Table of Contents | JavaScript: The Definitive Guide

JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, 5th Edition
By David Flanagan
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Publisher: O'Reilly
Pub Date: August 2006
Print ISBN-10: 0-596-10199-6
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-59-610199-2
Pages: 1018

Table of Contents | Index

Dedication

Preface

Chapter 1. Introduction to JavaScript

Section 1.1. What Is JavaScript?

Section 1.2. Versions of JavaScript

Section 1.3. Client-Side JavaScript

Section 1.4. JavaScript in Other Contexts

Section 1.5. Exploring JavaScript

Part I: Core JavaScript

Chapter 2. Lexical Structure

Section 2.1. Character Set

Section 2.2. Case Sensitivity

Section 2.3. Whitespace and Line Breaks

Section 2.4. Optional Semicolons

Section 2.5. Comments

Section 2.6. Literals

Section 2.7. Identifiers

Section 2.8. Reserved Words

Chapter 3. Datatypes and Values

Section 3.1. Numbers

Section 3.2. Strings

Section 3.3. Boolean Values

Section 3.4. Functions

Section 3.5. Objects

Section 3.6. Arrays

Section 3.7. null

Section 3.8. undefined

Section 3.9. The Date Object

Section 3.10. Regular Expressions

Section 3.11. Error Objects

Section 3.12. Type Conversion Summary

Section 3.13. Primitive Datatype Wrapper Objects

Section 3.14. Object-to-Primitive Conversion

Section 3.15. By Value Versus by Reference

Chapter 4. Variables

Section 4.1. Variable Typing

Section 4.2. Variable Declaration

Section 4.3. Variable Scope

Section 4.4. Primitive Types and Reference Types

Section 4.5. Garbage Collection

Section 4.6. Variables as Properties

Section 4.7. Variable Scope Revisited

Chapter 5. Expressions and Operators

Section 5.1. Expressions

Section 5.2. Operator Overview

Section 5.3. Arithmetic Operators

Section 5.4. Equality Operators

Section 5.5. Relational Operators

Section 5.6. String Operators

Section 5.7. Logical Operators

Section 5.8. Bitwise Operators

Section 5.9. Assignment Operators

Section 5.10. Miscellaneous Operators

Chapter 6. Statements

Section 6.1. Expression Statements

Section 6.2. Compound Statements

Section 6.3. if

Section 6.4. else if

Section 6.5. switch

Section 6.6. while

Section 6.7. do/while

Section 6.8. for

Section 6.9. for/in

Section 6.10. Labels

Section 6.11. break

Section 6.12. continue

Section 6.13. var

Section 6.14. function

Section 6.15. return

Section 6.16. throw

Section 6.17. try/catch/finally

Section 6.18. with

Section 6.19. The Empty Statement

Section 6.20. Summary of JavaScript Statements

Chapter 7. Objects and Arrays

Section 7.1. Creating Objects

Section 7.2. Object Properties

Section 7.3. Objects as Associative Arrays

Section 7.4. Universal Object Properties and Methods

Section 7.5. Arrays

Section 7.6. Reading and Writing Array Elements

Section 7.7. Array Methods

Section 7.8. Array-Like Objects

Chapter 8. Functions

Section 8.1. Defining and Invoking Functions

Section 8.2. Function Arguments

Section 8.3. Functions as Data

Section 8.4. Functions as Methods

Section 8.5. Constructor Functions

Section 8.6. Function Properties and Methods

Section 8.7. Utility Function Examples

Section 8.8. Function Scope and Closures

Section 8.9. The Function() Constructor

Chapter 9. Classes, Constructors, and Prototypes

Section 9.1. Constructors

Section 9.2. Prototypes and Inheritance

Section 9.3. Simulating Classes in JavaScript

Section 9.4. Common Object Methods

Section 9.5. Superclasses and Subclasses

Section 9.6. Extending Without Inheriting

Section 9.7. Determining Object Type

Section 9.8. Example: A defineClass( ) Utility Method

Chapter 10. Modules and Namespaces

Section 10.1. Creating Modules and Namespaces

Section 10.2. Importing Symbols from Namespaces

Section 10.3. Module Utilities

Chapter 11. Pattern Matching with Regular Expressions

Section 11.1. Defining Regular Expressions

Section 11.2. String Methods for Pattern Matching

Section 11.3. The RegExp Object

Chapter 12. Scripting Java

Section 12.1. Embedding JavaScript

Section 12.2. Scripting Java

Part II: Client-Side JavaScript

Chapter 13. JavaScript in Web Browsers

Section 13.1. The Web Browser Environment

Section 13.2. Embedding Scripts in HTML

Section 13.3. Event Handlers in HTML

Section 13.4. JavaScript in URLs

Section 13.5. Execution of JavaScript Programs

Section 13.6. Client-Side Compatibility

Section 13.7. Accessibility

Section 13.8. JavaScript Security

Section 13.9. Other Web-Related JavaScript Embeddings

Chapter 14. Scripting Browser Windows

Section 14.1. Timers

Section 14.2. Browser Location and History

Section 14.3. Obtaining Window, Screen, and Browser Information

Section 14.4. Opening and Manipulating Windows

Section 14.5. Simple Dialog Boxes

Section 14.6. Scripting the Status Line

Section 14.7. Error Handling

Section 14.8. Multiple Windows and Frames

Section 14.9. Example: A Navigation Bar in a Frame

Chapter 15. Scripting Documents

Section 15.1. Dynamic Document Content

Section 15.2. Document Properties

Section 15.3. Legacy DOM: Document Object Collections

Section 15.4. Overview of the W3C DOM

Section 15.5. Traversing a Document

Section 15.6. Finding Elements in a Document

Section 15.7. Modifying a Document

Section 15.8. Adding Content to a Document

Section 15.9. Example: A Dynamically Created Table of Contents

Section 15.10. Querying Selected Text

Section 15.11. The IE 4 DOM

