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JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook
By Danny Goodman

Publisher	: O'Reilly
Pub Date	: April 2003
ISBN	: 0-596-00467-2
Pages	: 540

Conventions Used in This Book

Request for Comments

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Strings

Section 1.0. Introduction

Section 1.1. Concatenating (Joining) Strings

Section 1.2. Accessing Substrings

Section 1.3. Changing String Case

Section 1.4. Testing Equality of Two Strings

Section 1.5. Testing String Containment Without Regular Expressions

Section 1.6. Testing String Containment with Regular Expressions

Section 1.7. Searching and Replacing Substrings

Section 1.8. Using Special and Escaped Characters

Section 1.9. Reading and Writing Strings for Cookies

Section 1.10. Converting Between Unicode Values and String Characters

Section 1.11. Encoding and Decoding URL Strings

Section 1.12. Encoding and Decoding Base64 Strings

Chapter 2. Numbers and Dates

Section 2.0. Introduction

Section 2.1. Converting Between Numbers and Strings

Section 2.2. Testing a Number's Validity

Section 2.3. Testing Numeric Equality

Section 2.4. Rounding Floating-Point Numbers

Section 2.5. Formatting Numbers for Text Display

Section 2.6. Converting Between Decimal and Hexadecimal Numbers

Section 2.7. Generating Pseudorandom Numbers

Section 2.8. Calculating Trigonometric Functions

Section 2.9. Creating a Date Object

Section 2.10. Calculating a Previous or Future Date

Section 2.11. Calculating the Number of Days Between Two Dates

Section 2.12. Validating a Date

Chapter 3. Arrays and Objects

Section 3.0. Introduction

Section 3.1. Creating a Simple Array

Section 3.2. Creating a Multidimensional Array

Section 3.3. Converting Between Arrays and Strings

Section 3.4. Doing Something with the Items in an Array

Section 3.5. Sorting a Simple Array

Section 3.6. Combining Arrays

Section 3.7. Dividing Arrays

Section 3.8. Creating a Custom Object

Section 3.9. Simulating a Hash Table for Fast Array Lookup

Section 3.10. Doing Something with a Property of an Object

Section 3.11. Sorting an Array of Objects

Section 3.12. Customizing an Object's Prototype

Section 3.13. Converting Arrays and Custom Objects to Strings

Chapter 4. Variables, Functions, and Flow Control

Section 4.0. Introduction

Section 4.1. Creating a JavaScript Variable

Section 4.2. Creating a Named Function

Section 4.3. Nesting Named Functions

Section 4.4. Creating an Anonymous Function

Section 4.5. Delaying a Function Call

Section 4.6. Branching Execution Based on Conditions

Section 4.7. Handling Script Errors Gracefully

Section 4.8. Improving Script Performance

Chapter 5. Browser Feature Detection

Section 5.0. Introduction

Section 5.1. Detecting the Browser Brand

Section 5.2. Detecting an Early Browser Version

Section 5.3. Detecting the Internet Explorer Version

Section 5.4. Detecting the Netscape Navigator Version

Section 5.5. Detecting the Client Operating System

Section 5.6. Detecting Object Support

Section 5.7. Detecting Object Property and Method Support

Section 5.8. Detecting the Browser Written Language

Section 5.9. Detecting Cookie Availability

Section 5.10. Defining Browser- or Feature-Specific Links

Section 5.11. Testing on Multiple Browser Versions

Chapter 6. Managing Browser Windows

Section 6.0. Introduction

Section 6.1. Setting the Main Window's Size

Section 6.2. Positioning the Main Window

Section 6.3. Maximizing the Main Window

Section 6.4. Creating a New Window

Section 6.5. Bringing a Window to the Front

Section 6.6. Communicating with a New Window

Section 6.7. Communicating Back to the Main Window

Section 6.8. Using Internet Explorer Modal/Modeless Windows

Section 6.9. Simulating a Cross-Browser Modal Dialog Window

Section 6.10. Simulating a Window with Layers

Chapter 7. Managing Multiple Frames

Section 7.0. Introduction

Section 7.1. Creating a Blank Frame in a New Frameset

Section 7.2. Changing the Content of One Frame from Another

Section 7.3. Changing the Content of Multiple Frames at Once

Section 7.4. Replacing a Frameset with a Single Page

Section 7.5. Avoiding Being "Framed" by Another Site

Section 7.6. Assuring a Page Loads in its Frameset

Section 7.7. Reading a Frame's Dimensions

Section 7.8. Resizing Frames

Section 7.9. Setting Frameset Specifications Dynamically

Chapter 8. Dynamic Forms

Section 8.0. Introduction

Section 8.1. Auto-Focusing the First Text Field

Section 8.2. Performing Common Text Field Validations

Section 8.3. Preventing Form Submission upon Validation Failure

Section 8.4. Auto-Focusing an Invalid Text Field Entry

Section 8.5. Changing a Form's Action

Section 8.6. Blocking Submissions from the Enter Key

Section 8.7. Advancing Text Field Focus with the Enter Key

Section 8.8. Submitting a Form by an Enter Key Press in Any Text Box

Section 8.9. Disabling Form Controls

Section 8.10. Hiding and Showing Form Controls

Section 8.11. Allowing Only Numbers (or Letters) in a Text Box

Section 8.12. Auto-Tabbing for Fixed-Length Text Boxes

Section 8.13. Changing select Element Content

Section 8.14. Copying Form Data Between Pages

Chapter 9. Managing Events

Section 9.0. Introduction

