How to get and set document title in Javascript

Document titme

document.title returns the document title, changes the document title.

Example


<!DOCTYPE HTML> 
<html> 
    <body> 
        <script> 
            document.writeln("<pre>"); 
            document.writeln("compatMode: " + document.compatMode); 
            document.writeln("dir: " + document.dir); 
            document.writeln("domain: " + document.domain); 
            document.writeln("referrer: " + document.referrer); 
            document.writeln("title: " + document.title); 
            document.write("</pre>"); 
        </script> 
    </body> 
</html><!--   w  w w  . j  a v  a2  s.  c  om-->

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Change the document title

The following code changes the document title.


<!DOCTYPE HTML> 
<html> 
    <body> 
        <script> 
            document.writeln("<pre>"); 
            document.writeln("compatMode: " + document.compatMode); 
            document.writeln("dir: " + document.dir); 
            document.writeln("domain: " + document.domain); 
            document.writeln("referrer: " + document.referrer); 
            document.writeln("title: " + document.title); 
            document.write("</pre>"); 
            <!--  w  ww  .j av  a 2 s .c  o  m-->
            document.title = "new title";
            
        </script> 
    </body> 
</html>

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