Chapter 16. Cascading Style Sheets and Dynamic HTML

Section 16.1. Overview of CSS

Section 16.2. CSS for DHTML

Section 16.3. Scripting Inline Styles

Section 16.4. Scripting Computed Styles

Section 16.5. Scripting CSS Classes

Section 16.6. Scripting Stylesheets

Chapter 17. Events and Event Handling

Section 17.1. Basic Event Handling

Section 17.2. Advanced Event Handling with DOM Level 2

Section 17.3. The Internet Explorer Event Model

Section 17.4. Mouse Events

Section 17.5. Key Events

Section 17.6. The onload Event

Section 17.7. Synthetic Events

Chapter 18. Forms and Form Elements

Section 18.1. The Form Object

Section 18.2. Defining Form Elements

Section 18.3. Scripting Form Elements

Section 18.4. Form Verification Example

Chapter 19. Cookies and Client-Side Persistence

Section 19.1. An Overview of Cookies

Section 19.2. Storing Cookies

Section 19.3. Reading Cookies

Section 19.4. Cookie Example

Section 19.5. Cookie Alternatives

Section 19.6. Persistent Data and Security

Chapter 20. Scripting HTTP

Section 20.1. Using XMLHttpRequest

Section 20.2. XMLHttpRequest Examples and Utilities

Section 20.3. Ajax and Dynamic Scripting

Section 20.4. Scripting HTTP with <script> Tags

Chapter 21. JavaScript and XML

Section 21.1. Obtaining XML Documents

Section 21.2. Manipulating XML with the DOM API

Section 21.3. Transforming XML with XSLT

Section 21.4. Querying XML with XPath

Section 21.5. Serializing XML

Section 21.6. Expanding HTML Templates with XML Data

Section 21.7. XML and Web Services

Section 21.8. E4X: ECMAScript for XML

Chapter 22. Scripted Client-Side Graphics

Section 22.1. Scripting Images

Section 22.2. Graphics with CSS

Section 22.3. SVG: Scalable Vector Graphics

Section 22.4. VML: Vector Markup Language

Section 22.5. Graphics in a <canvas>

Section 22.6. Graphics with Flash

Section 22.7. Graphics with Java

Chapter 23. Scripting Java Applets and Flash Movies

Section 23.1. Scripting Applets

Section 23.2. Scripting the Java Plug-in

Section 23.3. Scripting with Java

Section 23.4. Scripting Flash

Section 23.5. Scripting Flash 8

Part III: Core JavaScript Reference

Chapter 24. Core JavaScript Reference

Section 24.1. Sample Entry: how to read these reference pages

Section 24.2. arguments[ ]: an array of function arguments

Section 24.3. Arguments: arguments and other properties of a function

Section 24.4. Arguments.callee: the function that is currently running

Section 24.5. Arguments.length: the number of arguments passed to a function

Section 24.6. Array: built-in support for arrays

Section 24.7. Array.concat( ): concatenate arrays

Section 24.8. Array.join( ): concatenate array elements to form a string

Section 24.9. Array.length: the size of an array

Section 24.10. Array.pop( ): remove and return the last element of an array

Section 24.11. Array.push( ): append elements to an array

Section 24.12. Array.reverse( ): reverse the elements of an array

Section 24.13. Array.shift( ): shift array elements down

Section 24.14. Array.slice( ): return a portion of an array

Section 24.15. Array.sort( ): sort the elements of an array

Section 24.16. Array.splice( ): insert, remove, or replace array elements

Section 24.17. Array.toLocaleString( ): convert an array to a localized string

Section 24.18. Array.toString( ): convert an array to a string

Section 24.19. Array.unshift( ): insert elements at the beginning of an array

Section 24.20. Boolean: support for boolean values

Section 24.21. Boolean.toString( ): convert a boolean value to a string

Section 24.22. Boolean.valueOf( ): the boolean value of a Boolean object

Section 24.23. Date: manipulate dates and times

Section 24.24. Date.getDate( ): return the day-of-the-month field of a Date

Section 24.25. Date.getDay( ): return the day-of-the-week field of a Date

Section 24.26. Date.getFullYear( ): return the year field of a Date

Section 24.27. Date.getHours( ): return the hours field of a Date

Section 24.28. Date.getMilliseconds( ): return the milliseconds field of a Date

Section 24.29. Date.getMinutes( ): return the minutes field of a Date

Section 24.30. Date.getMonth( ): return the month field of a Date

Section 24.31. Date.getSeconds( ): return the seconds field of a Date

Section 24.32. Date.getTime( ): return a Date in milliseconds

Section 24.33. Date.getTimezoneOffset( ): determine the offset from GMT

Section 24.34. Date.getUTCDate( ): return the day-of-the-month field of a Date (universal time)

Section 24.35. Date.getUTCDay( ): return the day-of-the-week field of a Date (universal time)

Section 24.36. Date.getUTCFullYear( ): return the year field of a Date (universal time)

Section 24.37. Date.getUTCHours( ): return the hours field of a Date (universal time)

Section 24.38. Date.getUTCMilliseconds( ): return the milliseconds field of a Date (universal time)

Section 24.39. Date.getUTCMinutes( ): return the minutes field of a Date (universal time)

Section 24.40. Date.getUTCMonth( ): return the month-of-the-year field of a Date (universal time)

Section 24.41. Date.getUTCSeconds( ): return the seconds field of a Date (universal time)

Section 24.42. Date.getYear( ): return the year field of a Date

Section 24.43. Date.parse( ): parse a date/time string

Section 24.44. Date.setDate( ): set the day-of-the-month field of a Date

Section 24.45. Date.setFullYear( ): set the year and, optionally, the month and date fields of a Date

