# 
## Overview

In this shot, we will learn how to stop browser window to load html page using `window.stop()`.

Today's websites contain images, graphics, JavaScript, and media, which makes a website heavy, and thus results in late loading of content on the website.

You can stop the content loading if it takes more time to load.

# 
## The `window.stop()` method

**`window.stop()`** will stop the loading of a web page in a browser window after it is called, and it does not return any value. 

The browser stop button is a working example of `window.stop()`.

We use the `window.stop()` method when some images, media, graphics takes time to load on a web page. By doing this, our web page will run faster than normal.

# 
## Code

We are creating a web page with  text content, so we will use `window.stop()` to stop loading the HTML content after it is called.

This is only to explain how  `window.stop()` works. In reality it has different implementations, but here we are directly using it.

<html>
  <head>
    <script>
      window.stop();
      //  document.getElementById('last').innerHTML = "NO result";

    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="content"/>
    <p>Hello, welcome</p>
  </body>
</html>

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# 
## Explanation 

In the HTML code example above:

- *Line 3* has a script tag with JavaScript code.

- *In line 5*, we called `window.stop()`, which will stop the HTML page to load.

- *In line 13*, we have the `<p>` tag, which has the text 'Hello, welcome' that should display on the web page.

# 
## Output

As we can see, the browser does not load the HTML page in the browser window because of the window method `window.stop()`. 

If you remove or comment line 5, the HTML page will work normally and will display the text in the window.

>Most browsers support this functionality, but some browsers, like Internet Explorer, do not support `window.stop()`.

What is the DOM window.stop() method?

window.stop() halts page loading instantly, enhancing performance when media causes delays; supported by most browsers except Internet Explorer.

What is the DOM window.stop() method?

Overview

The window.stop() method

Code

Explanation

Output

The `window.stop()` method