In addition to the built-in JavaScript objects, you can also access and manipulate all of the HTML DOM objects with JavaScript.
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.
| 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 |