Section 24.46. Date.setHours( ): set the hours, minutes, seconds, and milliseconds fields of a Date

Section 24.47. Date.setMilliseconds( ): set the milliseconds field of a Date

Section 24.48. Date.setMinutes( ): set the minutes, seconds, and milliseconds fields of a Date

Section 24.49. Date.setMonth( ): set the month and day fields of a Date

Section 24.50. Date.setSeconds( ): set the seconds and milliseconds fields of a Date

Section 24.51. Date.setTime( ): set a Date in milliseconds

Section 24.52. Date.setUTCDate( ): set the day-of-the-month field of a Date (universal time)

Section 24.53. Date.setUTCFullYear( ): set the year, month, and day fields of a Date (universal time)

Section 24.54. Date.setUTCHours( ): set the hours, minutes, seconds, and milliseconds fields of a Date (universal time)

Section 24.55. Date.setUTCMilliseconds( ): set the milliseconds field of a Date (universal time)

Section 24.56. Date.setUTCMinutes( ): set the minutes, seconds, and milliseconds fields of a Date (universal time)

Section 24.57. Date.setUTCMonth( ): set the month and day fields of a Date (universal time)

Section 24.58. Date.setUTCSeconds( ): set the seconds and milliseconds fields of a Date (universal time)

Section 24.59. Date.setYear( ): set the year field of a Date

Section 24.60. Date.toDateString( ): return the date portion of a Date as a string

Section 24.61. Date.toGMTString( ): convert a Date to a universal time string

Section 24.62. Date.toLocaleDateString( ): return the date portion of a Date as a locally formatted string

Section 24.63. Date.toLocaleString( ): convert a Date to a locally formatted string

Section 24.64. Date.toLocaleTimeString( ): return the time portion of a Date as a locally formatted string

Section 24.65. Date.toString( ): convert a Date to a string

Section 24.66. Date.toTimeString( ): return the time portion of a Date as a string

Section 24.67. Date.toUTCString( ): convert a Date to a string (universal time)

Section 24.68. Date.UTC( ): convert a Date specification to milliseconds

Section 24.69. Date.valueOf( ): convert a Date to millisecond representation

Section 24.70. decodeURI( ): unescape characters in a URI

Section 24.71. decodeURIComponent( ): unescape characters in a URI component

Section 24.72. encodeURI( ): escape characters in a URI

Section 24.73. encodeURIComponent( ): escape characters in a URI component

Section 24.74. Error: a generic exception

Section 24.75. Error.message: a human-readable error message

Section 24.76. Error.name: the type of an error

Section 24.77. Error.toString( ): convert an Error object to a string

Section 24.78. escape( ): encode a string

Section 24.79. eval( ): execute JavaScript code from a string

Section 24.80. EvalError: thrown when eval( ) is used improperly

Section 24.81. Function: a JavaScript function

Section 24.82. Function.apply( ): invoke a function as a method of an object

Section 24.83. Function.arguments[]: arguments passed to a function

Section 24.84. Function.call( ): invoke a function as a method of an object

Section 24.85. Function.caller: the function that called this one

Section 24.86. Function.length: the number of declared arguments

Section 24.87. Function.prototype: the prototype for a class of objects

Section 24.88. Function.toString( ): convert a function to a string

Section 24.89. getClass( ): return the JavaClass of a JavaObject

Section 24.90. Global: the global object

Section 24.91. Infinity: a numeric property that represents infinity

Section 24.92. isFinite( ): determine whether a number is finite

Section 24.93. isNaN( ): check for not-a-number

Section 24.94. java: the JavaPackage for the java.* package hierarchy

Section 24.95. JavaArray: JavaScript representation of a Java array

Section 24.96. JavaClass: JavaScript representation of a Java class

Section 24.97. JavaObject: JavaScript representation of a Java object

Section 24.98. JavaPackage: JavaScript representation of a Java package

Section 24.99. JSObject: see JSObject in Part IV

Section 24.100. Math: mathematical functions and constants

Section 24.101. Math.abs( ): compute an absolute value

Section 24.102. Math.acos( ): compute an arccosine

Section 24.103. Math.asin( ): compute an arcsine

Section 24.104. Math.atan( ): compute an arctangent

Section 24.105. Math.atan2( ): compute the angle from the X axis to a point

Section 24.106. Math.ceil( ): round a number up

Section 24.107. Math.cos( ): compute a cosine

Section 24.108. Math.E: the mathematical constant e

Section 24.109. Math.exp( ): compute ex

Section 24.110. Math.floor( ): round a number down

Section 24.111. Math.LN10: the mathematical constant loge2

Section 24.112. Math.LN2: the mathematical constant loge10

Section 24.113. Math.log( ): compute a natural logarithm

Section 24.114. Math.LOG10E: the mathematical constant log2e

Section 24.115. Math.LOG2E: the mathematical constant log10e

Section 24.116. Math.max( ): return the largest argument

Section 24.117. Math.min( ): return the smallest argument

Section 24.118. Math.PI: the mathematical constant π

Section 24.119. Math.pow( ): compute xy

Section 24.120. Math.random( ): return a pseudorandom number

Section 24.121. Math.round( ): round to the nearest integer

Section 24.122. Math.sin( ): compute a sine

Section 24.123. Math.sqrt( ): compute a square root

Section 24.124. Math.SQRT1_2: the mathematical constant 1/

Section 24.125. Math.SQRT2: the mathematical constant

Section 24.126. Math.tan( ): compute a tangent

Section 24.127. NaN: the not-a-number property

Section 24.128. Number: support for numbers

Section 24.129. Number.MAX_VALUE: the maximum numeric value

Section 24.130. Number.MIN_VALUE: the minimum numeric value

Section 24.131. Number.NaN: the special not-a-number value

Section 24.132. Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY: negative infinity

Section 24.133. Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY: infinity

Section 24.134. Number.toExponential( ): format a number using exponential notation

Section 24.135. Number.toFixed( ): format a number using fixed-point notation

Section 24.136. Number.toLocaleString( ): convert a number to a locally formatted string

Section 24.137. Number.toPrecision( ): format the significant digits of a number

Section 24.138. Number.toString( ): convert a number to a string

Section 24.139. Number.valueOf( ): return the primitive number value

Section 24.140. Object: a superclass that contains features of all JavaScript objects

Section 24.141. Object.constructor: an object's constructor function

Section 24.142. Object.hasOwnProperty( ): check whether a property is inherited

Section 24.143. Object.isPrototypeOf( ): is one object the prototype of another?

