Change Your Web Page with JavaScript Document Object Model Methods

The Document Object Model methods shown in the following table offer you a great way to access and modify your Web pages through your JavaScript code.

Element	Description
myElement = document.getElementById("name");	Gets an element from the page with the specified ID and copies a reference to that element to the variable myElement.
myElement.innerHTML = "value"	Changes the value of the element to "value".
document.onkeydown = keyListener	When a key is pressed, a function called keyListener is automatically activated.
document.onmousemove = mouseListener	When the mouse is moved, a function called mouseListener is automatically activated.
setInterval(function, ms);	Runs function each ms milliseconds.
myArray = document.getElementsByName("name")	Returns an array of objects with the current name (frequently used with radio buttons).

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