document.title *is* the way to do that. You have a case where it doesn't
work? Now I'm curious - I'd sure like to see a test page if you have one.
-Mike
> From: DaveT
>
> I'm working with a fairly complex page that is heavily
> controlled by some Javascript that's external to my code. I'm
> trying to read the document's title text, first trying to use
> straight Javascript, ie:
>
> var txt = document.title;
>
> And while this works on a simple page (where the title is set
> by the document's head > title tag), it doesn't work on the
> more complex Javascript-controlled page. I suspect the
> Javascript is setting the browser's title bar property rather
> than using the title tag.
>
> So I thought I'd try using jQuery to get this, using code like this:
>
> var jQtxt = $('head > title:first').text();
>
> It's trying to do the same thing as the first example, but
> oddly doesn't seem to work on IE even with a simple page.
>
> So my question boils down to:
>
> What's the simplest rock-solid way to get the browser's
> titlebar text that works in both IE and Firefox?
>
> Appreciate any help!
>
> -dave
>
