The window
object represents the current open window on a browser.
The window
object has a slew of properties that can tell you (the programmer) about its properties. Skim through these properties and try clicking on their names to see output in the JavaScript console.
closed
defaultStatus
innerHeight
innerWidth
outerHeight
outerWidth
location
name
parent
parent
pageXOffset
pageYOffset
screenX
screenY
top
Some properties such as top
and parent
return a reference to another window object.
Additionally, you can access its child elements - document
document
, frames
, history
, andnavigator
. We'll cover this in the next lesson.
window
contains a good number of methods. In fact, we have already looked at one of them - alert()
, which outputs an popup dialog message to the user.
Some of these methods require a parameters, so Google the methods if you want to see exactly how a method works.
alert()
prompt()
open()
close()
print()
There are also functions you can use to move the window object.
moveBy()
moveTo()
resizeBy()
resizeTo()
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