Hi! Here's my question: how can you retrive the tile of the current window. I have tried the following: document.write(self.document.title); but nothing is inscribed on my page. If I give a title with the following command: document.title = "test"; and then retrieve it, all is well. I see the text "test" on my page. So how can you retrive the title of a window that you have just opened?
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Retrieve window title
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I trust that you've included a Title in your HTML?
<html>
<head>
<title>My Page Title</title>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
...if so, I assume that the 'document.title' is not valid until the page has LOADED...
So try:
<body onload="alert(document.title);">
If that works, but you still need the title to be printed, try setting the innerHTML of a <div> or <span> with the onload event.
<html>
<head>
<title>My Page Title</title>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
...if so, I assume that the 'document.title' is not valid until the page has LOADED...
So try:
<body onload="alert(document.title);">
If that works, but you still need the title to be printed, try setting the innerHTML of a <div> or <span> with the onload event.
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All of your solutions work but this is not really what I want. The problem is that I have not give a title to my page. I just want to retrieve the default title. When you give a title to a window, the top of the window look like this: "YourTitle - Microsoft Internet Explorer". If you don't give a title to your window, the top of the Explorer Window looks like this: "adresseOfTheWindow - Microsoft Internet Explorer". How can I retrieve this default title. This was my question, sorry if I'm not very clear.
You could use something like this:
<script>
if(document.title.length==0){
document.write(location.href)
}else{
document.write(document.title)
}
</script>
As for the " - Microsoft Internet Explorer" part, you could use a browser sniffer script to see what kind of browser they're using, then print the name of it out.
Adam
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<script>
if(document.title.length==0){
document.write(location.href)
}else{
document.write(document.title)
}
</script>
As for the " - Microsoft Internet Explorer" part, you could use a browser sniffer script to see what kind of browser they're using, then print the name of it out.
Adam
while(ignorance==true){perpetuate(violence,fear,hatred);life--};
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