Gets the document type declaration associated with the current document.
Syntax
[ oDocType = ] document.doctype
Possible Values
| oDocType |
Object that
receives the document type declaration.| NULL | Default. Return value for HTML documents. |
|
The property is read-only.
The property has a default value of
NULL.
Remarks
doctype was introduced in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.
For HTML documents, the doctype property returns null, as defined by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 standard.
Standards Information
This property is defined in
W3C DOM Level 1 
.
Applies To
