HTML DOM documentElement Property

The DOM documentElement property is used to return the documentElement as an Element Object. It is a read-only property. It returns a <HTML> Element.

Syntax:

document.documentElement

Return Value: It returns the documentElement of the document or an element object.

Example: Below program illustrates the documentElement property in HTML:

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>
        DOM documentElement Property
    </title>
 
    <script>
        function Geeks() {
            let x = document.documentElement.nodeName;
            document.getElementById("sudo").innerHTML = x;
        }
    </script>
</head>
<body>
    <center>
        <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
        <h2>DOM documentElement Property</h2>
        <button onclick="Geeks()">
            Submit
        </button>
        <p id="sudo"></p>
    </center>
</body>
</html>