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Node.ownerDocument

The Node.ownerDocument read-only property returns the top-level document object for this node.

Syntax

document = element.ownerDocument

document is the document object parent of the current element.

Example

// given a node "p", get the top-level HTML child 
// of the document object

var d = p.ownerDocument; 
var html = d.documentElement;

Notes

The document object returned by this property is the main object with which all the child nodes in the actual HTML document are created. If this property is used on a node that is itself a document, the result is null.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
DOM The definition of 'Node: ownerDocument' in that specification.	Living Standard

Browser compatibilityUpdate compatibility data on GitHub

	Desktop
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari
Basic support	Yes	12	Yes Yes 9 The `ownerDocument` of doctype nodes (that is, nodes for which `Node.nodeType` is `Node.DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE` or 10) is no longer null. Instead, the `ownerDocument` is the document on which `document.implementation.createDocumentType()` was called.	6 6 See MSDN.	Yes	?

	Mobile
	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Edge Mobile	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	iOS Safari	Samsung Internet
Basic support	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes Yes 9 The `ownerDocument` of doctype nodes (that is, nodes for which `Node.nodeType` is `Node.DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE` or 10) is no longer null. Instead, the `ownerDocument` is the document on which `document.implementation.createDocumentType()` was called.	Yes	?	Yes

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