Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference, 3rd Edition

Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference, 3rd Edition

Part I: Dynamic HTML Reference

Chapter 1. HTML and XHTML Reference
  Section 1.1. Attribute Value Types
  Section 1.2. Shared HTML Element Attributes
  Section 1.3. Shared Event Handler Attributes
  Section 1.4. Alphabetical Tag Reference

Chapter 2. Document Object Model Reference
  Section 2.1. Property Value Types
  Section 2.2. About client- and offset- Properties
  Section 2.3. Default Property Values
  Section 2.4. Events
  Section 2.5. Static W3C HTML DOM Objects
  Section 2.6. Shared Object Properties, Methods, and Events
  Section 2.7. Alphabetical Object Reference

Chapter 3. Event Reference
  Section 3.1. Alphabetical Event Reference

Chapter 4. Style Sheet Property Reference
  Section 4.1. Property Value Types
  Section 4.2. Selectors
  Section 4.3. Pseudo-Element and Pseudo-Class Selectors
  Section 4.4. At-Rules
  Section 4.5. Conventions
  Section 4.6. Alphabetical Property Reference

Chapter 5. JavaScript Core Language Reference
  Section 5.1. About Static Objects
  Section 5.2. Mozilla Get and Set Methods
  Section 5.3. ECMAScript for XML (E4X)
  Section 5.4. ECMAScript Reserved Keywords
  Section 5.5. Core Objects
  Section 5.6. Operators
  Section 5.7. Control Statements
  Section 5.8. Miscellaneous Statements
  Section 5.9. Special (Escaped) String Characters

Part II: Cross References

Chapter 6. HTML/XHTML Attribute Index

Chapter 7. DOM Property Index

Chapter 8. DOM Method Index

Chapter 9. DOM Events Index

Part III: Appendixes

Appendix A. Color Names and RGB Values

Appendix B. HTML Character Entities

Appendix C. Keyboard Event Character Values

Appendix D. Editable Content Commands
  Section D.1. The Command System
  Section D.2. Commanding an Editable Document
  Section D.3. TextRange Features

Appendix E. HTML/XHTML DTD Support

Appendix F. The Mozilla Browser Version Trail Glossary

Part IV: Online Sections: Applying Dynamic HTML

The State of the Art: Standards
  Section I.1. The Standards Alphabet Soup
  Section I.2. Version Headaches
  Section I.3. HTML
  Section I.4. XHTML
  Section I.5. Cascading Style Sheets
  Section I.6. Document Object Model
  Section I.7. Web API
  Section I.8. Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
  Section I.9. Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG)
  Section I.10. ECMAScript
  Section I.11. De Facto Standards
  Section I.12. A Fragmenting World

Cross-Platform Compromises
  Section II.1. What Is a Platform?
  Section II.2. Standards-Compatible DHTML
  Section II.3. Internet Explorer DHTML
  Section II.4. Cross-Platform Strategies
  Section II.5. Using Third-Party APIs and Frameworks

Adding Cascading Style Sheets to Documents
  Section III.1. Observing HTML Structures
  Section III.2. Understanding the Box Model
  Section III.3. Two Types of Containment
  Section III.4. Of Style Sheets, Elements, Properties, and Values
  Section III.5. Embedding Style Sheets
  Section III.6. Common Subgroup Selectors
  Section III.7. Advanced Subgroup Selectors
  Section III.8. Cascade Precedence Rules
  Section III.9. Cross-Platform Style Differences

Changing Page Content and Styles
  Section IV.1. Writing Variable Content
  Section IV.2. Writing to Other Frames and Windows
  Section IV.3. Image Swapping
  Section IV.4. CSS-Only Image Swaps
  Section IV.5. Changing Tag Attribute Values
  Section IV.6. Changing Applied Style Values
  Section IV.7. Changing Content
  Section IV.8. Dynamic Tables
  Section IV.9. Blending XML Data into HTML Pages
  Section IV.10. Working with Text Ranges
  Section IV.11. Combining Forces: A Custom Newsletter

Adding Dynamic Positioning to Documents
  Section V.1. Creating Positionable Elements
  Section V.2. Positioning Properties
  Section V.3. Changing Positioning Values via Scripting
  Section V.4. Cross-Platform Position Scripting
  Section V.5. Common Positioning Tasks

Scripting Events
  Section VI.1. Event Types
  Section VI.2. Event Objects
  Section VI.3. Binding Events to Elements
  Section VI.4. Preventing Default Event Actions
  Section VI.5. Event Propagation
  Section VI.6. Understanding Keyboard Event Data
  Section VI.7. Dragging Elements
  Section VI.8. Event Futures

XMLHttpRequest and Ajax
  Section VII.1. A Brief History Lesson
  Section VII.2. Application Design Considerations
  Section VII.3. Using XMLHttpRequest
  Section VII.4. Debugging XMLHttpRequest Code
  Section VII.5. REST Versus SOAP
  Section VII.6. Using XMLHttpRequest for Other Data Types

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Packed with information on the latest web specifications and browser features, this new edition is your ultimate one-stop resource for HTML, XHTML, CSS, Document Object Model (DOM), and JavaScript development. Here is the comprehensive reference for designers of Rich Internet Applications who need to operate in all modern browsers, including Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 2, Safari, and Opera.

With this book, you can instantly see browser support for the latest standards-based technologies, including CSS Level 3, DOM Level 3, Web Forms 2.0, XMLHttpRequest for AJAX applications, JavaScript 1.7, and many more. This new edition:

• Provides at-a-glance references for the tags, attributes, objects, properties, methods, and events of HTML, XHTML, CSS, DOM, and core JavaScript. You can quickly look up a particular feature or language term to see if it is available in desired browser brands and versions.
• Includes handy cross referencing that lets you look up an attribute (or object property, method, or event type) to find all the items that recognize it, including interrelated HTML tags, style properties, and document object model methods, properties, and events.
• Offers appendices where you can quickly locate values useful in HTML authoring and scripting. You'll find coverage of commands used across three browsers for user-editable content.
• Includes a glossary that gives you quick explanations of some of the new and potentially confusing terminology of DHTML.

Contents of This Book

This book is divided into three parts:

Part I, Dynamic HTML Reference

The chapters of Part I provide at-a-glance references for the tags, attributes, objects, properties, methods, and events of HTML, XHTML, CSS, DOM, and core JavaScript. These are the Chapters I use all the time to look up the attributes of an HTML element or to see whether a particular object property is available in the desired browser brands and versions. Every effort has been expended to present this information in a condensed yet meaningful format. At the same time, I have expanded compatibility coverage to include Safari and Opera browsers.

Part II, Cross References

The chapters in Part II slice through the information of Part I along different angles. Perhaps you recall the name of an attribute you found useful some time ago, but don't recall which elements provide that attribute. Here you can look up that attribute (or object property, method, or event type) to find all the items that recognize it.

Part III,Appendixes

Several appendixes provide quick lookup for a variety of values useful in HTML authoring and scripting.

Appendix D has been expanded to include coverage of commands used across three browsers for user-editable content. A glossary also gives you quick explanations of some of the new and potentially confusing terminology of DHTML.