JavaScript Reference

Quick Reference

The document.title property sets or returns the title of the document.

<!-- html element to place output -->
<div id="my_output"></div>

Getting the title:

// variable
let my_title = document.title;

// output to the HTML element
document.getElementById('my_output').innerHTML = my_title;

Setting the title:

// set the title
document.title = "JavaScript - DOM document.title Property";

// output to the HTML element
document.getElementById('my_output').innerHTML = document.title;

Output

JavaScript - DOM document.title Property

Syntax

Getting the title:

document.title

Setting the title:

document.title = new title

JavaScript Notes:

  • When using JavaScript, single or double quotation marks are acceptable and work identically to one another; choose whichever you prefer, and stay consistent
  • JavaScript is a case-sensitive language; firstName is NOT the same as firstname
  • Arrays count starting from zero NOT one; so item 1 is position [0], item 2 is position [1], and item 3 is position [2] … and so on
  • JavaScript variables must begin with a letter, $, or _
  • JavaScript variables are case sensitive (x is not the same as X)

We’d like to acknowledge that we learned a great deal of our coding from W3Schools and TutorialsPoint, borrowing heavily from their teaching process and excellent code examples. We highly recommend both sites to deepen your experience, and further your coding journey. We’re just hitting the basics here at 1SMARTchicken.