Section 24.144. Object.propertyIsEnumerable( ): will property be seen by a for/in loop?

Section 24.145. Object.toLocaleString( ): return an object's localized string representation

Section 24.146. Object.toString( ): define an object's string representation

Section 24.147. Object.valueOf( ): the primitive value of the specified object

Section 24.148. Packages: the root JavaPackage

Section 24.149. parseFloat( ): convert a string to a number

Section 24.150. parseInt( ): convert a string to an integer

Section 24.151. RangeError: thrown when a number is out of its legal range

Section 24.152. ReferenceError: thrown when reading a variable that does not exist

Section 24.153. RegExp: regular expressions for pattern matching

Section 24.154. RegExp.exec( ): general-purpose pattern matching

Section 24.155. RegExp.global: whether a regular expression matches globally

Section 24.156. RegExp.ignoreCase: whether a regular expression is case-insensitive

Section 24.157. RegExp.lastIndex: the starting position of the next match

Section 24.158. RegExp.source: the text of the regular expression

Section 24.159. RegExp.test( ): test whether a string matches a pattern

Section 24.160. RegExp.toString( ): convert a regular expression to a string

Section 24.161. String: support for strings

Section 24.162. String.charAt( ): get the nth character from a string

Section 24.163. String.charCodeAt( ): get the nth character code from a string

Section 24.164. String.concat( ): concatenate strings

Section 24.165. String.fromCharCode( ): create a string from character encodings

Section 24.166. String.indexOf( ): search a string

Section 24.167. String.lastIndexOf( ): search a string backward

Section 24.168. String.length: the length of a string

Section 24.169. String.localeCompare( ): compare one string to another, using locale-specific ordering

Section 24.170. String.match( ): find one or more regular-expression matches

Section 24.171. String.replace( ): replace substring(s) matching a regular expression

Section 24.172. String.search( ): search for a regular expression

Section 24.173. String.slice( ): extract a substring

Section 24.174. String.split( ): break a string into an array of strings

Section 24.175. String.substr( ): extract a substring

Section 24.176. String.substring( ): return a substring of a string

Section 24.177. String.toLocaleLowerCase( ): convert a string to lowercase

Section 24.178. String.toLocaleUpperCase( ): convert a string to uppercase

Section 24.179. String.toLowerCase( ): convert a string to lowercase

Section 24.180. String.toString( ): return the string

Section 24.181. String.toUpperCase( ): convert a string to uppercase

Section 24.182. String.valueOf( ): return the string

Section 24.183. SyntaxError: thrown to signal a syntax error

Section 24.184. TypeError: thrown when a value is of the wrong type

Section 24.185. undefined: the undefined value

Section 24.186. unescape( ): decode an escaped string

Section 24.187. URIError: thrown by URI encoding and decoding methods

Part IV: Client-Side JavaScript Reference

Chapter 25. Client-Side JavaScript Reference

Section 25.1. Anchor: the target of a hypertext link

Section 25.2. Anchor.focus( ): scroll to make the anchor location visible

Section 25.3. Applet: an applet embedded in a web page

Section 25.4. Attr: an attribute of a document element

Section 25.5. Button: see Input

Section 25.6. Canvas: an HTML element for scripted drawing

Section 25.7. Canvas.getContext( ): return a context for drawing on the canvas

Section 25.8. CanvasGradient: a color gradient for use in a canvas

Section 25.9. CanvasGradient.addColorStop( ): add a change of color at some point in the gradient

Section 25.10. CanvasPattern: an image-based pattern for use in a Canvas

Section 25.11. CanvasRenderingContext2D: the object used for drawing on a canvas

Section 25.12. CanvasRenderingContext2D.arc( ): add an arc to the current subpath of a canvas, using a center point and radius

Section 25.13. CanvasRenderingContext2D.arcTo( ): add an arc of a circle to the current subpath, using tangent points and a radius

Section 25.14. CanvasRenderingContext2D.beginPath( ): start a new collection of subpaths in a canvas

Section 25.15. CanvasRenderingContext2D.bezierCurveTo( ): add a cubic Bézier curve to the current subpath

Section 25.16. CanvasRenderingContext2D.clearRect( ): erase a rectangular area of a canvas

Section 25.17. CanvasRenderingContext2D.clip( ): set the clipping path of a canvas

Section 25.18. CanvasRenderingContext2D.closePath( ): closes an open subpath

Section 25.19. CanvasRenderingContext2D.createLinearGradient( ): create a linear color gradient

Section 25.20. CanvasRenderingContext2D.createPattern( ): create a pattern of tiled images

Section 25.21. CanvasRenderingContext2D.createRadialGradient( ): create a radial color gradient

Section 25.22. CanvasRenderingContext2D.drawImage( ): draw an image

Section 25.23. CanvasRenderingContext2D.fill( ): fill the path

Section 25.24. CanvasRenderingContext2D.fillRect( ): fill a rectangle

Section 25.25. CanvasRenderingContext2D.globalCompositeOperation: specifies how colors are combined on the canvas

