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  <ol class="toc"><li><a href="browsers.html#browsers"><span class="secno">5 </span>Loading Web pages</a>
  <ol><li><a href="browsers.html#windows"><span class="secno">5.1 </span>Browsing contexts</a>
    <ol><li><a href="browsers.html#nested-browsing-contexts"><span class="secno">5.1.1 </span>Nested browsing contexts</a>
      <ol><li><a href="browsers.html#navigating-nested-browsing-contexts-in-the-dom"><span class="secno">5.1.1.1 </span>Navigating nested browsing contexts in the DOM</a></li></ol></li><li><a href="browsers.html#auxiliary-browsing-contexts"><span class="secno">5.1.2 </span>Auxiliary browsing contexts</a>
      <ol><li><a href="browsers.html#navigating-auxiliary-browsing-contexts-in-the-dom"><span class="secno">5.1.2.1 </span>Navigating auxiliary browsing contexts in the DOM</a></li></ol></li><li><a href="browsers.html#secondary-browsing-contexts"><span class="secno">5.1.3 </span>Secondary browsing contexts</a></li><li><a href="browsers.html#security-nav"><span class="secno">5.1.4 </span>Security</a></li><li><a href="browsers.html#groupings-of-browsing-contexts"><span class="secno">5.1.5 </span>Groupings of browsing contexts</a></li><li><a href="browsers.html#browsing-context-names"><span class="secno">5.1.6 </span>Browsing context names</a></li></ol></li><li><a href="browsers.html#the-window-object"><span class="secno">5.2 </span>The <code>Window</code> object</a>
    <ol><li><a href="browsers.html#security-window"><span class="secno">5.2.1 </span>Security</a></li><li><a href="browsers.html#apis-for-creating-and-navigating-browsing-contexts-by-name"><span class="secno">5.2.2 </span>APIs for creating and navigating browsing contexts by name</a></li><li><a href="browsers.html#accessing-other-browsing-contexts"><span class="secno">5.2.3 </span>Accessing other browsing contexts</a></li><li><a href="browsers.html#named-access-on-the-window-object"><span class="secno">5.2.4 </span>Named access on the <code>Window</code> object</a></li><li><a href="browsers.html#garbage-collection-and-browsing-contexts"><span class="secno">5.2.5 </span>Garbage collection and browsing contexts</a></li><li><a href="browsers.html#browser-interface-elements"><span class="secno">5.2.6 </span>Browser interface elements</a></li><li><a href="browsers.html#the-windowproxy-object"><span class="secno">5.2.7 </span>The <code>WindowProxy</code> object</a></li></ol></li></ol></li></ol></div>

  <h2 id="browsers"><span class="secno">5 </span>Loading Web pages</h2><div class="impl">

  <p>This section describes features that apply most directly to Web
  browsers. Having said that, except where specified otherwise, the
  requirements defined in this section <em>do</em> apply to all user
  agents, whether they are Web browsers or not.</p>

  </div><h3 id="windows"><span class="secno">5.1 </span>Browsing contexts</h3><p>A <dfn id="browsing-context">browsing context</dfn> is an environment in which
  <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code> objects are presented to the user.</p><p class="note">A tab or window in a Web browser typically contains
  a <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a>, as does an <code><a href="the-iframe-element.html#the-iframe-element">iframe</a></code><span class="impl"> or <code><a href="obsolete.html#frame">frame</a></code>s in a
  <code><a href="obsolete.html#frameset">frameset</a></code></span>.</p><p>Each <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> has a corresponding
  <code><a href="#windowproxy">WindowProxy</a></code> object.</p><p>A <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> has a <a href="history.html#session-history">session
  history</a>, which lists the <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code> objects that
  that <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> has presented, is presenting, or
  will present. At any time, one <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code> in each
  <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> is designated the <dfn id="active-document">active
  document</dfn>.</p><p>Each <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code> is associated with a
  <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> object. A <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a>'s
  <code><a href="#windowproxy">WindowProxy</a></code> object forwards everything to the
  <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a>'s <a href="#active-document">active document</a>'s
  <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> object.</p><p class="note">In general, there is a 1-to-1 mapping from the
  <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> object to the <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code> object. In
  one particular case, a <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> can be reused for the
  presentation of a second <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code> in the same
  <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a>, such that the mapping is then
  2-to-1. This occurs when a <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> is <a href="history.html#navigate" title="navigate">navigated</a> from the initial
  <code><a href="fetching-resources.html#about:blank">about:blank</a></code> <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code> to another, with
  <a href="history.html#replacement-enabled">replacement enabled</a>.</p><p class="note">A <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code> does not necessarily have a
  <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> associated with it. In particular,
  data mining tools are likely to never instantiate browsing
  contexts.</p><hr><p>A <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> can have a <dfn id="creator-browsing-context">creator browsing
  context</dfn>, the <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> that was
  responsible for its creation. If a <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> has
  a <a href="#parent-browsing-context">parent browsing context</a>, then that is its
  <a href="#creator-browsing-context">creator browsing context</a>. Otherwise, if the
  <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> has an <a href="#opener-browsing-context">opener browsing
  context</a>, then <em>that</em> is its <a href="#creator-browsing-context">creator browsing
  context</a>. Otherwise, the <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> has no
  <a href="#creator-browsing-context">creator browsing context</a>.</p><p>If a <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> <var title="">A</var> has a
  <a href="#creator-browsing-context">creator browsing context</a>, then the
  <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code> that was the <a href="#active-document">active document</a> of
  that <a href="#creator-browsing-context">creator browsing context</a> at the time <var title="">A</var> was created is the <dfn id="creator-document">creator
  <code>Document</code></dfn>.</p><div class="impl">

  <p>When a <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> is first created, it must be
  created with a single <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code> in its session history,
  whose <a href="dom.html#the-document-s-address" title="the document's address">address</a> is
  <code><a href="fetching-resources.html#about:blank">about:blank</a></code>, which is marked as being an <a href="dom.html#html-documents" title="HTML documents">HTML document</a>, and whose <a href="dom.html#document-s-character-encoding" title="document's character encoding">character encoding</a> is
  UTF-8. The <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code> must have a single child
  <code><a href="semantics.html#the-html-element">html</a></code> node, which itself has a single child
  <code><a href="sections.html#the-body-element">body</a></code> node.</p>

  <p class="note">If the <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> is created
  specifically to be immediately navigated, then that initial
  navigation will have <a href="history.html#replacement-enabled">replacement enabled</a>.</p>

  <p id="about-blank-origin">The <a href="origin-0.html#origin">origin</a> of the
  <code><a href="fetching-resources.html#about:blank">about:blank</a></code> <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code> is set when the
  <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code> is created. If the new <a href="#browsing-context">browsing
  context</a> has a <a href="#creator-browsing-context">creator browsing context</a>, then the
  <a href="origin-0.html#origin">origin</a> of the <code><a href="fetching-resources.html#about:blank">about:blank</a></code>
  <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code> is the <a href="origin-0.html#origin">origin</a> of the
  <a href="#creator-document">creator <code>Document</code></a>. Otherwise, the
  <a href="origin-0.html#origin">origin</a> of the <code><a href="fetching-resources.html#about:blank">about:blank</a></code>
  <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code> is a globally unique identifier assigned when
  the new <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> is created.</p>

  </div><h4 id="nested-browsing-contexts"><span class="secno">5.1.1 </span>Nested browsing contexts</h4><p>Certain elements (for example, <code><a href="the-iframe-element.html#the-iframe-element">iframe</a></code> elements) can
  instantiate further <a href="#browsing-context" title="browsing context">browsing
  contexts</a>. These are called <dfn id="nested-browsing-context" title="nested browsing
  context">nested browsing contexts</dfn>. If a browsing context <var title="">P</var> has a <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code>s <var title="">D</var>
  with an element <var title="">E</var> that nests another browsing
  context <var title="">C</var> inside it, then <var title="">C</var>
  is said to be <dfn id="browsing-context-nested-through" title="browsing context nested through">nested
  through</dfn> <var title="">D</var>, and <var title="">E</var> is
  said to be the <dfn id="browsing-context-container">browsing context container</dfn> of <var title="">C</var>. If the <a href="#browsing-context-container">browsing context container</a>
  element <var title="">E</var> is <a href="infrastructure.html#in-a-document" title="in a
  Document">in</a> the <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code> <var title="">D</var>,
  then <var title="">P</var> is said to be the <dfn id="parent-browsing-context">parent browsing
  context</dfn> of <var title="">C</var> and <var title="">C</var> is
  said to be a <dfn id="child-browsing-context">child browsing context</dfn> of <var title="">P</var>. Otherwise, the <a href="#nested-browsing-context">nested browsing
  context</a> <var title="">C</var> has no <a href="#parent-browsing-context">parent browsing
  context</a>.</p><p>A browsing context <var title="">A</var> is said to be an <dfn id="ancestor-browsing-context" title="ancestor browsing context">ancestor</dfn> of a browsing
  context <var title="">B</var> if there exists a browsing context
  <var title="">A'</var> that is a <a href="#child-browsing-context">child browsing context</a>
  of <var title="">A</var> and that is itself an <a href="#ancestor-browsing-context" title="ancestor
  browsing context">ancestor</a> of <var title="">B</var>, or if
  there is a browsing context <var title="">P</var> that is a
  <a href="#child-browsing-context">child browsing context</a> of <var title="">A</var> and
  that is the <a href="#parent-browsing-context">parent browsing context</a> of <var title="">B</var>.</p><p>A browsing context that is not a <a href="#nested-browsing-context">nested browsing
  context</a> has no <a href="#parent-browsing-context">parent browsing context</a>, and is
  the <dfn id="top-level-browsing-context">top-level browsing context</dfn> of all the browsing
  contexts for which it is an <a href="#ancestor-browsing-context">ancestor browsing
  context</a>.</p><p>The transitive closure of <a href="#parent-browsing-context" title="parent browsing
  context">parent browsing contexts</a> for a <a href="#nested-browsing-context">nested browsing
  context</a> gives the list of <a href="#ancestor-browsing-context" title="ancestor browsing
  context">ancestor browsing contexts</a>.</p><p>The <dfn id="list-of-the-descendant-browsing-contexts">list of the descendant browsing contexts</dfn> of a
  <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code> <var title="">d</var> is the (ordered) list
  returned by the following algorithm:</p><ol><li><p>Let <var title="">list</var> be an empty list.</p></li>

