Javascript Reference - HTML DOM documentElement Property

The documentElement property returns the documentElement of a document, as an Element object.

Browser Support


`documentElement`	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Syntax

document.documentElement

Return Value

The document's documentElement, as an Element object.

Example

The following code shows how to get the document's documentElement.


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<p id="demo">test</p>
<button onclick="myFunction()">test</button>
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<script>
function myFunction()
{
    var x=document.getElementById("demo");
    x.innerHTML=document.documentElement.nodeName;
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

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