Section 25.26. CanvasRenderingContext2D.lineCap: specifies how the ends of lines are rendered

Section 25.27. CanvasRenderingContext2D.lineJoin: specifies how vertices are rendered

Section 25.28. CanvasRenderingContext2D.lineTo( ): add a straight line to the current subpath

Section 25.29. CanvasRenderingContext2D.miterLimit: maximum-miter-length-to-line-width ratio

Section 25.30. CanvasRenderingContext2D.moveTo( ): sets the current position and begins a new subpath

Section 25.31. CanvasRenderingContext2D.quadraticCurveTo( ): add a quadratic Bezier curve to the current subpath

Section 25.32. CanvasRenderingContext2D.rect( ): add a rectangle subpath to the path

Section 25.33. CanvasRenderingContext2D.restore( ): reset drawing state to saved values

Section 25.34. CanvasRenderingContext2D.rotate( ): rotate the coordinate system of the canvas

Section 25.35. CanvasRenderingContext2D.save( ): save a copy of the current graphics state

Section 25.36. CanvasRenderingContext2D.scale( ): scale the user coordinate system of the canvas

Section 25.37. CanvasRenderingContext2D.stroke( ): draw the current path

Section 25.38. CanvasRenderingContext2D.strokeRect( ): draw a rectangle

Section 25.39. CanvasRenderingContext2D.translate( ): translate the user coordinate system of the canvas

Section 25.40. CDATASection: a CDATA node in an XML document

Section 25.41. CharacterData: common functionality for Text and Comment nodes

Section 25.42. CharacterData.appendData( ): append a string to a Text or Comment node

Section 25.43. CharacterData.deleteData( ): delete characters from a Text or Comment node

Section 25.44. CharacterData.insertData( ): insert a string into a Text or Comment node

Section 25.45. CharacterData.replaceData( ): replace characters of a Text or Comment node with a string

Section 25.46. CharacterData.substringData( ): extract a substring from a Text or Comment node

Section 25.47. Checkbox: see Input

Section 25.48. Comment: an HTML or XML comment

Section 25.49. CSS2Properties: a set of CSS attributes and their values

Section 25.50. CSSRule: a rule in a CSS stylesheet

Section 25.51. CSSStyleSheet: a CSS stylesheet

Section 25.52. CSSStyleSheet.addRule( ): IE-specific method to insert a rule into a stylesheet

Section 25.53. CSSStyleSheet.deleteRule( ): delete a rule from a stylesheet

Section 25.54. CSSStyleSheet.insertRule( ): insert a rule into a stylesheet

Section 25.55. CSSStyleSheet.removeRule( ): IE-specific method to remove a rule from a stylesheet

Section 25.56. Document: an HTML or XML document

Section 25.57. Document.addEventListener( ): see Element.addEventListener( )

Section 25.58. Document.attachEvent( ): see Element.attachEvent( )

Section 25.59. Document.createAttribute( ): create a new Attr node

Section 25.60. Document.createAttributeNS( ): create an Attr with a name and namespace

Section 25.61. Document.createCDATASection( ): create a new CDATASection node

Section 25.62. Document.createComment( ): create a new Comment node

Section 25.63. Document.createDocumentFragment( ): create a new, empty DocumentFragment node

Section 25.64. Document.createElement( ): create a new Element node

Section 25.65. Document.createElementNS( ): create a new Element node using a namespace

Section 25.66. Document.createEvent( ): create an Event object

Section 25.67. Document.createExpression( ): create an XPath expression for later evaluation

Section 25.68. Document.createProcessingInstruction( ): create a ProcessingInstruction node

Section 25.69. Document.createRange( ): create a Range object

Section 25.70. Document.createTextNode( ): create a new Text node

Section 25.71. Document.detachEvent( ): see Element.detachEvent( )

Section 25.72. Document.dispatchEvent( ): see Element.dispatchEvent( )

Section 25.73. Document.evaluate( ): evaluate an XPath expression

Section 25.74. Document.getElementById( ): find an element with the specified unique ID

Section 25.75. Document.getElementsByTagName( ): return all Element nodes with the specified name

Section 25.76. Document.getElementsByTagNameNS( ): return all Element nodes with a specified name and namespace

Section 25.77. Document.importNode( ): copy a node from another document for use in this document

Section 25.78. Document.loadXML( ): populate this Document by parsing a string of XML markup

Section 25.79. Document.removeEventListener( ): see Element.removeEventListener( )

Section 25.80. DocumentFragment: adjacent nodes and their subtrees

Section 25.81. DocumentType: the DTD of an XML document

Section 25.82. DOMException: signal exceptions or errors for core DOM objects

Section 25.83. DOMImplementation: methods independent of any particular document

Section 25.84. DOMImplementation.createDocument( ): create a new Document and the specified root element

Section 25.85. DOMImplementation.createDocumentType( ): create a DocumentType node

Section 25.86. DOMImplementation.hasFeature( ): determine whether the implementation supports a feature

Section 25.87. DOMParser: parses XML markup to create a Document

Section 25.88. DOMParser.parseFromString( ): parse XML markup

Section 25.89. Element: an HTML or XML element

Section 25.90. Element.addEventListener( ): register an event handler

Section 25.91. Element.attachEvent( ): register an event handler

Section 25.92. Element.detachEvent( ): delete an event listener

Section 25.93. Element.dispatchEvent( ): dispatch a synthetic event to this node

Section 25.94. Element.getAttribute( ): return the string value of a named attribute

Section 25.95. Element.getAttributeNode( ): return the Attr node for the named attribute

Section 25.96. Element.getAttributeNodeNS( ): return the Attr node for an attribute with a namespace

Section 25.97. Element.getAttributeNS( ): get the value of an attribute that uses namespaces

Section 25.98. Element.getElementsByTagName( ): find descendant elements with a specified tag name

