Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Guide
The Definitive Reference
Published on 4. August 1998
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1088 pages
978-1-56592-494-9 (ISBN)
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Web content developers have a lot of information to keep track of. They need to stay current on the relevant Web specifications, like HTML, CSS, DOM, and ECMAScript. They also need to know how the latest Web browsers from Netscape and Microsoft actually implement these standards, since browser implementations of the standards are less than perfect. This is a compendium for Web content developers. It should contain everything needed to create functional cross-platform Web applications, including a complete reference for all of the HTML tags, CSS style attributes, browser document objects, and JavaScript objects supported by the various standards and the latest versions of Navigator and Internet Explorer. Browser compatibility is emphasized throughout; the reference pages clearly indicate browser support for every entity and cross-reference indexes should make it easy to find in terrelated HTML tags, style attributes, and document objects.
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Danny Goodman has been an active participant on the editorial side of the personal computer and consumer electronics revolutions since the late 1970s. His articles in the field have appeared in some of the most prestigious general audience publications and he has written dozens of feature articles for leading computer publications, such as PC Magazine, PC World, Macworld, and MacUser. He is currently a monthly columnist for Netscape Communication's online developer newsletter, View Source. Danny is also the author of more than two dozen books on computing and information superhighway technologies, including the popular JavaScript Bible. The Complete HyperCard Handbook, published by Bantam Books in August 1987, claimed honors as the bestselling Macintosh book and fastest selling computer book in the history of the industry. That book is now in its fourth edition and has been translated into more than a half-dozen languages. His HyperCard Handbook and HyperCard Developer's Guide have both received Best Product-Specific Book awards from the Computer Press Association (1987 and 1988, respectively). Danny Goodman's Macintosh Handbook (1993), a radical departure from traditional computer books, won Danny's third CPA award. To keep up to date on the needs of World Wide Web developers for his recent books and Netscape articles, Danny is also a programming and design consultant to some of the industry's top intranet application development groups. Danny, 47, was born in Chicago, Illinois. He earned a B.A. and M.A. in classical antiquity from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He moved to California in 1983 and now lives in a small San Francisco area coastal community, where he alternates views between computer screens and the Pacific Ocean.
Content
Preface I. Applying Dynamic HTML 1. The State of the Art The Standards Alphabet Soup Version Headaches HTML 4.0 Style Sheets Document Object Model ECMAScript A Fragmenting World. 2. Cross-Platform Compromises What Is a Platform? Navigator 4 DHTML Internet Explorer 4 DHTML Cross-Platform Strategies Cross-Platform Expectations. 3. Adding Style Sheets to Documents Rethinking HTML Structures Understanding Block-Level Elements Two Types of Containment CSS Platforms Of Style Sheets, Elements, Attributes, and Values Embedding Style Sheets Subgroup Selectors Attribute Selector Futures: CSS2 JavaScript Style Sheet Syntax Cascade Precedence Rules Cross-Platform Style Differences. 4. Adding Dynamic Positioning to Documents Creating Positionable Elements Positioning Attributes Changing Attribute Values via Scripting Cross-Platform Position Scripting Handling Navigator Window Resizing Common Positioning Tasks. 5. Making Content Dynamic Writing Variable Content Writing to Other Frames and Windows Links to Multiple Frames Image Swapping Changing Tag Attribute Values Changing Style Attribute Values Changing Content. 6. Scripting Events Basic Events Binding Event Handlers to Elements Event Handler Return Values Event Propagation Examining Modifier Keys Examining Mouse Buttons and Key Codes Dragging Elements Event Futures. 7. Looking Ahead to HTML 4.0 New Directions Overview New Elements Deprecated Elements Obsolete Elements New Element Attributes Deprecated Attributes II. Dynamic HTML Reference. 8. HTML Reference Attribute Value Types Common HTML Attributes Alphabetical Tag Reference. 9. Document Object Reference Property Value Types About client- and offset- Properties Event Handler Properties Common Object Properties, Methods, and Collections Alphabetical Object Reference. 10. Style Sheet Attribute Reference. Attribute Value Types Pseudo-Elements and Pseudo-Classes At-Rules Conventions Alphabetical Attribute Reference. 11. JavaScript Core Language Reference Internet Explorer JScript Versions About Static Objects Core Objects Operators Control Statements Global Functions Statements III. Cross References. 12. HTML Attribute Index. 13. Document Object Properties Index. 14. Document Object Methods Index. 15. Document Object Event Handlers Index IV. Appendixes A. Color Names and RGB Values B. HTML Character Entities C. Keyboard Event Character Values D. Internet Explorer Commands Glossary Index