JavaScript browser object instance

JavaScript Browser object instance

Use JavaScript to access and control browser object instances.

The Window object

• A warning box pops up
• A warning box with a fold line pops up
• A confirmation box pops up and reminds visitors to click on the content
• A prompt box pops up
• When you click a button, open a new window
• Open a new window and control its appearance
• Open more than one new window
• Make sure that the new window is not in focus
• Make sure that the new window is in focus
• Close the new window
• Check to see if the new window is closed
• Returns the name of the new window
• Transfer some text to the source (parent) window
• Move the new window relative to its current position
• Move the new window to the specified location
• Print the current page
• Specify the window size with pixels
• Specify the size of the window
• Scrolls through the content by the specified number of pixels
• Scroll to the specified content
• A simple clock
• Set and stop the timer with setTimeout() and clearTimeout().
• Set and stop the timer with setInterval() and clearInterval().


• More examples of Window objects in our JavaScript reference manual.

Navigator object

• Details of the visitor's browser


• More examples of Theavigator object in our JavaScript reference manual.

Screen object

• Details of the visitor's screen


• More examples of Screen objects in our JavaScript reference manual.

The History object

• Return a list of url's history
• Create a back button
• Create a forward button
• Go from the url's history list to the specified url


• More examples of History object objects in our JavaScript reference manual.

Location object

• Returns the host name and the port number of the current url
• Returns the entire URL of the current page
• Returns the path name of the current url
• Returns the protocol portion of the current URL
• Load a new document
• Reload the current document
• Replace the current document
• Jump out of the frame


• More examples of Location objects in our JavaScript reference manual.