Legacy DOM Methods

This section describes Document Object Model (DOM) methods supported in earlier versions of Windows Internet Explorer that are not widely supported in other browsers. Application that rely on these features should be updated to use featured based on modern standards, such as HTML5, Cascading Style Sheets, Level 3 (CSS3), and others.

In this section

Topic	Description
addBehavior	Attaches a behavior to the element.
AddChannel	Obsolete. Presents a dialog box that enables the user to add the specified channel, or to change the channel URL, if it is already installed.
AddDesktopComponent	Obsolete. Adds a Web site or image to the Microsoft Active Desktop.
AddFavorite	Deprecated. Prompts the user with a dialog box to add the specified URL to the Favorites list.
AddSearchProvider	Warning  This method has been deprecated since Internet Explorer 8 and removed from Windows 10.   Deprecated. Adds a search provider to the registry.
AddService	Deprecated. User initiated action to add a service.
AddToFavoritesBar	Deprecated. Adds a URL to the Favorites Bar.
bubbleEvent	Propagates an event up its containment hierarchy.
doReadRequest	Obsolete. Performs all requests located in the read-requests queue.
ImportExportFavorites	Deprecated. Handles the import and export of Internet Explorer favorites.
IsSearchProviderInstalled	Warning  This method has been deprecated since Internet Explorer 8 and removed from Windows 10.   Deprecated. Determines if a search provider has been installed for the current user and whether it is set as default.
IsServiceInstalled	Deprecated. Check if a service is already installed.
IsSubscribed	Obsolete. Retrieves a value indicating whether the client subscribes to the given channel.
namedRecordset	Retrieves the recordset object corresponding to the named data member from a data source object (DSO).
NavigateAndFind	Navigates to the specified URL and selects the specified text. Navigates to the specified URL and selects the specified text.
nextPage	Displays the next page of records in the data set to which the table is bound.
print	Prints the document associated with the window.
prompt	Displays a dialog box that prompts the user with a message and an input field.
raiseEvent	Triggers an event, as specified.
refresh	Refreshes the content of the table. This might be necessary after a call to a method such as removeRule, when the page does not automatically reflow.
removeBehavior	Detaches a behavior from the element.
setContextMenu	Constructs a context menu, as specified.
start	Starts scrolling the marquee.
stop	Stops the marquee from scrolling.
urns	Retrieves a collection of all objects to which a specified behavior is attached.