Document: head property

{{APIRef("DOM")}}

The head read-only property of the {{domxref("Document")}} interface returns the {{HTMLElement("head")}} element of the current document.

Value

An {{domxref("HTMLHeadElement")}}.

Examples

<!doctype html>
<head id="my-document-head">
  <title>Example: using document.head</title>
</head>

const theHead = document.head;

console.log(theHead.id); // "my-document-head";
console.log(theHead === document.querySelector("head")); // true

Notes

document.head is read-only. Trying to assign a value to this property will fail silently or, in Strict Mode, throws a {{jsxref("TypeError")}}.

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• {{domxref("document.body")}}