HTML DOM Document head
Examples
Get the tag name of the the <head> element:
document.head.tagName;
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Try with a document without a <head> element:
document.head.tagName;
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Get the tag name of the the first child element of the <head> element:
document.head.firstElementChildtagName;
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You can also access the <head> element with getElementsByTagName("head"):
getElementsByTagName("head")[0].tagName;
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Description
The head property returns the <head> element of the document.
Note
If there are no <head> element, HTML adds an empty one.
If there are more than one <head> element, this property returns the first.
See Also
Syntax
document.head
Return Value
| Type | Description |
| Node | The head element of the document. |
Browser Support
document.head is a DOM Level 3 (2004) feature.
It is fully supported in all modern browsers:
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Safari | Opera | IE |
| Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 11 |
