HTML Window self Property


The HTML Window self property returns the current window of the browser.

Syntax

Following is the syntax −

window.self

Let us see an example of HTML Window self Property −

Example

 Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<style>
   body {
      color: #000;
      height: 100vh;
      background-color: #8BC6EC;
      background-image: linear-gradient(135deg, #8BC6EC 0%, #9599E2 100%) no-repeat;
      text-align: center;
   }
   .btn {
      background: #db133a;
      border: none;
      height: 2rem;
      border-radius: 2px;
      width: 30%;
      display: block;
      color: #fff;
      outline: none;
      cursor: pointer;
      margin: 1rem auto;
   }
   .show{
      font-size:1.2rem;
   }
</style>
<body>
<h1>HTML Window self Property Demo</h1>
<button onclick="create()" class="btn">Check current window is topmost using self property</button>
<div class="show"></div>
<script>
   function create(){
      if(window.top === window.self){
         document.querySelector('.show').innerHTML='The current window is the topmost window';
      } else{
         document.querySelector('.show').innerHTML='The current window is not the topmost window';
      }
   }
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Click on “Check current window is topmost using self property” button to check if the current window is the topmost window or not and to understand how self-property works −

Updated on: 01-Oct-2019

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