   <li>

    <p>For each <a href="#child-browsing-context">child browsing context</a> of <var title="">d</var> that is <a href="#browsing-context-nested-through" title="browsing context nested
    through">nested through</a> an element that is <a href="infrastructure.html#in-a-document" title="in
    a document">in the <code>Document</code></a> <var title="">d</var>, in the <a href="infrastructure.html#tree-order">tree order</a> of the elements
    nesting those <a href="#browsing-context" title="browsing context">browsing
    contexts</a>, run these substeps:</p>

    <ol><li><p>Append that <a href="#child-browsing-context">child browsing context</a> to the
     list <var title="">list</var>.</p>

     </li><li><p>Append the <a href="#list-of-the-descendant-browsing-contexts">list of the descendant browsing
     contexts</a> of the <a href="#active-document">active document</a> of that
     <a href="#child-browsing-context">child browsing context</a> to the list <var title="">list</var>.</p></li>

    </ol></li>

   <li><p>Return the constructed <var title="">list</var>.</p></li>

  </ol><p>A <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code> is said to be <dfn id="fully-active">fully active</dfn>
  when it is the <a href="#active-document">active document</a> of its <a href="#browsing-context">browsing
  context</a>, and either its browsing context is a <a href="#top-level-browsing-context">top-level
  browsing context</a>, or it has a <a href="#parent-browsing-context">parent browsing
  context</a> and the <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code> <a href="#browsing-context-nested-through" title="browsing
  context nested through">through which</a> it is <a href="#nested-browsing-context" title="nested browsing context">nested</a> is itself <a href="#fully-active">fully
  active</a>.</p><p>Because they are nested through an element, <a href="#child-browsing-context" title="child
  browsing context">child browsing contexts</a> are always tied to
  a specific <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code> in their <a href="#parent-browsing-context">parent browsing
  context</a>. User agents must not allow the user to interact with
  <a href="#child-browsing-context" title="child browsing context">child browsing contexts</a>
  of elements that are in <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code>s that are not
  themselves <a href="#fully-active">fully active</a>.</p><p>A <a href="#nested-browsing-context">nested browsing context</a> can have a <a href="the-iframe-element.html#seamless-browsing-context-flag">seamless
  browsing context flag</a> set, if it is embedded through an
  <code><a href="the-iframe-element.html#the-iframe-element">iframe</a></code> element with a <code title="attr-iframe-seamless"><a href="the-iframe-element.html#attr-iframe-seamless">seamless</a></code> attribute.</p><p class="note">A <a href="#nested-browsing-context">nested browsing context</a> can in some
  cases be taken out of its <a href="#parent-browsing-context">parent browsing context</a> (e.g.
  if an <code><a href="the-iframe-element.html#the-iframe-element">iframe</a></code> element is removed from its
  <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code>). In such a situation, the <a href="#nested-browsing-context">nested
  browsing context</a> has no <a href="#parent-browsing-context">parent browsing context</a>,
  but it still has the same <a href="#browsing-context-container">browsing context container</a>
  and is still <a href="#browsing-context-nested-through" title="browsing context nested through">nested
  through</a> that element's <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code>. Such a
  <a href="#nested-browsing-context">nested browsing context</a> is <em>not</em> a
  <a href="#top-level-browsing-context">top-level browsing context</a>, and cannot contain
  <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code>s that are <a href="#fully-active">fully active</a>.
  Furthermore, if a <a href="#browsing-context-container">browsing context container</a> (such as
  an <code><a href="the-iframe-element.html#the-iframe-element">iframe</a></code>) is moved to another <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code>,
  then the <a href="#parent-browsing-context">parent browsing context</a> of its <a href="#nested-browsing-context">nested
  browsing context</a> will change.</p><h5 id="navigating-nested-browsing-contexts-in-the-dom"><span class="secno">5.1.1.1 </span>Navigating nested browsing contexts in the DOM</h5><dl class="domintro"><dt><var title="">window</var> . <code title="dom-top"><a href="#dom-top">top</a></code></dt>

   <dd>

    <p>Returns the <code><a href="#windowproxy">WindowProxy</a></code> for the <a href="#top-level-browsing-context">top-level browsing context</a>.</p>

   </dd>

   <dt><var title="">window</var> . <code title="dom-parent"><a href="#dom-parent">parent</a></code></dt>

   <dd>

    <p>Returns the <code><a href="#windowproxy">WindowProxy</a></code> for the <a href="#parent-browsing-context">parent browsing context</a>.</p>

   </dd>

   <dt><var title="">window</var> . <code title="dom-frameElement"><a href="#dom-frameelement">frameElement</a></code></dt>

   <dd>

    <p>Returns the <code><a href="infrastructure.html#element">Element</a></code> for the <a href="#browsing-context-container">browsing context container</a>.</p>

    <p>Returns null if there isn't one.</p>

    <p>Throws a <code><a href="common-dom-interfaces.html#security_err">SECURITY_ERR</a></code> exception in cross-origin situations.</p>

   </dd>

  </dl><div class="impl">

  <p>The <dfn id="dom-top" title="dom-top"><code>top</code></dfn> IDL attribute on
  the <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> object of a <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code> in a
  <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> <var title="">b</var> must return the
  <code><a href="#windowproxy">WindowProxy</a></code> object of its <a href="#top-level-browsing-context">top-level browsing
  context</a> (which would be its own <code><a href="#windowproxy">WindowProxy</a></code>
  object if it was a <a href="#top-level-browsing-context">top-level browsing context</a> itself),
  if it has one, or its own <code><a href="#windowproxy">WindowProxy</a></code> object otherwise
  (e.g. if it was a detached <a href="#nested-browsing-context">nested browsing
  context</a>).</p>

  <p>The <dfn id="dom-parent" title="dom-parent"><code>parent</code></dfn> IDL
  attribute on the <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> object of a
  <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code> in a <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> <var title="">b</var> must return the <code><a href="#windowproxy">WindowProxy</a></code> object of
  the <a href="#parent-browsing-context">parent browsing context</a>, if there is one (i.e. if
  <var title="">b</var> is a <a href="#child-browsing-context">child browsing context</a>), or
  the <code><a href="#windowproxy">WindowProxy</a></code> object of the <a href="#browsing-context">browsing
  context</a> <var title="">b</var> itself, otherwise (i.e. if it
  is a <a href="#top-level-browsing-context">top-level browsing context</a> or a detached
  <a href="#nested-browsing-context">nested browsing context</a>).</p>

  <p>The <dfn id="dom-frameelement" title="dom-frameElement"><code>frameElement</code></dfn>
  IDL attribute on the <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> object of a
  <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code> <var title="">d</var>, on getting, must run
  the following algorithm:</p>

  <ol><li><p>If <var title="">d</var> is not a <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code> in a
   <a href="#nested-browsing-context">nested browsing context</a>, return null and abort these
   steps.</p></li>

   <li><p>If the <a href="#browsing-context-container">browsing context container</a>'s
   <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code> does not have the <a href="origin-0.html#same-origin" title="same
   origin">same</a> <a href="origin-0.html#effective-script-origin">effective script origin</a> as the
   <a href="#entry-script">entry script</a>, then throw a <code><a href="common-dom-interfaces.html#security_err">SECURITY_ERR</a></code>
   exception.</p></li>

   <li><p>Otherwise, return the <a href="#browsing-context-container">browsing context
   container</a> for <var title="">b</var>.</p></li>

