DocumentTitle Property  
 

Returns the title for the current page.

Syntax

object.DocumentTitle

Remarks

The DocumentTitle property returns the current title of the document loaded in the browser. This corresponds to the contents of the <title> element in the document's <head> section, if one is defined.

The title is not fixed at the time the page is first loaded. A script running in the document can modify the <title> element dynamically, and some web applications use this technique to reflect state changes (for example, to indicate new messages or status updates). Because of this, the value returned by this function may change over the lifetime of the page. If the document does not explicitly define a title, the function may return an empty string. Applications that display document titles should be prepared to handle this case.

If the current document does not have a title, this property will return an empty string. This is not uncommon if the DocumentText property is used to change the current document and the text does not contain HTML markup or does not include a <title> tag.

Data Type

String

See Also

DocumentText Property, FilteredText Property, Navigate Method, NavigationCompleted Event