JavaScript: The Complete Reference, Second Edition

Chapter 1: Introduction to JavaScript

Table 1-1: Browser Versions and JavaScript Support

Chapter 2: JavaScript Core FeaturesOverview

Table 2-1: Basic Terminology of Programming Languages

Chapter 3: Data Types and Variables

Table 3-1: Summary of Special Numeric Data Values

Table 3-2: Properties of the Number Object Relevant to Special Numeric Values

Table 3-3: Escape Codes Supported in JavaScript

Table 3-4: Values Returned by the typeof Operator

Table 3-5: Result of Conversion to a Boolean

Table 3-6: Result of Converting to a Number

Table 3-7: Result of Converting to a String

Chapter 4: Operators, Expressions, and Statements

Table 4-1: Basic Arithmetic Operators

Table 4-2: Truth Tables for Bitwise Operations

Table 4-3: JavaScripts Bitwise Operators

Table 4-4: Bitwise Shift Operators

Table 4-5: Shorthand Assignment with Arithmetic or Bitwise Operation

Table 4-6: Comparison Operators

Table 4-7: Logical Operators

Table 4-8: Return Values for the typeof Operator

Table 4-9: Precedence and Associativity of JavaScripts Operators

Chapter 6: Objects

Table 6-1: The Four Types of Objects Available to JavaScript

Table 6-2: Properties and Methods Common to All Objects

Chapter 7: Array, Date, Math, and Type-Related Objects

Table 7-1: Arguments to the Date() Constructor

Table 7-2: Globally Available Methods

Table 7-3: Constants Provided by the Math Object

Table 7-4: Methods Provided by the Math Object

Table 7-5: Properties of the Number Object

Table 7-6: HTML-Releated String Methods

Chapter 8: Regular Expressions

Table 8-1: Flags Altering the Interpretation of a Regular Expression

Table 8-2: Regular Expression Escape Codes

Table 8-3: Repetition Quantifiers

Table 8-4: Regular Expression Character Classes

Table 8-5: Some Regular Expression Examples

Table 8-6: Instance Properties of RegExp Objects

Table 8-7: Static Properties of the RegExp Class Object

Chapter 9: JavaScript Object Models

Table 9-1: Overview of Core Browser Objects

Table 9-2: Lowest Common Denominator Document Properties

Table 9-3: Lowest Common Denominator Document Methods

Table 9-4: New Document Properties in Netscape 3

Table 9-5: New Document Properties in Netscape 4

Table 9-6: New Document Properties in Internet Explorer 4

Table 9-7: Some New Properties for Document Model Objects in IE4

Table 9-8: Some New Methods for Document Model Objects in IE4

Chapter 10: The Standard Document Object Model

Table 10-1: DOM Nodes Related to HTML Documents

Table 10-2: DOM Node Properties

Table 10-3: DOM Level 0 Collections

Table 10-4: DOM Methods to Create Nodes

Table 10-5: Text Node Manipulation Methods

Table 10-6: CSS Property-to-DOM Property Mappings

Table 10-7: Style Object Properties

Chapter 11: Event Handling

Table 11-1: The Nightmare of Browser Event Model Compatibility

Table 11-2: Basic Events and Their Corresponding Event Handler Attributes in (X)HTML

Table 11-3: A Sample of Non-standard Event Handlers Available in Netscape and Internet Explorer

Table 11-4: Effect of Returning false from Important Event Handlers

Table 11-5: Events That Can Be Invoked Directly on (X)HTML Elements

Table 11-6: Instance Properties of Netscape 4s Event Object

Table 11-7: Static Properties of the Event Object in Netscape 4 Used for Event Capture

Table 11-8: Some Useful Properties of the IE4+ Event Object

Table 11-9: Behavior of Internet Explorer Events

Table 11-10: Properties Common to All Event Objects

Table 11-11: Mouse-Related Events Supported Under DOM2 Events

Table 11-12: Additional Properties of the Event Object When the Event Is Mouse-Related

Table 11-13: Keyboard Events Supported by Most Browsers

Table 11-14: Additional Properties of the Event Object for Key-Related Events in Mozilla

Table 11-15: Browser- and Form-Related DOM2 Events and Their Behaviors

Table 11-16: UI-Related DOM2 Events and Their Behaviors

Table 11-17: Document Mutation Events

Table 11-18: Summary of Major Features of the Event Models

Chapter 12: Controlling Windows and Frames

Table 12-1: Feature Parameter Values for window. open ()

Table 12-2: Common Window Events

Table 12-3: Useful Extended Window Events

Table 12-4: Common Window Properties Related to Frames

Chapter 13: Handling Documents

Table 13-1: Document Properties Related to Color

Table 13-2: Traditional Document Collections

Table 13-3: DOM Level 1 Document Properties and Collections

Table 13-4: Common DOM Properties for HTMLElement

Table 13-5: Common DOM HTMLElement Methods

Table 13-6: (X)HTML Elements Associated with DOM HTMLElement

Table 13-7: (X)HTML Elements Associated with DOM Objects

Chapter 14: Form Handling

Table 14-1: Major Properties of the Form Object

Table 14-2: Properties and Methods Common to All Objects Representing <input> Tags

Table 14-3: Additional Method of Inputs with Type "submit", "reset", and "button"

Table 14-4: Additional Properties of Inputs of Type "image"

Table 14-5: Properties of the HTMLButtonElement Object Representing <button> Tags

Table 14-6: Additional Properties of Inputs with Type of "text" or "password"

Table 14-7: Unique Properties of the HTMLTextAreaElement Object

Table 14-8: Additional Properties of <input> with Type of "radio" or "checkbox"

