HTMLHtmlElement

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The HTMLHtmlElement interface serves as the root node for a given HTML document. This object inherits the properties and methods described in the HTMLElement interface.

You can retrieve the HTMLHtmlElement object for a given document by reading the value of the document.documentElement property.

EventTarget Node Element HTMLElement HTMLHtmlElement

Instance properties

Inherits properties from its parent, HTMLElement.

HTMLHtmlElement.version

A string representing the version of the HTML Document Type Definition (DTD) that governs this document. This property should not be used any more as it is non-conforming. Omit it.

Instance methods

No specific method; inherits methods from its parent, HTMLElement.

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard
# htmlhtmlelement

Browser compatibility

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See also

  • HTML element implementing this interface: <html>.