The most important object in the Browser Object Model
is the window object. It helps in accessing information about the browser and its components. To access these features, it has various methods and properties.
Method | Description |
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window.alert() | Creates dialog box with message and an OK button |
window.blur() | Remove focus from window |
window.close() | Closes a browser window |
window.confirm() | Creates dialog box with message, an OK button and a cancel button |
window.getComputedStyle() | Get CSS styles applied to an element |
window.moveTo(x,y) | Move a window's left and top edge to supplied coordinates |
window.open() | Opens new browser window with URL specified as parameter |
window.print() | Tells browser that user wants to print contents of current page |
window.prompt() | Creates dialog box for retrieving user input |
window.scrollBy() | Scrolls the document by the specified number of pixels |
window.scrollTo() | Scrolls the document to the specified coordinates |
window.setInterval() | Do something repeatedly at specified intervals |
window.setTimeout() | Do something after a specified amount of time |
window.stop() | Stop window from loading |