  </ol></div><h4 id="auxiliary-browsing-contexts"><span class="secno">5.1.2 </span>Auxiliary browsing contexts</h4><p>It is possible to create new browsing contexts that are related
  to a <a href="#top-level-browsing-context">top-level browsing context</a> without being nested
  through an element. Such browsing contexts are called <dfn id="auxiliary-browsing-context" title="auxiliary browsing context">auxiliary browsing
  contexts</dfn>. Auxiliary browsing contexts are always <a href="#top-level-browsing-context" title="top-level browsing context">top-level browsing
  contexts</a>.</p><p>An <a href="#auxiliary-browsing-context">auxiliary browsing context</a> has an <dfn id="opener-browsing-context">opener
  browsing context</dfn>, which is the <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a>
  from which the <a href="#auxiliary-browsing-context">auxiliary browsing context</a> was
  created.</p><h5 id="navigating-auxiliary-browsing-contexts-in-the-dom"><span class="secno">5.1.2.1 </span>Navigating auxiliary browsing contexts in the DOM</h5><p>The <dfn id="dom-opener" title="dom-opener"><code>opener</code></dfn> IDL
  attribute on the <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> object, on getting, must return
  the <code><a href="#windowproxy">WindowProxy</a></code> object of the <a href="#browsing-context">browsing
  context</a> from which the current <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a>
  was created (its <a href="#opener-browsing-context">opener browsing context</a>), if there is
  one, if it is still available, and if the current <a href="#browsing-context">browsing
  context</a> has not <i><a href="#disowned-its-opener">disowned its opener</a></i>. On setting, if
  the new value is null then the current <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a>
  must <dfn id="disowned-its-opener" title="disowned its opener">disown its opener</dfn>; if
  the new value is anything else then the user agent must ignore the
  new value.</p><h4 id="secondary-browsing-contexts"><span class="secno">5.1.3 </span>Secondary browsing contexts</h4><p>User agents may support <dfn id="secondary-browsing-context" title="secondary browsing
  context">secondary browsing contexts</dfn>, which are <a href="#browsing-context" title="browsing context">browsing contexts</a> that form part of
  the user agent's interface, apart from the main content area.</p><div class="impl">

  <h4 id="security-nav"><span class="secno">5.1.4 </span>Security</h4>

  <p id="security-1">A <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> <var title="">A</var> is <dfn id="allowed-to-navigate">allowed to navigate</dfn> a second
  <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> <var title="">B</var> if one of the
  following conditions is true:</p>

  <ul><li>Either the <a href="origin-0.html#origin">origin</a> of the <a href="#active-document">active
   document</a> of <var title="">A</var> is the <a href="origin-0.html#same-origin" title="same
   origin">same</a> as the <a href="origin-0.html#origin">origin</a> of the <a href="#active-document">active
   document</a> of <var title="">B</var>, or</li>

   <li>The browsing context <var title="">A</var> is a <a href="#nested-browsing-context">nested
   browsing context</a> with a <a href="#top-level-browsing-context">top-level browsing
   context</a>, and its <a href="#top-level-browsing-context">top-level browsing context</a> is
   <var title="">B</var>, or</li>

   <li>The browsing context <var title="">B</var> is an
   <a href="#auxiliary-browsing-context">auxiliary browsing context</a> and <var title="">A</var>
   is <a href="#allowed-to-navigate">allowed to navigate</a> <var title="">B</var>'s
   <a href="#opener-browsing-context">opener browsing context</a>, or</li>

   <li>The browsing context <var title="">B</var> is not a
   <a href="#top-level-browsing-context">top-level browsing context</a>, but there exists an
   <a href="#ancestor-browsing-context">ancestor browsing context</a> of <var title="">B</var>
   whose <a href="#active-document">active document</a> has the <a href="origin-0.html#same-origin" title="same
   origin">same</a> <a href="origin-0.html#origin">origin</a> as the <a href="#active-document">active
   document</a> of <var title="">A</var> (possibly in fact being
   <var title="">A</var> itself).</li>

  </ul><hr><p>An element has a <dfn id="browsing-context-scope-origin">browsing context scope origin</dfn> if its
  <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code>'s <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> is a
  <a href="#top-level-browsing-context">top-level browsing context</a> or if all of its
  <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code>'s <a href="#ancestor-browsing-context" title="ancestor browsing
  context">ancestor browsing contexts</a> all have <a href="#active-document" title="active document">active documents</a> whose
  <a href="origin-0.html#origin">origin</a> are the <a href="origin-0.html#same-origin">same origin</a> as the
  element's <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code>'s <a href="origin-0.html#origin">origin</a>. If an element
  has a <a href="#browsing-context-scope-origin">browsing context scope origin</a>, then its value is
  the <a href="origin-0.html#origin">origin</a> of the element's <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code>.</p>

  </div><div class="impl">

  <h4 id="groupings-of-browsing-contexts"><span class="secno">5.1.5 </span>Groupings of browsing contexts</h4>

  <p>Each <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> is defined as having a list of
  one or more <dfn id="directly-reachable-browsing-contexts">directly reachable browsing contexts</dfn>. These
  are:</p>

  <ul><li>The <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> itself.</li>

   <li>All the <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a>'s <a href="#child-browsing-context" title="child
   browsing context">child browsing contexts</a>.</li>

   <li>The <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a>'s <a href="#parent-browsing-context">parent browsing
   context</a>.</li>

   <li>All the <a href="#browsing-context" title="browsing context">browsing contexts</a>
   that have the <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> as their <a href="#opener-browsing-context">opener
   browsing context</a>.</li>

   <li>The <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a>'s <a href="#opener-browsing-context">opener browsing
   context</a>.</li>

  </ul><p>The transitive closure of all the <a href="#browsing-context" title="browsing
  context">browsing contexts</a> that are <a href="#directly-reachable-browsing-contexts">directly reachable
  browsing contexts</a> forms a <dfn id="unit-of-related-browsing-contexts">unit of related browsing
  contexts</dfn>.</p>

  <p>Each <a href="#unit-of-related-browsing-contexts">unit of related browsing contexts</a> is then
  further divided into the smallest number of groups such that every
  member of each group has an <a href="#active-document">active document</a> with an
  <a href="origin-0.html#effective-script-origin">effective script origin</a> that, through appropriate
  manipulation of the <code title="dom-document-domain"><a href="origin-0.html#dom-document-domain">document.domain</a></code> attribute, could
  be made to be the same as other members of the group, but could not
  be made the same as members of any other group. Each such group is a
  <dfn id="unit-of-related-similar-origin-browsing-contexts">unit of related similar-origin browsing contexts</dfn>.</p>

  <p>Each <a href="#unit-of-related-similar-origin-browsing-contexts">unit of related similar-origin browsing
  contexts</a> can have a <dfn id="entry-script">entry script</dfn> which is used to
  obtain, amongst other things, the <a href="webappapis.html#script-s-base-url">script's base URL</a> to
  <a href="urls.html#resolve-a-url" title="resolve a url">resolve</a> relative <a href="urls.html#url" title="URL">URLs</a> used in scripts running in that <a href="#unit-of-related-similar-origin-browsing-contexts">unit
  of related similar-origin browsing contexts</a>. Initially, there
  is no <a href="#entry-script">entry script</a>. It is changed by the <a href="webappapis.html#jump-to-a-code-entry-point">jump to
  a code entry-point</a> algorithm.</p>

  <p class="note">There is at most one <a href="webappapis.html#event-loop">event loop</a> per
  <a href="#unit-of-related-similar-origin-browsing-contexts">unit of related similar-origin browsing contexts</a>.</p>

  </div><h4 id="browsing-context-names"><span class="secno">5.1.6 </span>Browsing context names</h4><p>Browsing contexts can have a <dfn id="browsing-context-name">browsing context name</dfn>. By
  default, a browsing context has no name (its name is not set).</p><p>A <dfn id="valid-browsing-context-name">valid browsing context name</dfn> is any string with at
  least one character that does not start with a U+005F LOW LINE
  character. (Names starting with an underscore are reserved for
  special keywords.)</p><p>A <dfn id="valid-browsing-context-name-or-keyword">valid browsing context name or keyword</dfn> is any string
  that is either a <a href="#valid-browsing-context-name">valid browsing context name</a> or that is
  an <a href="infrastructure.html#ascii-case-insensitive">ASCII case-insensitive</a> match for one of: <code title="">_blank</code>, <code title="">_self</code>, <code title="">_parent</code>, or <code title="">_top</code>.</p><div class="impl">

  <p><dfn id="the-rules-for-choosing-a-browsing-context-given-a-browsing-context-name">The rules for choosing a browsing context given a browsing
  context name</dfn> are as follows. The rules assume that they are
  being applied in the context of a <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a>.</p>

  <ol><li>

    <p>If the given browsing context name is the empty string or <code title="">_self</code>, then the chosen browsing context must be
    the current one.</p>

