Index

C

call stacks, 703–704

callbacks, remote JavaScript, 594–595

cancelBubble property, Event object, 328

capability detection. See browser capabilities detection

capitalization. See case sensitivity

caption object, HTMLTableCaptionElement, 784

<caption>, 406, 408, 784

capture phase, DOM2 Event model, 330

caret (^ ), positional indicator, 194, 200

Cascading Style Sheets. See CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)

case sensitivity

HTML and, 25–26

implications of, 25

naming conventions and, 68

case statements, in switch/case, 36–37, 100

catch. See try...catch statements

center object, HTMLElement, 784–785

<center>, 784

CGI scripts

automatic error reporting, 712

cookies and, 529

data-intensive Web applications, 660

sending message to servers with, 582

character classes, 198–202

commonly used, 201–202

negative, 200–201

overview of, 198–200

regular expressions, 749–750

character sets, string data type, 54–55

charAt( ) method, String object, 54, 184

Checkbox object, HTMLInputElement, 785–786

checkboxes, 431–435

cite object, HTMLElement, 786

<cite>, 786

class attribute, <div> tag, 493

class properties, objects, 155–156

class-based object-oriented languages, 151, 558

classes

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), 283–284

DHTML styles, 493–494

classid attribute, <object>, 574–575

clearInterval( ) method, Window object, 369–370

clearTimeout( ) method, Window object, 368

click( )method, form input, 423

client capability detection, MS client, 549–551

clientInformation object, browser objects, 786

clipboardData object, browser objects, 786–787

cloneNode( ) method, 267

close( ) method

Document object, 389–391

Window object, 61, 353–354

code

coding style, 723–724

defensive programming and, 709–710

hiding, 720–723

protecting, 724–726

speed of writing, 724

value of commenting, 44

code blocks, 28, 77–78

code object, HTMLElement, 787

<code>, 787

codebase attribute, ActiveX, 575

col object, HTMLTableColElement, 787–788

<col>, 787

colGroup object, HTMLTableColElement, 788

<colgroup>, 788

collections

CSS, 283–284

DOM Level 1, 398–399

IE, 232, 645–646

color properties, Document object, 385–388

COM (Component Object Model), 655

comma operator (,), 90–91

syntax reference, 742

comment nodes, 271

comments

functions, 131

overview of, 43–44

communication, remote JavaScript

one-way, 582–583

two-way, 585–586

comparison operators, 87–89

comparing strings, 88–89

list of, 87

not confusing with assignment operator, 27

overview of, 87–88

compile( ) method, RegExp object, 204–205

Component Object Model (COM), 655

composite data types. See data types, composite

computed styles, DHTML, 494–496

concat( ) method

Array object, 167–168

String object, 186

conditional compilation, IE (Internet Explorer), 648–650

conditional operators, 89–90, 740–741

conditional statements, 36, 746

confirm( ) method, Window object, 40, 348–350

constants, Math object, 181

constructors. See also new keyword

Array( ) constructor, 159

Date( ) constructor, 174–175

Enumerator( ) constructor, 647

new operator and, 135

objects, 61–62, 152–153

String( ) constructor, 183–184

context menus, DHTML, 520–521

context, variable execution, 70, 73–74

continue statements

flow control and, 106–107

labels and, 106–107, 747

loops and, 38–39, 105–106, 747

conversion. See type conversion

cookie property, Document object, 523

cookies, 522–532

anatomy of, 523

cookie based-RPCs, 588–589

customization with, 529–531

deleting, 526–527

limitations of, 531–532

one-time pop-ups, 528

overview of, 522

parsing, 525–526

reading, 524–525

redirects, 528

security, 527

setting, 523–524

state management with, 527

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), 174

core languages. See languages, core

core objects, object model, 221

createElement( ) method, XHTML/HTML, 404

createEvent( ) method, DOM2, 341

createPopup( ), DHTML, 670

cross-browser support, 247

cross-site scripting

overview of, 692–693

preventing, 693–694

remote JavaScript and, 592

crunching, 724

cryptography, 527

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), 276–287

classes and collections for dynamic style, 283–284

complex style rules, 285–287

displaying XML documents with, 614–615

DOM standards and, 134

inline style manipulation, 276–282

mapping to DOM, 277–279

positioning, 477–478

rollover buttons and, 475–476

rule object, CSSrule, 861–862

visibility property, 511

CSS Filters, IE extensions, 654–655

cssRules[ ] collection, 286

curly brackets ({}), 28, 77–78

currentStyle object, proprietary document objects, 788