The Node.ownerDocument
read-only property returns the top-level document object for this node.
Syntax
document = element.ownerDocument
document
is thedocument
object parent of the current element.
Example
// given a node "p", get the top-level HTML child // of the document object var d = p.ownerDocument; var html = d.documentElement;
Notes
The document
object returned by this property is the main object with which all the child nodes in the actual HTML document are created. If this property is used on a node that is itself a document, the result is null
.
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
DOM4 The definition of 'Node.ownerDocument' in that specification. |
Recommendation | |
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Core Specification The definition of 'Node.ownerDocument' in that specification. |
Recommendation | No change |
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Core Specification The definition of 'Node.ownerDocument' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Initial definition |
Browser compatibility
Feature | Chrome | Edge | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | (Yes) | (Yes) | (Yes)[1] | 6.0[2] | (Yes) | ? |
Feature | Android | Edge | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | IE Mobile | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | ? | (Yes) | (Yes)[1] | ? | ? | ? |
[1] Starting in Gecko 9.0 (Firefox 9.0 / Thunderbird 9.0 / SeaMonkey 2.6), the ownerDocument
of doctype nodes (that is, nodes for which Node.nodeType
is Node.DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE
or 10) is no longer null
. Instead, the ownerDocument
is the document on which document.implementation.createDocumentType()
was called.
[2] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/ms534315(v=vs.85).aspx