DOM Inspector

The document object model (DOM) is an interface standardized by W3C to allow programmers a methodology to create dynamic content. This is referred to as Dynamic HTML (DHTML) by some. DOM includes such functionalities as CSS, HTML, XML, and other components.

Figure 14.7 shows the DOM Inspector window. In this figure you are looking at eBay's home page.

Figure 14.7. The web page is shown in the bottom pane, with DOM Inspector information in the upper two panes.

The DOM Inspector is useful to show the layout and hierarchy of your document's code.