Document.defaultView

In browsers, document.defaultView returns the window object associated with a document, or null if none is available.

Syntax

JavaScript
var <var>win</var> = document.defaultView;

This property is read-only.

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
WHATWG HTML Living Standard
The definition of 'Document.defaultView' in that specification.
Living Standard No change
HTML5
The definition of 'Document.defaultView' in that specification.
Recommendation Initial definition

Browser compatibility

Feature Firefox (Gecko) Chrome Internet Explorer Edge Opera Safari
Basic support (Yes) (Yes) 9.0 0.10 (Yes) (Yes)
Feature Firefox Mobile (Gecko) Android IE Mobile Opera Mobile Safari Mobile
Basic support ? ? ? ? ?

License

© 2016 Mozilla Contributors
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v2.5 or later.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-us/docs/web/api/document/defaultview

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