    <p>If the given browsing context name is <code title="">_self</code>, then this is an <dfn id="explicit-self-navigation-override">explicit
    self-navigation override</dfn>, which overrides the behavior of
    the <a href="the-iframe-element.html#seamless-browsing-context-flag">seamless browsing context flag</a> set by the <code title="attr-iframe-seamless"><a href="the-iframe-element.html#attr-iframe-seamless">seamless</a></code> attribute on
    <code><a href="the-iframe-element.html#the-iframe-element">iframe</a></code> elements.</p>

   </li>

   <li><p>If the given browsing context name is <code title="">_parent</code>, then the chosen browsing context must be
   the <a href="#parent-browsing-context"><em>parent</em> browsing context</a> of the current
   one, unless there isn't one, in which case the chosen browsing
   context must be the current browsing context.</p></li>

   <li><p>If the given browsing context name is <code title="">_top</code>, then the chosen browsing context must be the
   <a href="#top-level-browsing-context">top-level browsing context</a> of the current one, if
   there is one, or else the current browsing context.</p></li>

   <li>

    <p>If the given browsing context name is not <code title="">_blank</code> and there exists a browsing context whose
    <a href="#browsing-context-name" title="browsing context name">name</a> is the same as the
    given browsing context name, and the current browsing context is
    <a href="#allowed-to-navigate">allowed to navigate</a> that browsing context, and the
    user agent determines that the two browsing contexts are related
    enough that it is ok if they reach each other, then that browsing
    context must be the chosen one. If there are multiple matching
    browsing contexts, the user agent should select one in some
    arbitrary consistent manner, such as the most recently opened,
    most recently focused, or more closely related.</p>

    <p>If the browsing context is chosen by this step to be the
    current browsing context, then this is also an <a href="#explicit-self-navigation-override">explicit
    self-navigation override</a>.</p>

   </li>

   <li>

    <p>Otherwise, a new browsing context is being requested, and what
    happens depends on the user agent's configuration and/or
    abilities:</p>

    <dl><dt id="sandboxWindowOpen">If the current browsing context had
     the <a href="the-iframe-element.html#sandboxed-navigation-browsing-context-flag">sandboxed navigation browsing context flag</a> set
     when its <a href="#active-document">active document</a> was created.</dt>

     <dd><p>The user agent may offer to create a new <a href="#top-level-browsing-context">top-level
     browsing context</a> or reuse an existing <a href="#top-level-browsing-context">top-level
     browsing context</a>. If the user picks one of those options,
     then the designated browsing context must be the chosen one (the
     browsing context's name isn't set to the given browsing context
     name). Otherwise (if the user agent doesn't offer the option to
     the user, or if the user declines to allow a browsing context to
     be used) there must not be a chosen browsing context.</p></dd>


     <dt id="noopener">If the user agent has been configured such that
     in this instance it will create a new browsing context, and the
     browsing context is being requested as part of <a href="links.html#following-hyperlinks" title="following hyperlinks">following a hyperlink</a> whose
     <a href="links.html#linkTypes">link types</a> include the <code title="rel-noreferrer"><a href="links.html#link-type-noreferrer">noreferrer</a></code> keyword</dt>

     <dd><p>A new <a href="#top-level-browsing-context">top-level browsing context</a> must be
     created. If the given browsing context name is not <code title="">_blank</code>, then the new top-level browsing context's
     name must be the given browsing context name (otherwise, it has
     no name). The chosen browsing context must be this new browsing
     context.</p>

     <p class="note">If it is immediately <a href="history.html#navigate" title="navigate">navigated</a>, then the navigation will be
     done with <a href="history.html#replacement-enabled">replacement enabled</a>.</p></dd>


     <dt>If the user agent has been configured such that in this
     instance it will create a new browsing context, and the <code title="rel-noreferrer"><a href="links.html#link-type-noreferrer">noreferrer</a></code> keyword doesn't
     apply</dt>

     <dd><p>A new <a href="#auxiliary-browsing-context">auxiliary browsing context</a> must be
     created, with the <a href="#opener-browsing-context">opener browsing context</a> being the
     current one. If the given browsing context name is not <code title="">_blank</code>, then the new auxiliary browsing context's
     name must be the given browsing context name (otherwise, it has
     no name). The chosen browsing context must be this new browsing
     context.</p>

     <p class="note">If it is immediately <a href="history.html#navigate" title="navigate">navigated</a>, then the navigation will be
     done with <a href="history.html#replacement-enabled">replacement enabled</a>.</p></dd>


     <dt>If the user agent has been configured such that in this
     instance it will reuse the current browsing context</dt>

     <dd><p>The chosen browsing context is the current browsing
     context.</p></dd>


     <dt>If the user agent has been configured such that in this
     instance it will not find a browsing context</dt>

     <dd><p>There must not be a chosen browsing context.</p></dd>

    </dl><p>User agent implementors are encouraged to provide a way for
    users to configure the user agent to always reuse the current
    browsing context.</p>

   </li>

  </ol></div><h3 id="the-window-object"><span class="secno">5.2 </span>The <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> object</h3><pre class="idl">[ReplaceableNamedProperties] 
interface <dfn id="window">Window</dfn> {
  // the current browsing context
  readonly attribute <a href="#windowproxy">WindowProxy</a> <a href="#dom-window" title="dom-window">window</a>;
  readonly attribute <a href="#windowproxy">WindowProxy</a> <a href="#dom-self" title="dom-self">self</a>;
  readonly attribute <a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a> <a href="#dom-document" title="dom-document">document</a>;
           attribute DOMString <a href="#dom-name" title="dom-name">name</a>; 
  [PutForwards=<a href="history.html#dom-location-href" title="dom-location-href">href</a>] readonly attribute <a href="history.html#location">Location</a> <a href="history.html#dom-location" title="dom-location">location</a>;
  readonly attribute <a href="history.html#history-0">History</a> <a href="history.html#dom-history" title="dom-history">history</a>;
  [Replaceable] readonly attribute <a href="#barprop">BarProp</a> <a href="#dom-window-locationbar" title="dom-window-locationbar">locationbar</a>;
  [Replaceable] readonly attribute <a href="#barprop">BarProp</a> <a href="#dom-window-menubar" title="dom-window-menubar">menubar</a>;
  [Replaceable] readonly attribute <a href="#barprop">BarProp</a> <a href="#dom-window-personalbar" title="dom-window-personalbar">personalbar</a>;
  [Replaceable] readonly attribute <a href="#barprop">BarProp</a> <a href="#dom-window-scrollbars" title="dom-window-scrollbars">scrollbars</a>;
  [Replaceable] readonly attribute <a href="#barprop">BarProp</a> <a href="#dom-window-statusbar" title="dom-window-statusbar">statusbar</a>;
  [Replaceable] readonly attribute <a href="#barprop">BarProp</a> <a href="#dom-window-toolbar" title="dom-window-toolbar">toolbar</a>;  void <a href="#dom-window-close" title="dom-window-close">close</a>();
  void <a href="#dom-window-stop" title="dom-window-stop">stop</a>();
  void <a href="editing.html#dom-window-focus" title="dom-window-focus">focus</a>();
  void <a href="editing.html#dom-window-blur" title="dom-window-blur">blur</a>();

  // other browsing contexts
  [Replaceable] readonly attribute <a href="#windowproxy">WindowProxy</a> <a href="#dom-frames" title="dom-frames">frames</a>;
  [Replaceable] readonly attribute unsigned long <a href="#dom-length" title="dom-length">length</a>;
  readonly attribute <a href="#windowproxy">WindowProxy</a> <a href="#dom-top" title="dom-top">top</a>;
           attribute <a href="#windowproxy">WindowProxy</a> <a href="#dom-opener" title="dom-opener">opener</a>;
  readonly attribute <a href="#windowproxy">WindowProxy</a> <a href="#dom-parent" title="dom-parent">parent</a>;
  readonly attribute <a href="infrastructure.html#element">Element</a> <a href="#dom-frameelement" title="dom-frameElement">frameElement</a>;
  <a href="#windowproxy">WindowProxy</a> <a href="#dom-open" title="dom-open">open</a>(in optional DOMString url, in optional DOMString target, in optional DOMString features, in optional DOMString replace);
  <a href="#dom-window-item" title="dom-window-item">getter</a> <a href="#windowproxy">WindowProxy</a> (in unsigned long index);
  <a href="#dom-window-nameditem" title="dom-window-namedItem">getter</a> any (in DOMString name);

  // the user agent
  readonly attribute <a href="timers.html#navigator">Navigator</a> <a href="timers.html#dom-navigator" title="dom-navigator">navigator</a>; 
  readonly attribute <a href="offline.html#applicationcache">ApplicationCache</a> <a href="offline.html#dom-applicationcache" title="dom-applicationCache">applicationCache</a>;

