer.	void
clearTimeout(<id>)	Cancels a timeout timer.	void
close()	Closes the window.	void
confirm(<msg>)	Displays a OK/Cancel prompt dialog.	boolean
defaultView	Returns the Window for the active document.	Window
document	Returns the Document object associated with this window.	Document
focus()	Focuses the window.	void
frames	Returns an array of the Window objects for the iframe elements.	Window[]
history	Returns the browser history.	History
innerHeight	Gets the height of the window content area.	number
innerWidth	Gets the width window content area.	number
length	Returns the number of nested iframe elements in the document.	number
location	Returns the current document's location.	Location
opener	Returns the Window that opened the current browsing context.	Window
outerHeight	Gets the height of the window, including borders, menu bars, etc.	number
outerWidth	Gets the width of the window, including borders, menu bars, etc.	number
pageXOffet	Gets the number of pixels that the window has been scrolled horizontally from the topleft corner.	number
pageYOffset	Gets the number of pixels that the window has been scrolled vertically from the top-left corner.	number
parent	Returns the parent of the current Window.	Window
postMessage(msg, origin)	Sends the message to another document.	void
print()	Prompts the user to print the page.	void
prompt(msg, val)	Displays a dialog prompting the user to enter a value.	string
screen	Returns a Screen object describing the screen.	Screen
screenLeft/screenX	Gets the number of pixels from the left edge of the window to the left edge of the screen.	number
screenTop/screenY	Gets the number of pixels from the top edge of the window to the top edge of the screen.	number
scrollBy(x, y)	Scrolls the document relative to its current position.	void
scrollTo(x, y)	Scrolls to the specified position.	void
self	Returns the Window for the current document.	Window
setInterval(<function>, <time>)	Creates a timer that will call the specified function every time milliseconds.	int
setTimeout(<function>, <time>)	Creates a timer that will call the specified function once after time milliseconds.	int
showModalDialog(<url>)	Displays a pop-up window showing the specified URL.	void
stop()	Stops the document loading.	void
top	Returns the top-most Window.	Window