charset

Summary

Gets or sets the preferred MIME name of the document’s character encoding.

Property of dom/Documentdom/Document

Syntax

var result = element.charset;
element.charset = value;

Examples

//displays the document's character encoding string
function showCharSet() {
    alert(document.characterSet);
}

//sets the document's character encoding string
function putCharSet() {
    document.characterSet = "UTF-16";
}

Usage

 On setting, if the new value is an IANA-registered alias for a character encoding supported by the user agent, the document's character encoding is set to that character encoding. Otherwise, nothing happens.

Notes

Remarks

For a, link, and script objects, you must set the value of this property before you can retrieve it. You must set the value of this property before you can retrieve it. In Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, This property now applies to the a, link, and script objects.

Syntax

Standards information

• Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification, Section 2.5.5

Attributions

• Microsoft Developer Network: [Windows Internet Explorer API reference Article]