  // user prompts
  void <a href="timers.html#dom-alert" title="dom-alert">alert</a>(in DOMString message);
  boolean <a href="timers.html#dom-confirm" title="dom-confirm">confirm</a>(in DOMString message);
  DOMString <a href="timers.html#dom-prompt" title="dom-prompt">prompt</a>(in DOMString message, in optional DOMString default);
  void <a href="timers.html#dom-print" title="dom-print">print</a>();
  any <a href="timers.html#dom-showmodaldialog" title="dom-showModalDialog">showModalDialog</a>(in DOMString url, in optional any argument);

  // <a href="webappapis.html#event-handler-idl-attributes">event handler IDL attributes</a>
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-onabort" title="handler-onabort">onabort</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-window-onafterprint" title="handler-window-onafterprint">onafterprint</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-window-onbeforeprint" title="handler-window-onbeforeprint">onbeforeprint</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-window-onbeforeunload" title="handler-window-onbeforeunload">onbeforeunload</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-window-onblur" title="handler-window-onblur">onblur</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-oncanplay" title="handler-oncanplay">oncanplay</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-oncanplaythrough" title="handler-oncanplaythrough">oncanplaythrough</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-onchange" title="handler-onchange">onchange</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-onclick" title="handler-onclick">onclick</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-oncontextmenu" title="handler-oncontextmenu">oncontextmenu</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-oncuechange" title="handler-oncuechange">oncuechange</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-ondblclick" title="handler-ondblclick">ondblclick</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-ondrag" title="handler-ondrag">ondrag</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-ondragend" title="handler-ondragend">ondragend</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-ondragenter" title="handler-ondragenter">ondragenter</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-ondragleave" title="handler-ondragleave">ondragleave</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-ondragover" title="handler-ondragover">ondragover</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-ondragstart" title="handler-ondragstart">ondragstart</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-ondrop" title="handler-ondrop">ondrop</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-ondurationchange" title="handler-ondurationchange">ondurationchange</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-onemptied" title="handler-onemptied">onemptied</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-onended" title="handler-onended">onended</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-window-onerror" title="handler-window-onerror">onerror</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-window-onfocus" title="handler-window-onfocus">onfocus</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-window-onhashchange" title="handler-window-onhashchange">onhashchange</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-oninput" title="handler-oninput">oninput</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-oninvalid" title="handler-oninvalid">oninvalid</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-onkeydown" title="handler-onkeydown">onkeydown</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-onkeypress" title="handler-onkeypress">onkeypress</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-onkeyup" title="handler-onkeyup">onkeyup</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-window-onload" title="handler-window-onload">onload</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-onloadeddata" title="handler-onloadeddata">onloadeddata</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-onloadedmetadata" title="handler-onloadedmetadata">onloadedmetadata</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-onloadstart" title="handler-onloadstart">onloadstart</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-window-onmessage" title="handler-window-onmessage">onmessage</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-onmousedown" title="handler-onmousedown">onmousedown</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-onmousemove" title="handler-onmousemove">onmousemove</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-onmouseout" title="handler-onmouseout">onmouseout</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-onmouseover" title="handler-onmouseover">onmouseover</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-onmouseup" title="handler-onmouseup">onmouseup</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-onmousewheel" title="handler-onmousewheel">onmousewheel</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-window-onoffline" title="handler-window-onoffline">onoffline</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-window-ononline" title="handler-window-ononline">ononline</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-onpause" title="handler-onpause">onpause</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-onplay" title="handler-onplay">onplay</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-onplaying" title="handler-onplaying">onplaying</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-window-onpagehide" title="handler-window-onpagehide">onpagehide</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-window-onpageshow" title="handler-window-onpageshow">onpageshow</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-window-onpopstate" title="handler-window-onpopstate">onpopstate</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-onprogress" title="handler-onprogress">onprogress</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-onratechange" title="handler-onratechange">onratechange</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-onreadystatechange" title="handler-onreadystatechange">onreadystatechange</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-window-onredo" title="handler-window-onredo">onredo</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-onreset" title="handler-onreset">onreset</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-window-onresize" title="handler-window-onresize">onresize</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-onscroll" title="handler-onscroll">onscroll</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-onseeked" title="handler-onseeked">onseeked</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-onseeking" title="handler-onseeking">onseeking</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-onselect" title="handler-onselect">onselect</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-onshow" title="handler-onshow">onshow</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-onstalled" title="handler-onstalled">onstalled</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-window-onstorage" title="handler-window-onstorage">onstorage</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-onsubmit" title="handler-onsubmit">onsubmit</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-onsuspend" title="handler-onsuspend">onsuspend</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-ontimeupdate" title="handler-ontimeupdate">ontimeupdate</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-window-onundo" title="handler-window-onundo">onundo</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-window-onunload" title="handler-window-onunload">onunload</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-onvolumechange" title="handler-onvolumechange">onvolumechange</a>;
           attribute <a href="webappapis.html#function">Function</a> <a href="webappapis.html#handler-onwaiting" title="handler-onwaiting">onwaiting</a>;
};
<a href="#window">Window</a> implements <a href="infrastructure.html#eventtarget">EventTarget</a>;</pre><dl class="domintro"><dt><var title="">window</var> . <code title="dom-window"><a href="#dom-window">window</a></code></dt>
   <dt><var title="">window</var> . <code title="dom-frames"><a href="#dom-frames">frames</a></code></dt>
   <dt><var title="">window</var> . <code title="dom-self"><a href="#dom-self">self</a></code></dt>

   <dd>

    <p>These attributes all return <var title="">window</var>.</p>

   </dd>


   <dt><var title="">window</var> . <code title="dom-document"><a href="#dom-document">document</a></code></dt>

   <dd>

    <p>Returns the <a href="#active-document">active document</a>.</p>

   </dd>


   <dt><var title="">document</var> . <code title="dom-document-defaultView"><a href="#dom-document-defaultview">defaultView</a></code></dt>

   <dd>

    <p>Returns the <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> object of the <a href="#active-document">active document</a>.</p>

   </dd>

  </dl><div class="impl">

  <p>The <dfn id="dom-window" title="dom-window"><code>window</code></dfn>, <dfn id="dom-frames" title="dom-frames"><code>frames</code></dfn>, and <dfn id="dom-self" title="dom-self"><code>self</code></dfn> IDL attributes must all
  return the <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> object's <a href="#browsing-context">browsing
  context</a>'s <code><a href="#windowproxy">WindowProxy</a></code> object.</p>

  <p>The <dfn id="dom-document" title="dom-document"><code>document</code></dfn> IDL
  attribute must return the <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code> object of the
  <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> object's <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code>'s <a href="#browsing-context">browsing
  context</a>'s <a href="#active-document">active document</a>.</p>

  <p>The <dfn id="dom-document-defaultview" title="dom-document-defaultView"><code>defaultView</code></dfn> IDL
  attribute of the <code><a href="dom.html#htmldocument">HTMLDocument</a></code> interface must return the
  <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code>'s <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a>'s
  <code><a href="#windowproxy">WindowProxy</a></code> object, if there is one, or null
  otherwise.</p>

  </div><div class="impl">

  <h4 id="security-window"><span class="secno">5.2.1 </span>Security</h4>

  <p id="security-2">User agents must raise a
  <code><a href="common-dom-interfaces.html#security_err">SECURITY_ERR</a></code> exception whenever any of the members of a
  <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> object are accessed by scripts whose
  <a href="origin-0.html#effective-script-origin">effective script origin</a> is not the same as the
  <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> object's <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code>'s <a href="origin-0.html#effective-script-origin">effective
  script origin</a>, with the following exceptions:</p>

  <ul><li>The <code title="dom-location"><a href="history.html#dom-location">location</a></code> object

   </li><li>The <code title="dom-window-postMessage">postMessage()</code> method

   </li><li>The <code title="dom-frames"><a href="#dom-frames">frames</a></code> attribute

   </li><li>The <a href="#dynamic-nested-browsing-context-properties">dynamic nested browsing context properties</a>

  </li></ul><p>When a script whose <a href="origin-0.html#effective-script-origin">effective script origin</a> is not
  the same as the <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> object's <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code>'s
  <a href="origin-0.html#effective-script-origin">effective script origin</a> attempts to access that
  <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> object's methods or attributes, the user agent
  must act as if any changes to the <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> object's
  properties, getters, setters, etc, were not present.</p>

  <p>For members that return objects (including function objects),
  each distinct <a href="origin-0.html#effective-script-origin">effective script origin</a> that is not the
  same as the <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> object's <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code>'s
  <a href="origin-0.html#effective-script-origin">effective script origin</a> must be provided with a
  separate set of objects. These objects must have the prototype chain
  appropriate for the script for which the objects are created (not
  those that would be appropriate for scripts whose <a href="webappapis.html#script-s-global-object">script's
  global object</a> is the <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> object in
  question).</p>

  <div class="example">

   <p>For instance, if two frames containing <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code>s
   from different <a href="origin-0.html#origin" title="origin">origins</a> access the same
   <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> object's <code title="dom-window-postMessage">postMessage()</code> method, they
   will get distinct objects that are not equal.</p>

