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JavaScript

Alexander Graham
Alexander Graham
7,966 Points
Posted by Alexander Graham
Alexander Graham
7,966 Points

Is "document.querySelector('body')" and "document.body" the same?

Are these two ways of accessing a selector the same? until now I have used in other courses the "document.querySelector('')", but, can I just write the selector that I want to access straight away like in the video? example "document.body

Thanks

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points

The querySelector function can be used to find any document element. Only the head and body elements have their own shorthand properties on the document object, partly because every document will have one and only one of each of these.