Document: head property

~~{{APIRef("DOM")}}~~

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

Value

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

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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