HTML DOM documentElement Property

documentElementThe read-only property returns the element as the root element of the document, as an element object.

For HTML documents, the returned object is the <html> element.

Please refer todocument.bodyProperty, which returns the element.

Syntax:

document.documentElement

Example

var root = document.documentElement;

All browsers fully support the documentElement property:

Property
documentElement	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Return Value:	The element is the root element of the document
DOM Version:	DOM Level1