Section 25.99. Element.getElementsByTagNameNS( ): return descendant elements with the specified name and namespace

Section 25.100. Element.hasAttribute( ): determine whether this element has a specified attribute

Section 25.101. Element.hasAttributeNS( ): determine whether this element has a specified attribute

Section 25.102. Element.removeAttribute( ): delete a named attribute of an element

Section 25.103. Element.removeAttributeNode( ): remove an Attr node from an element

Section 25.104. Element.removeAttributeNS( ): delete an attribute specified by name and namespace

Section 25.105. Element.removeEventListener( ): delete an event listener

Section 25.106. Element.setAttribute( ): create or change an attribute of an element

Section 25.107. Element.setAttributeNode( ): add a new Attr node to an Element

Section 25.108. Element.setAttributeNodeNS( ): add a namespace Attr node to an Element

Section 25.109. Element.setAttributeNS( ): create or change an attribute with a namespace

Section 25.110. Event: information about an event

Section 25.111. Event.initEvent( ): initialize the properties of a new event

Section 25.112. Event.preventDefault( ): cancel default action of an event

Section 25.113. Event.stopPropagation( ): do not dispatch an event any further

Section 25.114. ExternalInterface: a bidirectional interface to Flash

Section 25.115. ExternalInterface.addCallback( ): expose an ActionScript method for execution from JavaScript

Section 25.116. ExternalInterface.call( ): call a JavaScript function from ActionScript

Section 25.117. FileUpload: see Input

Section 25.118. FlashPlayer: plug-in for Flash movies

Section 25.119. FlashPlayer.GetVariable( ): return a value defined in a Flash movie

Section 25.120. FlashPlayer.GotoFrame( ): skip to the specified frame of a movie

Section 25.121. FlashPlayer.IsPlaying( ): check whether a movie is playing

Section 25.122. FlashPlayer.LoadMovie( ): load an auxiliary movie

Section 25.123. FlashPlayer.Pan( ): move the viewport of the movie

Section 25.124. FlashPlayer.PercentLoaded( ): determine how much of the movie has loaded

Section 25.125. FlashPlayer.Play( ): play a movie

Section 25.126. FlashPlayer.Rewind( ): rewind the movie to its first frame

Section 25.127. FlashPlayer.SetVariable( ): set a variable defined by a Flash movie

Section 25.128. FlashPlayer.SetZoomRect( ): set the viewport of a movie

Section 25.129. FlashPlayer.StopPlay( ): stop the movie

Section 25.130. FlashPlayer.TotalFrames( ): return the length of the movie, in frames

Section 25.131. FlashPlayer.Zoom( ): zoom in or out

Section 25.132. Form: a <form> in an HTML document

Section 25.133. Form.elements[]: the input elements of a form

Section 25.134. Form.onreset: event handler invoked when a form is reset

Section 25.135. Form.onsubmit: event handler invoked when a form is submitted

Section 25.136. Form.reset( ): reset the elements of a form to their default values

Section 25.137. Form.submit( ): submit form data to a web server

Section 25.138. Frame: a <frame> in an HTML document

Section 25.139. Hidden: see Input

Section 25.140. History: the URL history of the browser

Section 25.141. History.back( ): return to the previous URL

Section 25.142. History.forward( ): visit the next URL

Section 25.143. History.go( ): revisit a URL

Section 25.144. HTMLCollection: array of HTML elements accessible by position or name

Section 25.145. HTMLCollection.item( ): get an element by position

Section 25.146. HTMLCollection.namedItem( ): get an element by name

Section 25.147. HTMLDocument: the root of an HTML document tree

Section 25.148. HTMLDocument.all[]: all HTML elements in a document

Section 25.149. HTMLDocument.close( ): close an open document and display it

Section 25.150. HTMLDocument.cookie: the cookie(s) of the document

Section 25.151. HTMLDocument.domain: the security domain of a document

Section 25.152. HTMLDocument.getElementsByName( ): find elements with the specified name attribute

Section 25.153. HTMLDocument.open( ): begin a new document, erasing the current one

Section 25.154. HTMLDocument.write( ): append HTML text to an open document

Section 25.155. HTMLDocument.writeln( ): append HTML text and a newline to an open document

Section 25.156. HTMLElement: an element in an HTML document

Section 25.157. HTMLElement.onclick: event handler invoked when the user clicks on an element

Section 25.158. HTMLElement.ondblclick: event handler invoked when the user double-clicks on an element

Section 25.159. HTMLElement.onkeydown: event handler invoked when the user presses a key

Section 25.160. HTMLElement.onkeypress: event handler invoked when the user presses a key

Section 25.161. HTMLElement.onkeyup: event handler invoked when the user releases a key

Section 25.162. HTMLElement.onmousedown: event handler invoked when the user presses a mouse button

Section 25.163. HTMLElement.onmousemove: event handler invoked when the mouse moves within an element

Section 25.164. HTMLElement.onmouseout: event handler invoked when mouse moves out of an element

Section 25.165. HTMLElement.onmouseover: event handler invoked when the mouse moves over an element

Section 25.166. HTMLElement.onmouseup: event handler invoked when the user releases a mouse button

Section 25.167. HTMLElement.scrollIntoView( ): make an element visible

Section 25.168. IFrame: an <iframe> in an HTML document

Section 25.169. Image: an image in an HTML document

Section 25.170. Image.onabort: event handler invoked when the user aborts image loading

Section 25.171. Image.onerror: event handler invoked when an error occurs during image loading

Section 25.172. Image.onload: event handler invoked when an image finishes loading

Section 25.173. Input: an input element in an HTML form

Section 25.174. Input.blur( ): remove keyboard focus from a form element

Section 25.175. Input.click( ): simulate a mouse click on a form element

Section 25.176. Input.focus( ): give keyboard focus to a form element

Section 25.177. Input.onblur: the handler invoked when a form element loses focus

