DHTML Method

add Creates a new namespace object and adds it to the collection.
add Adds an element to the areas, controlRange, or options collection.
addBehavior Attaches a behavior to the element.
AddChannel Presents a dialog box that enables the user to either add the channel specified, or change the channel URL if it is already installed.
AddDesktopComponent Adds a Web site or image to the Microsoft® Active Desktop®.
addElement Adds an element to the controlRange collection.
AddFavorite Prompts the user with a dialog box to add the specified URL to the Favorites list.
addImport Adds a style sheet to the imports collection for the specified style sheet.
addPageRule Creates a new page object for a style sheet.
addReadRequest Adds an entry to the queue for read requests.
addRule Creates a new rule for a style sheet.
alert Displays a dialog box containing an application-defined message.
appendChild Appends an element as a child to the object.
appendData Adds a new character string to the end of the object.
applyElement Makes the element either a child or parent of another element.
assign Loads a new HTML document.
attachEvent Binds the specified function to an event, so that the function gets called whenever the event fires on the object.
AutoCompleteSaveForm Saves the specified form in the AutoComplete data store.
AutoScan Attempts to connect to a Web server by passing the specified query through completion templates.
back Loads a previous URL from the History list.
blur Causes the element to lose focus and fires the onblur event.
ChooseColorDlg Opens the system color-selection dialog box.
clear Clears the contents of the selection.
clear Not currently supported.
clearAttributes Removes all attributes and values from the object.
clearData Removes one or more data formats from the clipboard through dataTransfer or clipboardData object.
clearInterval Cancels the interval previously started using the setInterval method.
clearRequest Clears all requests in the read-requests queue to prepare for new profile-information requests.
clearTimeout Cancels a time-out that was set with the setTimeout method.
click Simulates a click by causing the onclick event to fire.
cloneNode Copies a reference to the object from the document hierarchy.
close Closes an output stream and forces the sent data to display.
close Closes the current browser window or HTML Application (HTA).
collapse Moves the insertion point to the beginning or end of the current range.
compareEndPoints Compares an end point of a TextRange object with an end point of another range.
componentFromPoint Returns the component located at the specified coordinates via certain events.
confirm Displays a confirmation dialog box that contains an optional message as well as OK and Cancel buttons.
contains Checks whether the given element is contained within the object.
createAttribute Creates an attribute object with a specified name.
createCaption Creates an empty caption element in the table.
createComment Creates a comment object with the specified data.
createControlRange Creates a controlRange collection of nontext elements.
createDocumentFragment Creates a new document.
createElement Creates an instance of the element for the specified tag.
createEventObject Generates an event object for passing event context information when using the fireEvent method.
createPopup Creates a popup window.
createRange Creates a TextRange object from the current text selection, or a controlRange collection from a control selection.
createRangeCollection Creates a TextRange object collection from the current selection.
createStyleSheet Creates a style sheet for the document.
createTextNode Creates a text string from the specified value.
createTextRange Creates a TextRange object for the element.
createTFoot Creates an empty tFoot element in the table.
createTHead Creates an empty tHead element in the table.
deleteCaption Deletes the caption element and its contents from the table.
deleteCell Removes the specified cell (td) from the table row, as well as from the cells collection.
deleteData Removes a specified range of characters from the object.
deleteRow Removes the specified row (tr) from the element and from the rows collection.
deleteTFoot Deletes the tFoot element and its contents from the table.
deleteTHead Deletes the tHead element and its contents from the table.
detachEvent Unbinds the specified function from the event, so that the function stops receiving notifications when the event fires.
doImport Dynamically imports an element behavior.
doReadRequest Performs all requests located in the read-requests queue.
doScroll Simulates a click on a scroll-bar component.
dragDrop Initiates a drag event.
duplicate Returns a duplicate of the TextRange.
elementFromPoint Returns the element for the specified x and y coordinates.
empty Cancels the current selection, sets the selection type to none, and sets the item property to null.
