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Preface
Part I. Applying Dynamic HTML
1. The State of the Art
The Standards Alphabet Soup
Version Headaches
HTML
XHTML
Style Sheets
Document Object Model
Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
ECMAScript
A Fragmenting World
2. Cross-Platform Compromises
What Is a Platform?
Navigator 4 DHTML-Fading Fast
Internet Explorer DHTML
Netscape 6 (Mozilla) DHTML
Other Browsers
Cross-Platform Strategies
Cross-Platform Expectations
3. Adding Style Sheets to Documents
Observing HTML Structures
Understanding Block-Level Elements
Two Types of Containment
The CSS Platform
Of Style Sheets, Elements, Attributes, and Values
Embedding Style Sheets
Common Subgroup Selectors
Advanced Subgroup Selectors
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
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 Applied Style Values
Changing Content
Dynamic Tables
Client-Side Includes
Working with Text Ranges
Combining Forces: A Custom Newsletter
6. Scripting Events
Event Types
Event Objects
Binding Event Handlers to Elements
Preventing Default Event Actions
Event Propagation
Understanding Keyboard Event Data
Dragging Elements
Event Futures
7. Standardization Trends
W3C Modularization
XHTML Modularization (XHTML Basic and 1.1)
CSS Modularization (CSS3)
DOM Modularization (DOM2 and DOM3)
What Is Conformance?
Part II. Dynamic HTML Reference
8. HTML and XHTML Reference
Attribute Value Types
Shared HTML Element Attributes
Alphabetical Tag Reference
9. Document Object Model Reference
Property Value Types
About client- and offset- Properties
Default Property Values
Event Handler Properties
Shared Object Properties, Methods, and Events
Alphabetical Object Reference
10. Event Reference
Alphabetical Event Reference
11. Style Sheet Attribute Reference
Attribute Value Types
Pseudo-Elements and Pseudo-Classes
At-Rules
Conventions
Alphabetical Attribute Reference
12. JavaScript Core Language Reference
Internet Explorer JScript Versions
About Static Objects
Mozilla Get and Set Methods
ECMAScript Reserved Keywords
Core Objects
Operators
Control Statements
Miscellaneous Statements
Special (Escaped) String Characters
Part III. Cross References
13. HTML/XHTML Attribute Index
14. DOM Property Index
15. DOM Method Index
16. DOM Event Handlers Index
Part IV. Appendixes
A. Color Names and RGB Values
B. HTML Character Entities
C. Keyboard Event Character Values
D. Internet Explorer Commands
E. HTML/XHTML DTD Support
Glossary
Index