  </div>

  </div><h4 id="apis-for-creating-and-navigating-browsing-contexts-by-name"><span class="secno">5.2.2 </span>APIs for creating and navigating browsing contexts by name</h4><dl class="domintro"><dt><var title="">window</var> = <var title="">window</var> . <code title="dom-open"><a href="#dom-open">open</a></code>( [ <var title="">url</var> [, <var title="">target</var> [, <var title="">features</var> [, <var title="">replace</var> ] ] ] ] )</dt>

   <dd>

    <p>Opens a window to show <var title="">url</var> (defaults to
    <code><a href="fetching-resources.html#about:blank">about:blank</a></code>), and returns it. The <var title="">target</var> argument gives the name of the new
    window. If a window exists with that name already, it is
    reused. The <var title="">replace</var> attribute, if true, means
    that whatever page is currently open in that window will be
    removed from the window's session history. The <var title="">features</var> argument is ignored.</p>

   </dd>

   <dt><var title="">window</var> . <code title="dom-name"><a href="#dom-name">name</a></code> [ = <var title="">value</var> ]</dt>

   <dd>

    <p>Returns the name of the window.</p>

    <p>Can be set, to change the name.</p>

   </dd>

   <dt><var title="">window</var> . <code title="dom-window-close"><a href="#dom-window-close">close</a></code>()</dt>

   <dd>

    <p>Closes the window.</p>

   </dd>

   <dt><var title="">window</var> . <code title="dom-window-stop"><a href="#dom-window-stop">stop</a></code>()</dt>

   <dd>

    <p>Cancels the document load.</p>

   </dd>

  </dl><div class="impl">

  <p>The <dfn id="dom-open" title="dom-open"><code>open()</code></dfn> method on
  <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> objects provides a mechanism for <a href="history.html#navigate" title="navigate">navigating</a> an existing <a href="#browsing-context">browsing
  context</a> or opening and navigating an <a href="#auxiliary-browsing-context">auxiliary browsing
  context</a>.</p>

  <p>The method has four arguments, though they are all optional.</p>

  <p>The first argument, <var title="">url</var>, must be a
  <a href="urls.html#valid-non-empty-url">valid non-empty URL</a> for a page to load in the browsing
  context. If no arguments are provided, or if the first argument is
  the empty string, then the <var title="">url</var> argument defaults
  to "<code><a href="fetching-resources.html#about:blank">about:blank</a></code>". The argument must be <a href="urls.html#resolve-a-url" title="resolve a url">resolved</a> to an <a href="urls.html#absolute-url">absolute
  URL</a> (or an error), relative to the <a href="#entry-script">entry
  script</a>'s <a href="webappapis.html#script-s-base-url" title="script's base URL">base URL</a>,
  when the method is invoked.</p>

  <p>The second argument, <var title="">target</var>, specifies the
  <a href="#browsing-context-name" title="browsing context name">name</a> of the browsing
  context that is to be navigated. It must be a <a href="#valid-browsing-context-name-or-keyword">valid browsing
  context name or keyword</a>. If fewer than two arguments are
  provided, then the <var title="">target</var> argument defaults to the
  value "<code>_blank</code>".</p>

  <p>The third argument, <var title="">features</var>, has no defined
  effect and is mentioned for historical reasons only. User agents may
  interpret this argument as instructions to set the size and position
  of the browsing context, but are encouraged to instead ignore the
  argument entirely.</p>

  <p>The fourth argument, <var title="">replace</var>, specifies
  whether or not the new page will <a href="history.html#replacement-enabled" title="replacement
  enabled">replace</a> the page currently loaded in the browsing
  context, when <var title="">target</var> identifies an existing
  browsing context (as opposed to leaving the current page in the
  browsing context's <a href="history.html#session-history">session history</a>). When three or
  fewer arguments are provided, <var title="">replace</var> defaults
  to false.</p>

  <p>When the method is invoked, the user agent must first select a
  <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> to navigate by applying <a href="#the-rules-for-choosing-a-browsing-context-given-a-browsing-context-name">the
  rules for choosing a browsing context given a browsing context
  name</a> using the <var title="">target</var> argument as the
  name and the <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> of the script as the
  context in which the algorithm is executed, unless the user has
  indicated a preference, in which case the browsing context to
  navigate may instead be the one indicated by the user.</p>

  <p class="example">For example, suppose there is a user agent that
  supports control-clicking a link to open it in a new tab. If a user
  clicks in that user agent on an element whose <code title="handler-onclick"><a href="webappapis.html#handler-onclick">onclick</a></code> handler uses the <code title="dom-open"><a href="#dom-open">window.open()</a></code> API to open a page in an
  iframe, but, while doing so, holds the control key down, the user
  agent could override the selection of the target browsing context to
  instead target a new tab.</p>

  <p>Then, the user agent must <a href="history.html#navigate">navigate</a> the selected <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> to the
  <a href="urls.html#absolute-url">absolute URL</a> (or error) obtained from <a href="urls.html#resolve-a-url" title="resolve a url">resolving</a> <var title="">url</var>
  earlier. If the <var title="">replace</var> is true or if the
  <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> was just created as part of <a href="#the-rules-for-choosing-a-browsing-context-given-a-browsing-context-name">the
  rules for choosing a browsing context given a browsing context
  name</a>, then <a href="history.html#replacement-enabled" title="replacement enabled">replacement must
  be enabled</a>. The navigation must be done with the <a href="webappapis.html#script-s-browsing-context" title="script's browsing context">browsing context</a> of the
  <a href="#entry-script">entry script</a> as the <a href="history.html#source-browsing-context">source browsing
  context</a>.</p>

  <p>The method must return the <code><a href="#windowproxy">WindowProxy</a></code> object of the
  <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> that was navigated, or null if no
  browsing context was navigated.</p>

  <hr><p>The <dfn id="dom-name" title="dom-name"><code>name</code></dfn> attribute of
  the <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> object must, on getting, return the current
  name of the <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a>, and, on setting, set the
  name of the <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> to the new value.</p>

  <p class="note">The name <a href="history.html#resetBCName">gets reset</a> when
  the browsing context is navigated to another domain.</p>

  <hr><p>The <dfn id="dom-window-close" title="dom-window-close"><code>close()</code></dfn>
  method on <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> objects should, if the corresponding
  <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> <var title="">A</var> is an
  <a href="#auxiliary-browsing-context">auxiliary browsing context</a> that was created by a script
  (as opposed to by an action of the user), and if the <a href="webappapis.html#script-s-browsing-context" title="script's browsing context">browsing context</a> of the
  <a href="webappapis.html#concept-script" title="concept-script">script</a> that invokes the method
  is <a href="#allowed-to-navigate">allowed to navigate</a> the <a href="#browsing-context">browsing
  context</a> <var title="">A</var>, close the <a href="#browsing-context">browsing
  context</a> <var title="">A</var> (and may <a href="#a-browsing-context-is-discarded" title="a
  browsing context is discarded">discard</a> it too).</p>

  <p>The <dfn id="dom-window-stop" title="dom-window-stop"><code>stop()</code></dfn> method
  on <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> objects should, if there is an existing
  attempt to <a href="history.html#navigate">navigate</a> the <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a>
  and that attempt is not currently running the <a href="history.html#unload-a-document">unload a
  document</a> algorithm, cancel that <a href="history.html#navigate" title="navigate">navigation</a> and any associated instances of
  the <a href="fetching-resources.html#fetch" title="fetch">fetch algorithm</a>. Otherwise, it must
  do nothing.</p>

  </div><h4 id="accessing-other-browsing-contexts"><span class="secno">5.2.3 </span>Accessing other browsing contexts</h4><dl class="domintro"><dt><var title="">window</var> . <code title="dom-length"><a href="#dom-length">length</a></code></dt>

   <dd>

    <p>Returns the number of <a href="#child-browsing-context" title="child browsing
    context">child browsing contexts</a>.</p>

   </dd>

   <dt><var title="">window</var>[<var title="">index</var>]</dt>

   <dd>

    <p>Returns the indicated <a href="#child-browsing-context">child browsing context</a>.</p>

   </dd>

  </dl><div class="impl">

  <p>The <dfn id="dom-length" title="dom-length"><code>length</code></dfn> IDL
  attribute on the <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> interface must return the
  number of <a href="#child-browsing-context" title="child browsing context">child browsing
  contexts</a> that are <a href="#browsing-context-nested-through" title="browsing context nested
  through">nested through</a> elements that are <a href="infrastructure.html#in-a-document" title="in a
  document">in the <code>Document</code></a> that is the
  <a href="#active-document">active document</a> of that <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> object, if
  that <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code>'s <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> shares the
  same <a href="webappapis.html#event-loop">event loop</a> as the <a href="webappapis.html#script-s-browsing-context">script's browsing
  context</a> of the <a href="#entry-script">entry script</a> accessing the IDL
  attribute; otherwise, it must return zero.</p>

