Article ID: 296113 - Last Review: May 11, 2006 - Revision: 3.0 BUG: Script Fails to Change the Document Title of a Web Page
This article was previously published under Q296113 On This PageSYMPTOMS
Internet Explorer fails to change the document title when client-side script sets the innerHTML property of a title object that CreateElement("Title") creates.
RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, use the document.title property to set the title programmatically instead. For sample code that demonstrates this workaround, see the "More Information" section.
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. MORE INFORMATIONSteps to Reproduce Behavior
REFERENCES
For more information about the TITLE element and title object, see the following MSDN Web site:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/objects/TITLE.asp
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/objects/TITLE.asp)
For additional information, click the article number below
to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
263033
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/263033/EN-US/
)
BUG: DHTML Dialog Box Does Not Show String Assigned to Document.Title
For more information about developing Web-based solutions for Microsoft Internet Explorer, visit the following Microsoft Web sites:http://msdn.microsoft.com/ie/
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/ie/)
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