TITLE Element | title Object
| |
Contains the title of the document.
Members Table
The following table lists the members exposed by the
title
object. Click a tab on the left to choose the type of member you want to view.
Attributes/Properties
| Attribute | Property | Description |
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| canHaveHTML |
Sets or retrieves the value indicating whether the object can contain rich HTML markup. |
| disabled |
Sets or retrieves the value that indicates whether the user can interact with the object. |
| firstChild |
Retrieves a reference to the first child in the childNodes collection of the object. |
| ID | id |
Retrieves the string identifying the object. |
| innerHTML |
Retrieves the HTML between the start and end tags of the object. |
| innerText |
Sets or retrieves the text between the start and end tags of the object. |
| isContentEditable |
Retrieves the value indicating whether the user can edit the contents of the object. |
| isDisabled |
Retrieves the value indicating whether the user can interact with the object. |
| isMultiLine |
Retrieves the value indicating whether the content of the object contains one or more lines. |
| isTextEdit |
Retrieves whether a TextRange object can be created using the object. |
| LANG | lang |
Sets or retrieves the language to use. |
| lastChild |
Retrieves a reference to the last child in the childNodes collection of an object. |
| nextSibling |
Retrieves a reference to the next child of the parent for the object. |
| nodeName |
Retrieves the name of a particular type of node. |
| nodeType |
Retrieves the type of the requested node. |
| nodeValue |
Sets or retrieves the value of a node. |
| ownerDocument  |
Sets or retrieves the document object associated with the node. |
| parentElement |
Retrieves the parent object in the object hierarchy. |
| parentNode |
Retrieves the parent object in the document hierarchy. |
| parentTextEdit |
Retrieves the container object in the document hierarchy that can be used to create a TextRange containing the original object. |
| previousSibling |
Retrieves a reference to the previous child of the parent for the object. |
| readyState |
Retrieves the current state of the object. |
| scopeName |
Retrieves the namespace defined for the element. |
| sourceIndex |
Retrieves the ordinal position of the object, in source order, as the object appears in the document's all collection. |
| tagName |
Retrieves the tag name of the object. |
| tagUrn |
Sets or retrieves the Uniform Resource Name (URN) specified in the namespace declaration. |
| text |
Retrieves or sets the text of the object as a string. |
| uniqueID |
Retrieves an autogenerated, unique identifier for the object. |
Behaviors
| Behavior | Description |
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| clientCaps |
Provides information about features supported by Internet Explorer, as well as a way for installing browser components on demand. |
| download |
Downloads a file and notifies a specified callback function when the download is complete. |
| homePage |
Contains information about a user's homepage. |
Collections
| Collection | Description |
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| all |
Returns a reference to the collection of elements contained by the object. |
| attributes |
Retrieves a collection of attributes of the object. |
| behaviorUrns |
Returns a collection of Uniform Resource Name (URN) strings identifying the behaviors attached to the element. |
| childNodes |
Retrieves a collection of HTML Elements and TextNode objects that are direct descendants of the specified object. |
| children |
Retrieves a collection of DHTML Objects that are direct descendants of the object. |
Events
| Event | Description |
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| onlayoutcomplete |
Fires when the print or print preview layout process finishes filling the current LayoutRect object with content from the source document. |
| onreadystatechange |
Fires when the state of the object has changed. |
Methods
| Method | Description |
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| addBehavior |
Attaches a behavior to the element. |
| applyElement |
Makes the element either a child or parent of another element. |
| attachEvent |
Binds the specified function to an event, so that the function gets called whenever the event fires on the object. |
| clearAttributes |
Removes all attributes and values from the object. |
| cloneNode |
Copies a reference to the object from the document hierarchy. |
| componentFromPoint |
Returns the component located at the specified coordinates via certain events. |
| contains |
Checks whether the given element is contained within the object. |
| detachEvent |
Unbinds the specified function from the event, so that the function stops receiving notifications when the event fires. |
| dragDrop |
Initiates a drag event. |
| fireEvent |
Fires a specified event on the object. |
| getAdjacentText |
Returns the adjacent text string. |
| getAttribute |
Retrieves the value of the specified attribute. |
| getAttributeNode |
Retrieves an attribute object referenced by the attribute.name property. |
| getElementsByTagName |
Retrieves a collection of objects based on the specified element name. |
| hasChildNodes |
Returns a value that indicates whether the object has children. |
| insertAdjacentElement |
Inserts an element at the specified location. |
| mergeAttributes |
Copies all read/write attributes to the specified element. |
| normalize |
Merges adjacent TextNode objects to produce a normalized document object model. |
| removeAttribute |
Removes the given attribute from the object. |
| removeAttributeNode |
Removes an attribute object from the object. |
| removeBehavior |
Detaches a behavior from the element. |
| replaceAdjacentText |
Replaces the text adjacent to the element. |
| setAttribute |
Sets the value of the specified attribute. |
| setAttributeNode |
Sets an attribute object node as part of the object. |
| swapNode |
Exchanges the location of two objects in the document hierarchy. |
Styles
| Style attribute | Style property | Description |
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| background-position-x | backgroundPositionX |
Sets or retrieves the x-coordinate of the backgroundPosition property. |
| background-position-y | backgroundPositionY |
Sets or retrieves the y-coordinate of the backgroundPosition property. |
| behavior | behavior |
Sets or retrieves the location of the Introduction to DHTML Behaviors. |
| pixelBottom |
Sets or retrieves the bottom position of the object. |
| pixelHeight |
Sets or retrieves the height of the object. |
| pixelLeft |
Sets or retrieves the left position of the object. |
| pixelRight |
Sets or retrieves the right position of the object. |
| pixelTop |
Sets or retrieves the top position of the object. |
| pixelWidth |
Sets or retrieves the width of the object. |
| posBottom |
Sets or retrieves the bottom position of the object in the units specified by the bottom attribute. |
| posHeight |
Sets or retrieves the height of the object in the units specified by the height attribute. |
| posLeft |
Sets or retrieves the left position of the object in the units specified by the left attribute. |
| posRight |
Sets or retrieves the right position of the object in the units specified by the right attribute. |
| posTop |
Sets or retrieves the top position of the object in the units specified by the top attribute. |
| posWidth |
Sets or retrieves the width of the object in the units specified by the width attribute. |
| text-autospace | textAutospace |
Sets or retrieves the autospacing and narrow space width adjustment of text. |
| text-underline-position | textUnderlinePosition |
Sets or retrieves the position of the underline decoration that is set through the >textDecoration property of the object. |
Remarks
The TITLE element can be used only within the>HEAD element. Any text between the opening and closing TITLE tags displays in the browser title bar and in the Microsoft Windows® taskbar. In Web pages, "Internet Explorer" is appended to the title. In an HTML Application (HTA), by contrast, only the specified title appears.
To set the title programmatically using script, use document.title instead of setting the>innerHTML property of the title object. For more information, see>Q296113: Script Fails to Change the Document Title of a Web Page.
This element is available in HTML as of Internet Explorer 3.0, and in script as of Internet Explorer 4.0.
This element is a block element.
This element requires a closing tag.
Example
This example uses the TITLE element to specify a title for the document.
<HEAD>
<TITLE>"Welcome to Internet Explorer!"</TITLE>
</HEAD>
Standards Information
object is defined in
HTML 3.2 
and
defined in
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .
Applies To