  

  <p>The <a href="infrastructure.html#supported-property-indices">supported property indices</a> on the
  <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> object at any instant are the numbers in the
  range 0 .. <span title=""><var title="">n</var>-1</span>, where <var title="">n</var> is the number returned by the <code title="dom-length"><a href="#dom-length">length</a></code> IDL attribute. If <var title="">n</var> is zero then there are no <a href="infrastructure.html#supported-property-indices">supported property
  indices</a>.</p>

  <p>To <dfn id="dom-window-item" title="dom-window-item">determine the value of an indexed
  property</dfn> <var title="">index</var> of a <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code>
  object, the user agent must return the <code><a href="#windowproxy">WindowProxy</a></code>
  object of the <var title="">index</var>th <a href="#child-browsing-context">child browsing
  context</a> of the <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code> that is nested through
  an element that is <a href="infrastructure.html#in-a-document" title="in a document">in the
  <code>Document</code></a>, sorted in the <a href="infrastructure.html#tree-order">tree order</a>
  of the elements nesting those <a href="#browsing-context" title="browsing
  context">browsing contexts</a>.</p>

  <p>These properties are the <dfn id="dynamic-nested-browsing-context-properties">dynamic nested browsing context
  properties</dfn>.</p>

  </div><h4 id="named-access-on-the-window-object"><span class="secno">5.2.4 </span>Named access on the <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> object</h4><dl class="domintro"><dt><var title="">window</var>[<var title="">name</var>]</dt>

   <dd>

    <p>Returns the indicated element or collection of elements.</p>

   </dd>

  </dl><div class="impl">

  <p>The <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> interface <span title="support named
  properties">supports named properties</span>. The <a href="infrastructure.html#supported-property-names">supported
  property names</a> at any moment consist of:</p>

  <ul><li>the value of the <code title="">name</code> content attribute
   for all <code><a href="text-level-semantics.html#the-a-element">a</a></code>, <code><a href="obsolete.html#the-applet-element">applet</a></code>, <code><a href="the-map-element.html#the-area-element">area</a></code>,
   <code><a href="the-iframe-element.html#the-embed-element">embed</a></code>, <code><a href="forms.html#the-form-element">form</a></code>, <code><a href="obsolete.html#frame">frame</a></code>,
   <code><a href="obsolete.html#frameset">frameset</a></code>, <code><a href="the-iframe-element.html#the-iframe-element">iframe</a></code>, <code><a href="embedded-content-1.html#the-img-element">img</a></code>, and
   <code><a href="the-iframe-element.html#the-object-element">object</a></code> elements in the <a href="#active-document">active document</a>
   that have a <code title="">name</code> content attribute, and</li>

   <li>the value of the <code title="attr-id"><a href="elements.html#the-id-attribute">id</a></code> content
   attribute of any <a href="infrastructure.html#html-elements" title="HTML elements">HTML element</a> in
   the <a href="#active-document">active document</a> with an <code title="attr-id"><a href="elements.html#the-id-attribute">id</a></code> content attribute.</li>

  </ul><p class="critical">It is possible that this will change. Browser
  vendors are considering limiting this behaviour to <a href="dom.html#quirks-mode">quirks
  mode</a>. <a href="http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11960">Read
  more...</a></p>

  <p>When <dfn id="dom-window-nameditem" title="dom-window-namedItem">the <code>Window</code>
  object is indexed for property retrieval</dfn> using a name <var title="">name</var>, then the user agent must return the value
  obtained using the following steps:</p>

  <ol><li>

    <p>Let <var title="">elements</var> be the list of <a href="#dom-window-nameditem-filter" title="dom-window-namedItem-filter">named elements</a> with the
    name <var title="">name</var> in the <a href="#active-document">active document</a>.

    </p><p class="note">There will be at least one such element, by
    definition.</p>

   </li>

   <li>

    <p>If <var title="">elements</var> contains an <code><a href="the-iframe-element.html#the-iframe-element">iframe</a></code>
    element, then return the <code><a href="#windowproxy">WindowProxy</a></code> object of the
    <a href="#nested-browsing-context">nested browsing context</a> represented by the first such
    <code><a href="the-iframe-element.html#the-iframe-element">iframe</a></code> element in <a href="infrastructure.html#tree-order">tree order</a>, and abort
    these steps.</p>

   </li>

   <li>

    <p>Otherwise, if <var title="">elements</var> has only one
    element, return that element and abort these steps.</p>

   </li>

   <li>

    <p>Otherwise return an <code><a href="common-dom-interfaces.html#htmlcollection">HTMLCollection</a></code> rooted at the
    <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code> node, whose filter matches only <a href="#dom-window-nameditem-filter" title="dom-window-namedItem-filter">named elements</a> with
    the name <var title="">name</var>.</p> 
   </li>

  </ol><p><dfn id="dom-window-nameditem-filter" title="dom-window-nameditem-filter">Named elements</dfn>
  with the name <var title="">name</var>, for the purposes of the
  above algorithm, are those that are either:</p>

  <ul><li><code><a href="text-level-semantics.html#the-a-element">a</a></code>, <code><a href="obsolete.html#the-applet-element">applet</a></code>, <code><a href="the-map-element.html#the-area-element">area</a></code>,
   <code><a href="the-iframe-element.html#the-embed-element">embed</a></code>, <code><a href="forms.html#the-form-element">form</a></code>, <code><a href="obsolete.html#frame">frame</a></code>,
   <code><a href="obsolete.html#frameset">frameset</a></code>, <code><a href="the-iframe-element.html#the-iframe-element">iframe</a></code>, <code><a href="embedded-content-1.html#the-img-element">img</a></code>, or
   <code><a href="the-iframe-element.html#the-object-element">object</a></code> elements that have a <code title="attr-name">name</code> content attribute whose value is <var title="">name</var>, or</li>

   <li><a href="infrastructure.html#html-elements">HTML elements</a> that have an <code title="attr-id"><a href="elements.html#the-id-attribute">id</a></code> content attribute whose value is <var title="">name</var>.</li>

  </ul></div><div class="impl">

  <h4 id="garbage-collection-and-browsing-contexts"><span class="secno">5.2.5 </span>Garbage collection and browsing contexts</h4>

  <p>A <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> has a strong reference to each of
  its <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code>s and its <code><a href="#windowproxy">WindowProxy</a></code> object,
  and the user agent itself has a strong reference to its <a href="#top-level-browsing-context" title="top-level browsing context">top-level browsing
  contexts</a>.</p>

  <p>A <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code> has a strong reference to its
  <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> object.</p>

  <p class="note">A <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> object <a href="common-dom-interfaces.html#implied-strong-reference" title="implied
  strong reference">has a strong reference</a> to its
  <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code> object through its <code title="dom-document"><a href="#dom-document">document</a></code> attribute.  Thus, references
  from other scripts to either of those objects will keep both
  alive. Similarly, both <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code> and <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code>
  objects have <a href="common-dom-interfaces.html#implied-strong-reference" title="implied strong reference">implied strong
  references</a> to the <code><a href="#windowproxy">WindowProxy</a></code> object.</p>

  <p>Each <a href="webappapis.html#concept-script" title="concept-script">script</a> has a strong
  reference to its <a href="webappapis.html#script-s-browsing-context" title="script's browsing context">browsing
  context</a> and its <a href="webappapis.html#script-s-document" title="script's
  document">document</a>.</p>

  <p>When a <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> is to <dfn id="discard-a-document">discard a
  <code>Document</code></dfn>, the user agent must run the following
  steps:</p>

  <ol><li><p>Set the <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code>'s <var title="concept-document-salvageable">salvageable</var> state to
   false.</p></li>

   <li><p>Run any <a href="history.html#unloading-document-cleanup-steps">unloading document cleanup steps</a> for
   the <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code> that are defined by this specification
   and <a href="infrastructure.html#other-applicable-specifications">other applicable specifications</a>.</p></li>

   <li><p>Remove any <a href="webappapis.html#concept-task" title="concept-task">tasks</a>
   associated with the <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code> in any <a href="webappapis.html#task-source">task
   source</a>, without running those tasks.</p></li>

   <li><p><a href="#a-browsing-context-is-discarded" title="a browsing context is discarded">Discard</a>
   all the <a href="#child-browsing-context" title="child browsing context">child browsing
   contexts</a> of the <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code>.</p></li>

   <li><p>Lose the strong reference from the <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code>'s
   <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> to the
   <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code>.</p></li>

  </ol><p class="note">Whenever a <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code> object is <a href="#discard-a-document" title="discard a Document">discarded</a>, it is also removed from
  the list of <span>the worker's <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code>s</span> of each
  worker whose list contains that <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code>.</p>

  <p>When <dfn id="a-browsing-context-is-discarded">a <em><span>browsing context</span></em> is
  discarded</dfn>, the strong reference from the user agent itself to
  the <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> must be severed, and all the
  <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code> objects for all the entries in the
  <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a>'s session history must be <a href="#discard-a-document" title="discard a document">discarded</a> as well.</p>