Section 9.1. Equalizing the IE and W3C Event Models

Section 9.2. Initiating a Process After the Page Loads

Section 9.3. Determining the Coordinates of a Click Event

Section 9.4. Preventing an Event from Performing Its Default Behavior

Section 9.5. Blocking Double Clicks

Section 9.6. Determining Which Element Received an Event

Section 9.7. Determining Which Mouse Button Was Pressed

Section 9.8. Reading Which Character Key Was Typed

Section 9.9. Reading Which Noncharacter Key Was Pressed

Section 9.10. Determining Which Modifier Keys Were Pressed During an Event

Section 9.11. Determining the Element the Cursor Rolled From/To

Section 9.12. Synchronizing Sounds to Events

Chapter 10. Page Navigation Techniques

Section 10.0. Introduction

Section 10.1. Loading a New Page or Anchor

Section 10.2. Keeping a Page Out of the Browser History

Section 10.3. Using a select Element for Navigation

Section 10.4. Passing Data Between Pages Via Cookies

Section 10.5. Passing Data Between Pages Via Frames

Section 10.6. Passing Data Between Pages Via URLs

Section 10.7. Creating a Contextual (Right-Click) Menu

Section 10.8. Creating Drop-Down Navigation Menus

Section 10.9. Providing Navigation Trail Menus

Section 10.10. Creating Expandable Menus

Section 10.11. Creating Collapsible XML Menus

Chapter 11. Managing Style Sheets

Section 11.0. Introduction

Section 11.1. Assigning Style Sheet Rules to an Element Globally

Section 11.2. Assigning Style Sheet Rules to a Subgroup of Elements

Section 11.3. Assigning Style Sheet Rules to an Individual Element

Section 11.4. Importing External Style Sheets

Section 11.5. Importing Browser- or Operating System-Specific Style Sheets

Section 11.6. Changing Imported Style Sheets After Loading

Section 11.7. Enabling/Disabling Style Sheets

Section 11.8. Toggling Between Style Sheets for an Element

Section 11.9. Overriding a Style Sheet Rule

Section 11.10. Turning Arbitrary Content into a Styled Element

Section 11.11. Creating Center-Aligned Body Elements

Section 11.12. Reading Effective Style Sheet Property Values

Section 11.13. Forcing Version 6 Browsers into Standards-Compatibility Mode

Chapter 12. Visual Effects for Stationary Content

Section 12.0. Introduction

Section 12.1. Precaching Images

Section 12.2. Swapping Images (Rollovers)

Section 12.3. Changing Text Style Properties

Section 12.4. Offering Body Text Size Choices to Users

Section 12.5. Creating Custom Link Styles

Section 12.6. Changing Page Background Colors and Images

Section 12.7. Hiding and Showing Elements

Section 12.8. Adjusting Element Transparency

Section 12.9. Creating Transition Visual Effects

Chapter 13. Positioning HTML Elements

Section 13.0. Introduction

Section 13.1. Making an Element Positionable in the Document Space

Section 13.2. Connecting a Positioned Element to a Body Element

Section 13.3. Controlling Positioning Via a DHTML JavaScript Library

Section 13.4. Deciding Between div and span Containers

Section 13.5. Adjusting Positioned Element Stacking Order (z-order)

Section 13.6. Centering an Element on Top of Another Element

Section 13.7. Centering an Element in a Window or Frame

Section 13.8. Determining the Location of a Nonpositioned Element

Section 13.9. Animating Straight-Line Element Paths

Section 13.10. Animating Circular Element Paths

Section 13.11. Creating a Draggable Element

Section 13.12. Scrolling div Content

Section 13.13. Creating a Custom Scrollbar

Chapter 14. Creating Dynamic Content

Section 14.0. Introduction

Section 14.1. Writing Dynamic Content During Page Loading

Section 14.2. Creating New Page Content Dynamically

Section 14.3. Including External HTML Content

Section 14.4. Embedding XML Data

Section 14.5. Embedding Data as JavaScript Objects

Section 14.6. Transforming XML Data into HTML Tables

Section 14.7. Transforming JavaScript Objects into HTML Tables

Section 14.8. Converting an XML Node Tree to JavaScript Objects

Section 14.9. Creating a New Element

Section 14.10. Creating Text Content for a New Element

Section 14.11. Creating Mixed Element and Text Nodes

Section 14.12. Inserting and Populating an iframe Element

Section 14.13. Getting a Reference to an HTML Element Object

Section 14.14. Replacing Portions of Body Content

Section 14.15. Removing Body Content

Section 14.16. Sorting Dynamic Tables

Section 14.17. Walking the Document Node Tree

Section 14.18. Capturing Document Content

Chapter 15. Dynamic Content Applications

Section 15.0. Introduction

Section 15.1. Displaying a Random Aphorism

Section 15.2. Converting a User Selection into an Arbitrary Element

Section 15.3. Automating the Search-and-Replace of Body Content

Section 15.4. Creating a Slide Show

Section 15.5. Auto-Scrolling the Page

Section 15.6. Greeting Users with Their Time of Day

Section 15.7. Displaying the Number of Days Before Christmas

Section 15.8. Displaying a Countdown Timer

Section 15.9. Creating a Calendar Date Picker

Section 15.10. Displaying an Animated Progress Bar

Appendix A. Keyboard Event Character Values

Appendix B. Keyboard Key Code Values

Appendix C. ECMAScript Reserved Keywords

Colophon

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