execCommand Executes a command on the current document, current selection, or the given range.
execScript Executes the specified script in the provided language.
expand Expands the range so that partial units are completely contained.
findText Searches for text in the document and positions the start and end points of the range to encompass the search string.
fireEvent Fires a specified event on the object.
firstPage Displays the first page of records in the data set to which the table is bound.
focus Causes the element to receive the focus and executes the code specified by the onfocus event.
forward Loads the next URL from the History list.
getAdjacentText Returns the adjacent text string.
getAttribute Retrieves the value of the specified attribute.
getAttribute Returns the value of the named attribute from the userProfile object.
getAttributeNode Retrieves an attribute object referenced by the attribute.name property.
getBookmark Retrieves a bookmark (opaque string) that can be used with moveToBookmark to return to the same range.
getBoundingClientRect Retrieves an object that specifies the bounds of a collection of TextRectangle objects.
getCharset Retrieves a Variant that specifies the character set of the specified font.
getClientRects Retrieves a collection of rectangles that describes the layout of the contents of an object or range within the client. Each rectangle describes a single line.
getData Retrieves the data in the specified format from the clipboard through the dataTransfer or clipboardData objects.
getElementById Returns a reference to the first object with the specified value of the ID attribute.
getElementsByName Retrieves a collection of objects based on the value of the NAME attribute.
getElementsByTagName Retrieves a collection of objects based on the specified element name.
getExpression Retrieves the expression for the given property.
getNamedItem Retrieves an attribute specified with the name property using the attributes collection.
go Loads a URL from the History list.
hasChildNodes Returns a value that indicates whether the object has children.
hasFeature Returns a value that indicates whether the object implements a specific Document Object Model (DOM) standard.
hasFocus Retrieves the value indicating whether the object currently has focus.
hide Closes the pop-up window.
ImportExportFavorites Handles the importing and exporting of Microsoft Internet Explorer favorites.
inRange Returns a value indicating whether one range is contained within another.
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.
insertCell Creates a new cell in the table row (tr), and adds the cell to the cells collection.
insertData Inserts a new character string in the object at a specified offset.
insertRow Creates a new row (tr) in the table, and adds the row to the rows collection.
isEqual Returns a value indicating whether the specified range is equal to the current range.
IsSubscribed Retrieves a value indicating whether the client subscribes to the given channel.
item Retrieves an attribute for an element from the attributes collection.
item Retrieves an object from the bookmarks collection.
item Retrieves an object from the controlRange collection.
item Retrieves an object from the childNodes or children collection.
item Retrieves a namespace object from the namespaces collection.
item Retrieves an object from the pages collection.
item Retrieves an object from the rules collection.
item Retrieves an object from the all collection or various other collections.
item Retrieves an object from the filters collection or various other collections.
item Retrieves an object from the behaviorUrns collection.
Item Retrieves a string that specifies the name of a block format tag.
javaEnabled Returns whether Java is enabled.
lastPage Displays the last page of records in the data set to which the table is bound.
mergeAttributes Copies all read/write attributes to the specified element.
move Collapses the given text range and moves the empty range by the given number of units.
moveBy Moves the screen position of the window by the specified x and y offset values.
moveEnd Changes the end position of the range.
moveRow Moves a table row to a new position.
moveStart Changes the start position of the range.
moveTo Moves the screen position of the upper-left corner of the window to the specified x and y position.
moveToBookmark Moves to a bookmark.
moveToElementText Moves the text range so that the start and end positions of the range encompass the text in the given element.
moveToPoint Moves the start and end positions of the text range to the given point.
namedItem Retrieves an object or a collection from the specified collection.
namedRecordset Retrieves the recordset object corresponding to the named data member from a data source object (DSO).
navigate Loads the specified URL to the current window.