Section 25.178. Input.onchange: event handler invoked when a form element's value changes

Section 25.179. Input.onclick: event handler invoked when a form element is clicked

Section 25.180. Input.onfocus: event handler invoked when a form element gains focus

Section 25.181. Input.select( ): select the text in a form element

Section 25.182. JavaArray, JavaClass, JavaObject, JavaPackage: see Part III

Section 25.183. JSObject: Java representation of a JavaScript object

Section 25.184. JSObject.call( ): invoke a method of a JavaScript object

Section 25.185. JSObject.eval( ): evaluate a string of JavaScript code

Section 25.186. JSObject.getMember( ): read a property of a JavaScript object

Section 25.187. JSObject.getSlot( ): read an array element of a JavaScript object

Section 25.188. JSObject.getWindow( ): return initial JSObject for browser window

Section 25.189. JSObject.removeMember( ): delete a property of a JavaScript object

Section 25.190. JSObject.setMember( ): set a property of a JavaScript object

Section 25.191. JSObject.setSlot( ): set an array element of a JavaScript object

Section 25.192. JSObject.toString( ): return the string value of a JavaScript object

Section 25.193. KeyEvent: details about a keyboard event

Section 25.194. Layer: an obsolete Netscape API

Section 25.195. Link: a hyperlink or anchor in an HTML document

Section 25.196. Link.blur( ): take keyboard focus away from a hyperlink

Section 25.197. Link.focus( ): make a link visible and give it keyboard focus

Section 25.198. Link.onclick: event handler invoked when a Link is clicked

Section 25.199. Link.onmouseout: event handler invoked when the mouse leaves a link

Section 25.200. Link.onmouseover: event handler invoked when the mouse goes over a link

Section 25.201. Location: represents and controls browser location

Section 25.202. Location.reload( ): reload the current document

Section 25.203. Location.replace( ): replace one displayed document with another

Section 25.204. MimeType: represents a MIME datatype

Section 25.205. MouseEvent: details about a mouse event

Section 25.206. MouseEvent.initMouseEvent( ): initialize the properties of a MouseEvent object

Section 25.207. Navigator: information about the browser in use

Section 25.208. Navigator.javaEnabled( ): test whether Java is available

Section 25.209. Node: a node in a document tree

Section 25.210. Node.appendChild( ): insert a node as the last child of this node

Section 25.211. Node.cloneNode( ): duplicate a node and, optionally, all of its descendants

Section 25.212. Node.hasAttributes( ): determine whether a node has attributes

Section 25.213. Node.hasChildNodes( ): determine whether a node has children

Section 25.214. Node.insertBefore( ): insert a node into the document tree before the specified node

Section 25.215. Node.isSupported( ): determine if a node supports a feature

Section 25.216. Node.normalize( ): merge adjacent Text nodes and remove empty ones

Section 25.217. Node.removeChild( ): remove (and return) the specified child of this node

Section 25.218. Node.replaceChild( ): replace a child node with a new node

Section 25.219. Node.selectNodes( ): select nodes with an XPath query

Section 25.220. Node.transformNode( ): transform a node to a string using XSLT

Section 25.221. Node.transformNodeToObject( ): transform a node to a document using XSLT

Section 25.222. NodeList: a read-only array of nodes

Section 25.223. NodeList.item(): get an element of a NodeList

Section 25.224. Option: an option in a Select element

Section 25.225. Packages: see Packages in Part III

Section 25.226. Password: see Input

Section 25.227. Plugin: describes an installed plug-in

Section 25.228. ProcessingInstruction : a processing instruction in an XML document

Section 25.229. Radio: see Input

Section 25.230. Range: represents a contiguous range of a document

Section 25.231. Range.cloneContents(): copy range contents into a DocumentFragment

Section 25.232. Range.cloneRange(): make a copy of this range

Section 25.233. Range.collapse(): make one boundary point equal to the other

Section 25.234. Range.compareBoundaryPoints(): compare positions of two ranges

Section 25.235. Range.deleteContents(): delete a region of the document

Section 25.236. Range.detach(): free a Range object

Section 25.237. Range.extractContents( ): delete document content and return it in a DocumentFragment

Section 25.238. Range.insertNode( ): insert a node at the start of a range

Section 25.239. Range.selectNode(): set range boundaries to a node

Section 25.240. Range.selectNodeContents( ): set range boundaries to the children of a node

Section 25.241. Range.setEnd( ): set the end point of a range

Section 25.242. Range.setEndAfter( ): end a range after a specified node

Section 25.243. Range.setEndBefore( ): end a range before the specified node

Section 25.244. Range.setStart( ): set the start point of a range

Section 25.245. Range.setStartAfter( ): start a range after the specified node

Section 25.246. Range.setStartBefore( ): start a range before the specified node

Section 25.247. Range.surroundContents( ): surround range contents with the specified node

Section 25.248. Range.toString( ): get range contents as a plain-text string

Section 25.249. RangeException: signals a range-specific exception

Section 25.250. Reset: see Input

Section 25.251. Screen: provides information about the display

Section 25.252. Synopsis

Section 25.253. Select: a graphical selection list

Section 25.254. Select.add( ): insert an <option> element

Section 25.255. Select.blur( ): take keyboard focus away from this element

Section 25.256. Select.focus( ): give keyboard focus to this element

Section 25.257. Select.onchange: event handler invoked when the selection changes

