Access <html> node

Question

I would like to add a class to the element <html>and run the code for it in the element <head>. What is the best way to do this?

document.getElementsByTagName('html')[0].className = 'class';

or

document.documentElement.className = 'class';

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Till Jun 01 '11 at 0:21

2 answers

Kayla · Answer 1 · 2011-06-01T00:24:30+0000

None of the methods is “best,” but a documentElementlittle faster, because it does not need to run the corresponding function, so go with it.

Ben · Answer 2 · 2011-06-01T00:25:45+0000

Modernizr seems to be using document.documentElement (looking at the source).

I think a good link :)