Javascript (JS) Tutorial - Window object properties, parent, closed, name, location url

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what are the properties that are supported by window object?

Explanation

Window Object Property:
The following table lists the properties that can be used to get parent window, location as string url, name, status etc.. associated with Window object. All the tests will return the property of current page.

Property	Description	TEST
closed	Property "Closed" is used to identify whether a window is closed. Returns true if the window is closed.
status	Property "status" is used to get the current status of the browser window. i.e It will say loading, if the page is loading. The message is as shown in the status bar.
defaultStatus	Property "defaultStatus" is used to declare the default status of the browser window.
document	Returns the document object of the current browser page. All its properties and methods will be handled in the coming chapters.
frames	Returns an array containing all the frame objects present in the browser window.
history	Returns the history object of the current window. All its properties and methods will be seen in the coming chapters.
length	Returns an integer defining the number of frames in the page being tested.
location	Property 'location' - returns the full url path of the document viewed as string.
name	Property 'name' - is used to find the name of the browser window. Return empty string if no name was given.
opener	Property 'opener' - Used to identify the object from which the window under testing was created .
parent	Property 'parent' - Used to identify the parent window object .
self	Property 'self' - Returns the instance of the current window.
top	Property 'top' - Used to get the topmost browser window in a series of nested windows.

Window Object Properties