The read-only ownerDocument property of the Node interface returns the top-level document object of the node.
Node.ownerDocument
Value
A Document that is the top-level object in which all the child nodes are created.
If this property is used on a node that is itself a document, the value is null.
Example
// Given a node "p", get the top-level HTML // child of the document object const d = p.ownerDocument; const html = d.documentElement;
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| DOM Standard # ref-for-dom-node-ownerdocument① |
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
ownerDocument |
1
|
12
|
9
1-9
The
ownerDocument of doctype nodes (that is, nodes for which
Node.nodeType is
Node.DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE or 10) is
null.
|
6
|
≤12.1
|
1
|
1
|
18
|
9
4-9
The
ownerDocument of doctype nodes (that is, nodes for which
Node.nodeType is
Node.DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE or 10) is
null.
|
≤12.1
|
1
|
1.0
|
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