Section 25.258. Select.options[]: the choices in a Select object

Section 25.259. Select.remove( ): remove an <option>

Section 25.260. Style: see CSS2Properties

Section 25.261. Submit: see Input

Section 25.262. Table: a <table> in an HTML document

Section 25.263. Table.createCaption( ): get or create a <caption>

Section 25.264. Table.createTFoot( ): get or create a <tfoot>

Section 25.265. Table.createTHead( ): get or create a <thead>

Section 25.266. Table.deleteCaption( ): delete the <caption> of a table

Section 25.267. Table.deleteRow( ): delete a row of a table

Section 25.268. Table.deleteTFoot( ): delete the <tfoot> of a table

Section 25.269. Table.deleteTHead( ): delete the <thead> of a table

Section 25.270. Table.insertRow( ): add a new, empty row to the table

Section 25.271. TableCell: cell in an HTML table

Section 25.272. TableRow: a <tr> element in an HTML table

Section 25.273. TableRow.deleteCell( ): delete a cell in a table row

Section 25.274. TableRow.insertCell( ): insert a new, empty <td> element into a table row

Section 25.275. TableSection: a header, footer, or body section of a table

Section 25.276. TableSection.deleteRow( ): delete a row within a table section

Section 25.277. TableSection.insertRow( ): insert a new, empty row into this table section

Section 25.278. Text: a run of text in an HTML or XML document

Section 25.279. Text.splitText( ): split a Text node in two

Section 25.280. Textarea: a multiline text input area

Section 25.281. Textarea.blur( ): take keyboard focus away from this element

Section 25.282. Textarea.focus( ): give keyboard focus to this element

Section 25.283. Textarea.onchange: event handler invoked when input value changes

Section 25.284. Textarea.select( ): select the text in this element

Section 25.285. TextField: see Input

Section 25.286. UIEvent: details about user-interface events

Section 25.287. UIEvent.initUIEvent( ): initialize the properties of a UIEvent object

Section 25.288. Window: a web browser window or frame

Section 25.289. Window.addEventListener( ): see Element.addEventListener( )

Section 25.290. Window.alert( ): display a message in a dialog box

Section 25.291. Window.attachEvent( ): see Element.attachEvent( )

Section 25.292. Window.blur( ): remove keyboard focus from a top-level window

Section 25.293. Window.clearInterval( ): stop periodically executing code

Section 25.294. Window.clearTimeout( ): cancel deferred execution

Section 25.295. Window.close( ): close a browser window

Section 25.296. Window.confirm( ): ask a yes-or-no question

Section 25.297. Window.defaultStatus: the default status line text

Section 25.298. Window.detachEvent( ): see Element.detachEvent( )

Section 25.299. Window.focus( ): give keyboard focus to a window

Section 25.300. Window.getComputedStyle( ): retrieve the CSS styles used to render an element

Section 25.301. Window.moveBy( ): move a window to a relative position

Section 25.302. Window.moveTo( ): move a window to an absolute position

Section 25.303. Window.onblur: event handler invoked when the window loses keyboard focus

Section 25.304. Window.onerror: error handler invoked when a JavaScript error occurs

Section 25.305. Window.onfocus: event handler invoked when a window is given focus

Section 25.306. Window.onload: event handler invoked when a document finishes loading

Section 25.307. Window.onresize: event handler invoked when a window is resized

Section 25.308. Window.onunload: the handler invoked when the browser leaves a page

Section 25.309. Window.open( ): open a new browser window or locate a named window

Section 25.310. Window.print( ): print the document

Section 25.311. Window.prompt( ): get user input with a dialog box

Section 25.312. Window.removeEventListener( ): see Element.removeEventListener( )

Section 25.313. Window.resizeBy( ): resize a window by a relative amount

Section 25.314. Window.resizeTo( ): resize a window

Section 25.315. Window.scrollBy( ): scroll the document by a relative amount

Section 25.316. Window.scrollTo( ): scroll the document

Section 25.317. Window.setInterval( ): periodically execute specified code

Section 25.318. Window.setTimeout( ): defer execution of code

Section 25.319. Window.status: specify a transient status-line message

Section 25.320. XMLHttpRequest: An HTTP request and response

Section 25.321. XMLHttpRequest.abort( ): cancel an HTTP request

Section 25.322. XMLHttpRequest.getAllResponseHeaders( ): return unparsed HTTP response headers

Section 25.323. XMLHttpRequest.getResponseHeader( ): get the value of a named HTTP response header

Section 25.324. XMLHttpRequest.onreadystatechange: event handler function invoked when readyState changes

Section 25.325. XMLHttpRequest.open( ): initialize HTTP request parameters

Section 25.326. XMLHttpRequest.send( ): send an HTTP request

Section 25.327. XMLHttpRequest.setRequestHeader( ): add a HTTP request header to the request

Section 25.328. XMLSerializer: serializes XML documents and nodes

Section 25.329. XMLSerializer.serializeToString( ): convert an XML document or node to a string

Section 25.330. XPathExpression: a compiled XPath query

Section 25.331. XPathExpression.evaluate( ): evaluate a compiled XPath query

Section 25.332. XPathResult: the result of an XPath query

Section 25.333. XPathResult.iterateNext( ): return the next node that matches an XPath query

Section 25.334. XPathResult.snapshotItem( ): return a node that matches an XPath query

Section 25.335. XSLTProcessor: transform XML with XSLT stylesheets

Section 25.336. XSLTProcessor.clearParameters( ): delete all stylesheet parameter values

Section 25.337. XSLTProcessor.getParameter( ): return the value of a named parameter

Section 25.338. XSLTProcessor.importStylesheet( ): specify an XSLT stylesheet for transformations

Section 25.339. XSLTProcessor.removeParameter( ): delete a parameter value

Section 25.340. XSLTProcessor.reset( ): restore an XSLTProcessor to its default state

Section 25.341. XSLTProcessor.setParameter( ): set a stylesheet parameter

Section 25.342. XSLTProcessor.transformToDocument( ): transform a node or document to a new document

Section 25.343. XSLTProcessor.transformToFragment( ): transform a node or document to a DocumentFragment

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