  <p>User agents may <a href="#a-browsing-context-is-discarded" title="a browsing context is
  discarded">discard</a> <a href="#top-level-browsing-context" title="top-level browsing
  context">top-level browsing contexts</a> at any time (typically,
  in response to user requests, e.g. when a user closes a window
  containing one or more <a href="#top-level-browsing-context" title="top-level browsing
  context">top-level browsing contexts</a>). Other <a href="#browsing-context" title="browsing context">browsing contexts</a> must be discarded
  once their <code><a href="#windowproxy">WindowProxy</a></code> object is eligible for garbage
  collection.</p>

  </div><h4 id="browser-interface-elements"><span class="secno">5.2.6 </span>Browser interface elements</h4><p>To allow Web pages to integrate with Web browsers, certain Web
  browser interface elements are exposed in a limited way to scripts
  in Web pages.</p><p>Each interface element is represented by a <code><a href="#barprop">BarProp</a></code>
  object:</p><pre class="idl">interface <dfn id="barprop">BarProp</dfn> {
           attribute boolean <a href="#dom-barprop-visible" title="dom-BarProp-visible">visible</a>;
};</pre><dl class="domintro"><dt><var title="">window</var> . <code title="dom-window-locationbar"><a href="#dom-window-locationbar">locationbar</a></code> . <code title="dom-BarProp-visible"><a href="#dom-barprop-visible">visible</a></code></dt>
   <dd>
    <p>Returns true if the location bar is visible; otherwise, returns false.</p>
   </dd>

   <dt><var title="">window</var> . <code title="dom-window-menubar"><a href="#dom-window-menubar">menubar</a></code> . <code title="dom-BarProp-visible"><a href="#dom-barprop-visible">visible</a></code></dt>
   <dd>
    <p>Returns true if the menu bar is visible; otherwise, returns false.</p>
   </dd>

   <dt><var title="">window</var> . <code title="dom-window-personalbar"><a href="#dom-window-personalbar">personalbar</a></code> . <code title="dom-BarProp-visible"><a href="#dom-barprop-visible">visible</a></code></dt>
   
   <dd>
    <p>Returns true if the personal bar is visible; otherwise, returns false.</p>
   </dd>

   <dt><var title="">window</var> . <code title="dom-window-scrollbars"><a href="#dom-window-scrollbars">scrollbars</a></code> . <code title="dom-BarProp-visible"><a href="#dom-barprop-visible">visible</a></code></dt>
   <dd>
    <p>Returns true if the scroll bars are visible; otherwise, returns false.</p>
   </dd>

   <dt><var title="">window</var> . <code title="dom-window-statusbar"><a href="#dom-window-statusbar">statusbar</a></code> . <code title="dom-BarProp-visible"><a href="#dom-barprop-visible">visible</a></code></dt>
   <dd>
    <p>Returns true if the status bar is visible; otherwise, returns false.</p>
   </dd>

   <dt><var title="">window</var> . <code title="dom-window-toolbar"><a href="#dom-window-toolbar">toolbar</a></code> . <code title="dom-BarProp-visible"><a href="#dom-barprop-visible">visible</a></code></dt>
   <dd>
    <p>Returns true if the toolbar is visible; otherwise, returns false.</p>
   </dd>

  </dl><div class="impl">

  <p>The <dfn id="dom-barprop-visible" title="dom-BarProp-visible">visible</dfn> attribute, on
  getting, must return either true or a value determined by the user
  agent to most accurately represent the visibility state of the user
  interface element that the object represents, as described below. On
  setting, the new value must be discarded.</p>

  <p>The following <code><a href="#barprop">BarProp</a></code> objects exist for each
  <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code> object in a <a href="#browsing-context">browsing
  context</a>. Some of the user interface elements represented by
  these objects might have no equivalent in some user agents; for
  those user agents, except when otherwise specified, the object must
  act as if it was present and visible (i.e. its <code title="dom-BarProp-visible"><a href="#dom-barprop-visible">visible</a></code> attribute must return
  true).</p>

  <dl><dt><dfn id="the-location-bar-barprop-object">The location bar <code>BarProp</code> object</dfn></dt>

   <dd>Represents the user interface element that contains a control
   that displays the <a href="urls.html#url">URL</a> of the <a href="#active-document">active
   document</a>, or some similar interface concept.</dd>

   <dt><dfn id="the-menu-bar-barprop-object">The menu bar <code>BarProp</code> object</dfn></dt>

   <dd>Represents the user interface element that contains a list of
   commands in menu form, or some similar interface concept.</dd>

   <dt><dfn id="the-personal-bar-barprop-object">The personal bar <code>BarProp</code> object</dfn></dt>

   <dd>Represents the user interface element that contains links to
   the user's favorite pages, or some similar interface concept.</dd>

   <dt><dfn id="the-scrollbar-barprop-object">The scrollbar <code>BarProp</code> object</dfn></dt>

   <dd>Represents the user interface element that contains a scrolling
   mechanism, or some similar interface concept.</dd>

   <dt><dfn id="the-status-bar-barprop-object">The status bar <code>BarProp</code> object</dfn></dt>

   <dd>Represents a user interface element found immediately below or
   after the document, as appropriate for the user's media. If the
   user agent has no such user interface element, then the object may
   act as if the corresponding user interface element was absent
   (i.e. its <code title="dom-BarProp-visible"><a href="#dom-barprop-visible">visible</a></code>
   attribute may return false).</dd>

   <dt><dfn id="the-toolbar-barprop-object">The toolbar <code>BarProp</code> object</dfn></dt>

   <dd>Represents the user interface element found immediately above
   or before the document, as appropriate for the user's media. If the
   user agent has no such user interface element, then the object may
   act as if the corresponding user interface element was absent
   (i.e. its <code title="dom-BarProp-visible"><a href="#dom-barprop-visible">visible</a></code>
   attribute may return false).</dd>

  </dl><p>The <dfn id="dom-window-locationbar" title="dom-window-locationbar"><code>locationbar</code></dfn>
  attribute must return <a href="#the-location-bar-barprop-object">the location bar <code>BarProp</code>
  object</a>.</p>

  <p>The <dfn id="dom-window-menubar" title="dom-window-menubar"><code>menubar</code></dfn>
  attribute must return <a href="#the-menu-bar-barprop-object">the menu bar <code>BarProp</code>
  object</a>.</p>

  <p>The <dfn id="dom-window-personalbar" title="dom-window-personalbar"><code>personalbar</code></dfn>
  attribute must return <a href="#the-personal-bar-barprop-object">the personal bar <code>BarProp</code>
  object</a>.</p>

  <p>The <dfn id="dom-window-scrollbars" title="dom-window-scrollbars"><code>scrollbars</code></dfn>
  attribute must return <a href="#the-scrollbar-barprop-object">the scrollbar <code>BarProp</code>
  object</a>.</p>

  <p>The <dfn id="dom-window-statusbar" title="dom-window-statusbar"><code>statusbar</code></dfn> attribute
  must return <a href="#the-status-bar-barprop-object">the status bar <code>BarProp</code>
  object</a>.</p>

  <p>The <dfn id="dom-window-toolbar" title="dom-window-toolbar"><code>toolbar</code></dfn>
  attribute must return <a href="#the-toolbar-barprop-object">the toolbar <code>BarProp</code>
  object</a>.</p>


  </div><div class="impl">

  <h4 id="the-windowproxy-object"><span class="secno">5.2.7 </span>The <code><a href="#windowproxy">WindowProxy</a></code> object</h4>


  <p>As mentioned earlier, each <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> has a
  <dfn id="windowproxy"><code>WindowProxy</code></dfn> object. This object is unusual
  in that all operations that would be performed on it must be
  performed on the <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> object of the <a href="#browsing-context">browsing
  context</a>'s <a href="#active-document">active document</a> instead. It is thus
  indistinguishable from that <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> object in every way
  until the <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> is navigated.</p>

  <p>There is no <code><a href="#windowproxy">WindowProxy</a></code> interface object.</p>

  <p class="note">The <code><a href="#windowproxy">WindowProxy</a></code> object allows scripts
  to act as if each <a href="#browsing-context">browsing context</a> had a single
  <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> object, while still keeping separate
  <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> objects for each <code><a href="infrastructure.html#document">Document</a></code>.</p>

  <div class="example">

   <p>In the following example, the variable <var title="">x</var> is
   set to the <code><a href="#windowproxy">WindowProxy</a></code> object returned by the <code title="dom-window"><a href="#dom-window">window</a></code> accessor on the global object. All
   of the expressions following the assignment return true, because in
   every respect, the <code><a href="#windowproxy">WindowProxy</a></code> object acts like the
   underlying <code><a href="#window">Window</a></code> object.</p>

   <pre>var x = window;
x instanceof Window; // true
x === this; // true</pre>

  </div>

  </div></body></html>