Ajax: Creating Web Pages with Asynchronous JavaScript and XML

Chapter 15. The Essential Cross-Browser HTML DOM Whether or not the average web developer is aware of it, it is out there, unseen and unnoticed, but nevertheless out there. Allow me to explain before you decide that I've popped a gasket and ...

15.1. Interfaces The HTML Document Object Model is an application programming interface (API) that defines the structure of an HTML document in the browser. In addition, it defines how that document can be accessed and manipulated through the us...

15.2. Document Alright, now we are officially dealing with the HTML Document Object Model in all its hierarchical glory. The only question is, what does the word hierarchical mean in reference to the HTML DOM? To me, it means that I envision the ...

15.3. Frames From an HTML Document Object Model point of view, frames are rather odd creatures because they are essentially HTML documents within HTML documents. Consider for a moment the fact that it is possible to have more than one document at ...

15.4. Collections As you probably noticed in Table 15-1, there is an interface whose sole purpose is to deal with collections. Add to this the various collections defined in Tables 15-2 and 15-3, and it becomes apparent very quickly that somebody ...

15.5. Summary This chapter is by no means a complete explanation of the HTML Document Object Model, but it was never intended to be. Rather than be an encyclopedic rendition of the HTML DOM, its purpose is to be more of an overview, with the goo...