NavigateAndFind Navigates to the specified URL and selects the specified text.
nextPage Displays the next page of records in the data set to which the table is bound.
normalize Merges adjacent TextNode objects to produce a normalized document object model.
open This method works in two ways. It opens a document to collect the output of the write and writeln methods. In this case, only the first two parameters, url and name are used. When values for the additional parameters are specified, this method opens a window in the same way as the window.open method for the window object.
open Opens a new window and loads the document specified by a given URL.
parentElement Retrieves the parent element for the given text range.
pasteHTML Pastes HTML text into the given text range, replacing any previous text and HTML elements in the range.
previousPage Displays the previous page of records in the data set to which the table is bound.
print Prints the document associated with the window.
prompt Displays a dialog box that prompts the user with a message and an input field.
queryCommandEnabled Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether a specified command can be successfully executed using execCommand, given the current state of the document.
queryCommandIndeterm Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the specified command is in the indeterminate state.
queryCommandState Returns a Boolean value that indicates the current state of the command.
queryCommandSupported Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the current command is supported on the current range.
queryCommandValue Returns the current value of the document, range, or current selection for the given command.
recalc Recalculates all dynamic properties in the current document.
refresh Refreshes the content of the table. This might be necessary after a call to a method such as removeRule, when the page does not automatically reflow.
releaseCapture Removes mouse capture from the object in the current document.
reload Reloads the current page.
remove Removes an element from the collection.
removeAttribute Removes the given attribute from the object.
removeAttributeNode Removes an attribute object from the object.
removeBehavior Detaches a behavior from the element.
removeChild Removes a child node from the object.
removeExpression Removes the expression from the specified property.
removeNamedItem Removes an attribute specified with the name property from an element using the attributes collection.
removeNode Removes the object from the document hierarchy.
removeRule Deletes an existing style rule for the styleSheet object, and adjusts the index of the rules collection accordingly.
replace Replaces the current document by loading another document at the specified URL.
replaceAdjacentText Replaces the text adjacent to the element.
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.
reset Simulates a mouse click on a reset button for the calling form.
resizeBy Changes the current size of the window by the specified x- and y-offset.
resizeTo Sets the size of the window to the specified width and height values.
scroll Causes the window to scroll to the specified x- and y-offset at the upper-left corner of the window.
scrollBy Causes the window to scroll relative to the current scrolled position by the specified x- and y-pixel offset.
scrollIntoView Causes the object to scroll into view, aligning it either at the top or bottom of the window.
scrollTo Scrolls the window to the specified x- and y-offset.
select Highlights the input area of a form element.
select Makes the selection equal to the current object.
setActive Sets the object as active without setting focus to the object.
setAttribute Sets the value of the specified attribute.
setAttributeNode Sets an attribute object node as part of the object.
setCapture Sets the mouse capture to the object belonging to the current document.
setData Assigns data in a specified format to the dataTransfer or clipboardData object.
setEndPoint Sets the endpoint of one range based on the endpoint of another range.
setExpression Sets an expression for the specified object.
setInterval Evaluates an expression each time a specified number of milliseconds has elapsed.
setNamedItem Adds an attribute to an element using an attributes collection.
setTimeout Evaluates an expression after a specified number of milliseconds has elapsed.
show Displays the pop-up window on the screen.
ShowBrowserUI Opens the specified browser dialog box.
showHelp Displays a Help file. This method can be used with Microsoft HTML Help.
showModalDialog Creates a modal dialog box that displays the specified HTML document.
showModelessDialog Creates a modeless dialog box that displays the specified HTML document.
splitText Divides a text node at the specified index.
start Starts scrolling the marquee.
stop Stops the marquee from scrolling.
submit Submits the form.
substringData Extracts a range of characters from the object.
swapNode Exchanges the location of two objects in the document hierarchy.
tags Retrieves a collection of objects that have the specified HTML tag name.
taintEnabled Returns whether data tainting is enabled.
urns Retrieves a collection of all objects to which a specified behavior is attached.
write Writes one or more HTML expressions to a document in the specified window.
writeln Writes one or more HTML expressions, followed by a carriage return, to a document in the specified window.