Description

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.

Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference speeds the way to adding sophisticated features to your web pages. Indispensable, complete, and succinct, this bestselling guide is the must-have compendium for all web developers involved in creating dynamic web content.

 

Preface

Part I. Dynamic HTML Reference

1. HTML and XHTML Reference

     Attribute Value Types

     Shared HTML Element Attributes

     Shared Event Handler Attributes
     Alphabetical Tag Reference

2. Document Object Model Reference

     Property Value Types

     About client- and offset- Properties

     Default Property Values

     Events

     Static W3C HTML DOM Objects

     Shared Object Properties, Methods, and Events

     Alphabetical Object Reference

3. Event Reference

     Alphabetical Event Reference

4. Style Sheet Property Reference

     Property Value Types

     Selectors

     Pseudo-Element and Pseudo-Class Selectors

     At-Rules

     Conventions

     Alphabetical Property Reference

5. JavaScript Core Language Reference

     About Static Objects

     Mozilla Get and Set Methods

     ECMAScript for XML (E4X)

     ECMAScript Reserved Keywords

     Core Objects

     Operators

     Control Statements

     Miscellaneous Statements

     Special (Escaped) String Characters

Part II. Cross References

6. HTML/XHTML Attribute Index

7. DOM Property Index

8. DOM Method Index

9. DOM Events Index

Part III. Appendixes

A. Color Names and RGB Values

B. HTML Character Entities

C. Keyboard Event Character Values

D. Editable Content Commands

E. HTML/XHTML DTD Support

F. The Mozilla Browser Version Trail

Glossary

Index