HTML DOM close()Method
Document Object
Definition and Usage
close()The method is used to close an output stream opened by adocument.openmethod, and display the selected data.
Syntax
document.close()
Browser Support
All major browsers support the close() method.
Examples
Example 1
Open an output stream, add some text, then close the output stream:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Rookie Tutorial (example.com)</title>
<script>
function createDoc(){
var doc=document.open("text/html","replace");
var txt="<!DOCTYPE html><html><body>Learning HTML DOM is very interesting!</body></html>";
doc.write(txt);
doc.close();
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<input type="button" value="New document" onclick="createDoc()">
</body>
</html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Rookie Tutorial (example.com)</title>
<script>
function createDoc(){
var doc=document.open("text/html","replace");
var txt="<!DOCTYPE html><html><body>Learning HTML DOM is very interesting!</body></html>";
doc.write(txt);
doc.close();
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<input type="button" value="New document" onclick="createDoc()">
</body>
</html>
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Example 2
Open the output stream (open in a new window; about:blank), add text, then close the output stream:
<html>
<body>
<script>
var w=window.open();
w.document.open();
w.document.write("<b>Hello World!</b>");
w.document.close();
</script>
</body>
</html>
<body>
<script>
var w=window.open();
w.document.open();
w.document.write("<b>Hello World!</b>");
w.document.close();
</script>
</body>
</html>
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