In browsers, document.defaultView returns the window object associated with a document, or null if none is available.
Syntax
var win = document.defaultView;
This property is read-only.
Specifications
| Specification | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| HTML Living Standard The definition of 'Document.defaultView' in that specification. |
Living Standard | No change |
| HTML5 The definition of 'Document.defaultView' in that specification. |
Recommendation | Initial definition |
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
defaultView | Chrome Full support 1 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support Yes | IE Full support 9 | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android Full support Yes | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support