event handling approach, 47 event model, 44, 179 event object properties, 55 RDF syntax and, 294 XPath and, 288 <wbr> tags, 260 Web services. drawing data from servers, 237 exposur[r]
(1)(2)Summary of Contents
Introduction vii
1 DHTML Technologies
2 The Document Object Model 13
3 Handling DOM Events 43
4 Detecting Browser Features 75
5 Animation 95
6 Forms and Validation 125
7 Advanced Concepts and Menus 167
8 Remote Scripting 197
9 Communicating With The Server 251
10 DOM Alternatives: XPath 287
(3)(4)DHTML Utopia
Modern Web Design Using JavaScript & DOM
(5)DHTML Utopia: Modern Web Design Using JavaScript & DOM
by Stuart Langridge
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Latest Update: November 2005
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(6)user interface, drag-and-drop functions, 263
user-agent switching, 90
username checking example, 228–237 building the JavaScript, 232 screenshots, 232, 236 style sheet, 231
V
valid HTML,
adding new attributes and, 298 DOM representations and, 16 validators,
validation of user input, 125–154 client-side validation, 127–149 integration of client- and server-side,
149–154
on form submission, 136 reasons to undertake, 126 variables
accessing within passed functions, 99
element references, 18 Venkman debugger,
W
W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) DOM definition, 13
event handling approach, 47 event model, 44, 179 event object properties, 55 RDF syntax and, 294 XPath and, 288 <wbr> tags, 260 Web services
drawing data from servers, 237 exposure with XML-RPC, 277 JavaScript restrictions, 280 weblog post editor, 280–286
coordinating page and server, 283 HTML page content, 281
Weblogs
(see also Blogger API)
blogroll XPath example, 292–304 Webmail (see name resolution example) widget enhancements, 154–166
autocomplete text boxes, 156 calendar popups, 156
text boxes with instructions, 157 type-ahead drop-down lists, 159 window object
(see also setTimeout function) open method, 63
opera property, 89
window.document object (see getEle-mentsBy* methods)
window.event object
cancelBubble property, 56 checking for existence of, 56 IE event handling and, 53
properties compared with W3C, 55 returnValue property, 57
window.location object, replace meth-od, 206
window.navigator object, browser sniffing, 76
window.parent object and <iframe>s, 201
wiping effects, multi-level menu project, 185
wrapper objects
(see also library objects)
XHMHTTP implementations, 227 wrapping words within boxes, 260 Wubben Mark, 182
X
XML document access, 287, 289 XML namespaces, 296
XMLHTTP, 225–228 browser support, 226
(7)Sarissa library, 227
username checking example, 228– 237
XMLHttpRequest class, 226–227, 261 XML-RPC, 277–280
calling APIs, 279
weblog post editor, 280–286 XPath, 287–304
adding XML namespaces, 296 applying to XML documents, 290 blogroll example using, 292–304 constructing simple expressions, 295 learning resources on, 292
XPCOM components, 237
Z
Zakas, Nicholas, 156
zero values, JavaScript interpretation, 80
zero-width spaces, 260 z-index property
CSS2 stacking problem, 110–111 draggable elements, 275
proxy elements for drop targets, 267, 269
Zvon XPath tutorial, 292
318 Index