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Comprehensive explanation of the Window object and its events, properties, methods etc.

"Browsing the forums, development articles and other resource sites raised an interesting yet recurring question: 'How do I test for the Document Object Model (DOM) employed by a browser?'" This is a question that begs answering once and for all.

Complete listing of the Form object of JavaScript and its properties/methods. Also includes additional pages describing objects beneath Form, such as TEXTAREA, SELECT etc.

Complete listing of properties and methods of the Date object of JavaScript. Also includes examples.

If you are new to javascript this tutorial would be a good place to start. Learn the basics of javascript, as well as some of the most commonly used javascript functions, such as: alert, prompt, redirect your web page's visitors.

A cross-platform, cross-browser drop-down menu system with tutorial. Works on version 4+ browsers. Easy to set up and configure. Includes submenus, and side menus

Teaches you the loops in JavaScript. Each loop has its prototype and a simple example showing you how to use it.

You�ll get familiar with JavaScript's operators. Assignment operators, arithmetic operators, comparison operators, logical and conditional operators...

How do you tell the browser that a script is starting? Moreover, how does he know what kind of script is starting? What if the browser doesn�t support JavaScript?

Mouse-events.html is a template for handling three basic mouse events: Moving, pressing down on a button, and releasing the button. It works in IE 5+ and should also work in NS 6+. When used in conjunction with DHTML, this can be used to create drag and drop web applications. The three handlers return a true value, changing it to false causes some default browser behaviours, like text highlighting, to become disabled.

Creating a simple "set to homepage" link. The dhtml script that sets the homepage only works for IE. It calls the following function, "this.setHomePage('http://someurl.com')" see webpage for more details.

Creating a simple 'add to favorites' link. This is a client side request, that asks the browser to put the link in the 'favorites' folder. Each browser may respond differently to this request, IE will pop open a window asking the user if they wish to add to their favorites.

An introduction to JavaScript, how it was born, what is it good for, different types and versions of this scripting language, and the compatibility between it and the browsers.

This tutorial shows you how to make frames and open subframes within the mainframe. You will learn how to preserve the function of back button and prevent opening your frameset page within another (foreign) frame. The searchengine indexing problem will be overpassed by giving some content within the Nonframes-Tag. This tutorial intend to give you a quick fix, how to make a professional website with frames.

This tutorial shows you how to use JavaScript to dynamically enable and disable form elements, making the process of filling out forms more intuitive.

This useful tutorial shows you how to format numbers for a specific number of decimal places or significant digits in JavaScript.

Sticky Table Headers are a characteristic of tables that allow the HeaderRow of a table to remain stationary while the data rows are allowed to scroll. This offers a nice effect that allows tables a more "elegant" appearance. Users often ask me about this and it is nice to give this effect with minimal effort. As with just about everything related to programming, there is more than one way to skin a cat. This snippet contains 4 varieties.

An simple introduction to creating different border styles for your tables. Including border sizes, colours and types.

If the password does not match case or is invalid the material on the page is secured. This is poor man's simple security. You want to use something robust for sensitive information. This will keep most out, but probably not the ones you really wanted to stay away. You want to add another script to protect the source of your files, too.

Javascript that alert users when clicking on sensitive links (like delete or update links). You can customize the message with option to continue or cancel. Works great with PHP, ASP, and Perl administration sites.