defaultCharset

Summary

Gets the default character set from the current regional language settings.

Property of dom/Documentdom/Document

Syntax

Note: This property is read-only.

var defaultCharacterSet = document.defaultCharset;

Return Value

Returns an object of type StringString

The name of the default character set of the user.

Examples

//displays the document's default character encoding string
function showDefCharSet() {
    alert(document.defaultCharset);
}

Notes

The value depends on the current regional language settings. For typical settings in North America, the value is windows-1252.

Attributions

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