Table 14-9: Additional Property of <input> with Type "file"

Table 14-10: Additional Properties and Methods of an HTMLSelectElement Object

Table 14-11: Additional Properties of the HTMLOptionElement Object

Table 14-12: Specific DOM Properties of HTMLOptGroupElement Objects

Table 14-13: Properties of the HTMLLabelElement Object

Table 14-14: The Extra Property Supported by the HTMLFieldSetElement Object

Table 14-15: Properties of the HTMLLegendElement Object

Chapter 15: Dynamic Effects: Rollovers, Positioning, and Animation

Table 15-1: Properties of Image Objects

Table 15-2: Position-Related Properties of Style Objects

Table 15-3: Useful Layer Object Properties

Chapter 16: Navigation and Site Visit Improvements

Table 16-1: The Anatomy of a Cookie

Chapter 17: Browser and Capabilities Detection

Table 17-1: Navigator Properties for Browser Name and Version Detection

Chapter 18: JavaScript and Embedded Objects

Table 18-1: Properties of the MimeType Object

Table 18-2: Some Interesting Properties of the Plugin Object

Chapter 19: Remote JavaScript

Table 19-1: Properties and Methods of the XMLHTTP Object

Chapter 21: Browser-Specific Extensions and Considerations

Table 21-1: Relationship Between JScript Language and Browser Version

Table 21-2: Relationship Between Microsoft JScript and ECMA Script

Table 21-3: Rough Correspondence Between Microsoft and Netscape/Mozilla JavaScript

Table 21-4: Proprietary Extensions to JScript in Version 3.0

Table 21-5: Methods of Enumerator Objects

Table 21-6: Conditional Compilation Variables

Table 21-7: Some Proprietary Features Introduced in Internet Explorer 4

Table 21-8: Some Proprietary Features Introduced in Internet Explorer 5

Table 21-9: Some Proprietary Features Introduced in Internet Explorer 5.5

Table 21-10: Methods of JScripts FileSystemObject

Table 21-11: Methods Used with Dynamic Properties in Internet Explorer 5+

Table 21-12: Some Default Behaviors Available in Internet Explorer 5+

Table 21-13: Correspondence Between JavaScript Language Versions and Netscape Browser Versions

Table 21-14: Correspondence Between Language Version and ECMAScript Standards

Table 21-15: Standards Support in Mozilla-Based Browsers

Table 21-16: Mozilla-Based Browsers Interpret Pages Differently Based on Their DOCTYPEs

Table 21-17: Components of Mozilla the Platform

Chapter 22: JavaScript Security

Table 22-1: Listing of Same-Origin Check Results Assuming the Calling Script Is Found in the Document http://www.example.com/dir/page.html

Table 22-2: Some Properties and Methods Are Not Subject to the Same-Origin Check.

Table 22-3: Relevant Security Properties of Internet Explorers Security Zones

Chapter 23: JavaScript Programming Practices

Table 23-1: Categories of JavaScript Programming Errors

Table 23-2: Common JavaScript Errors and Their Symptoms

Table 23-3: window.onerror Values and Effects

Table 23-4: Properties of the Error Object Vary from Browser to Browser

Table 23-5: The language Attributes Recognized by Major Browsers

Table 23-6: Good Coding Style Guidelines

Appendix A: Core Syntax Quick Reference

Table A-1: Standard Versions of JavaScript

Table A-2: Correspondence Between Netscape Language and Browser Versions

Table A-3: Correspondence Between Microsoft Language and Browser Versions

Table A-4: Approximate Correspondence Between Netscape and Microsoft Implementations

Table A-5: Relationship Between Netscape JavaScript and ECMAScript

Table A-6: Relationship Between Microsoft JScript and ECMAScript

Table A-7: Primitive JavaScript Data Types

Table A-8: Useful Numeric Constants

Table A-9: String Escape Codes

Table A-10: Result of Type Conversion of Primitive Boolean Data

Table A-11: Result of Type Conversion of Null Data

Table A-12: Result of Type Conversion of Primitive Number Data

Table A-13: Result of Type Conversion of Primitive String Data

Table A-14: Result of Type Conversion of Undefined Data

Table A-15: Manual Type Conversion Techniques

Table A-16: JavaScript Built-In Objects

Table A-17: Properties of the Global Object

Table A-18: Binary (Two-Operand) and Self-assignment Arithmetic Operators

Table A-19: Pre/Postfix Arithmetic Operators

Table A-20: Unary (One Operand) Arithmetic Operators

Table A-21: Binary and Self-assignment Bitwise Operators

Table A-22: Binary Logical Operators

Table A-23: Binary Type Operators

Table A-24: Binary Relational Operators

Table A-25: Precedence and Associativity of JavaScript Operators

Table A-26: JavaScript Exception Objects

Table A-27: Some Regular Expression Examples

Table A-28: Regular Expression Flags

Table A-29: Regular Expression Repetition Quantifiers

Table A-30: Regular Expression Character Classes

Table A-31: Regular Expression Escape Codes

Table A-32: Advanced Regular Expression Features

Table A-33: Static Properties of the RegExp Object

Appendix B: JavaScript Object Reference

Table B-1: Attributes Occasionally Used to Describe Properties or Methods

Table B-2: Properties of the Style Object

Table B-3: Possible Values for the feature Entries in the features Argument to window.open()

Table B-4: Possible Values for Parts of the features Argument to showModalDialog and showModelessDialog

Appendix C: JavaScript Reserved Words

Table C-1: Reserved Words in JavaScript 1.5

Table C-2: Potentially Reserved Words