HTML DOM defaultView Property (original) (raw)

Last Updated : 11 Jul, 2025

The **DOM defaultView property in HTML is used to return the document Window Object. The window object is the open windows in the browser.

**Syntax:

document.defaultView

**Return Value: It is used to return the current Window Object.

**Example 1: In this example use the defaultView property to get the window object and display it in a

element when the button is clicked. The content is centered and styled.

html `

<h1 style="color:green">GeeksForGeeks</h1>
<h2>DOM defaultView Property </h2>

<button onclick="geeks()">Submit</button>

<p id="sudo"></p>

<script>
    function geeks() {
        let doc = document.defaultView;
        document.getElementById("sudo").innerHTML = doc;
    }
</script>

`

**Output:

**Example 2: This example is used to return the width and height of the Windows.

html `

GeeksForGeeks

DOM defaultView Property

    <button onclick="Geeks()">Submit</button>

    <p id="sudo"></p>

    <!-- script to find window size -->
    <script>
        function Geeks() {
            let def_view = document.defaultView;
            let width = def_view.innerWidth;
            let height = def_view.innerHeight;
            document.getElementById("sudo").innerHTML
                = "Width: " + width +
                "<br>Height: " + height;
        }
    </script>
</center>

`

**Output:

**Supported Browsers: The browser supported by _DOM defaultView property are listed below:

• Google Chrome
• Edge
• Firefox
• Opera
• Safari