Dedication
		Copyright
		Preface
			What's New in the Fourth Edition
			Conventions Used in This Book
			Errata
			Finding the Examples Online
			Comments and Questions
			Acknowledgments
		Chapter 1. Introduction to JavaScript
			Section 1.1. JavaScript Myths
			Section 1.2. Versions of JavaScript
			Section 1.3. Client-Side JavaScript
			Section 1.4. JavaScript in Other Contexts
			Section 1.5. Client-Side JavaScript: Executable Content in Web Pages
			Section 1.6. Client-Side JavaScript Features
			Section 1.7. JavaScript Security
			Section 1.8. Example: Computing Loan Payments with JavaScript
			Section 1.9. Using the Rest of This Book
			Section 1.10. 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. Data Types 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. Primitive Data Type Wrapper Objects
			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. Functions
				Section 7.1. Defining and Invoking Functions
				Section 7.2. Functions as Data
				Section 7.3. Function Scope: The Call Object
				Section 7.4. Function Arguments: The Arguments Object
				Section 7.5. Function Properties and Methods
			Chapter 8. Objects
				Section 8.1. Objects and Properties
				Section 8.2. Constructors
				Section 8.3. Methods
				Section 8.4. Prototypes and Inheritance
				Section 8.5. Object-Oriented JavaScript
				Section 8.6. Objects as Associative Arrays
				Section 8.7. Object Properties and Methods
			Chapter 9. Arrays
				Section 9.1. Arrays and Array Elements
				Section 9.2. Array Methods
			Chapter 10. Pattern Matching with Regular Expressions
				Section 10.1. Defining Regular Expressions
				Section 10.2. String Methods for Pattern Matching
				Section 10.3. The RegExp Object
			Chapter 11. Further Topics in JavaScript
				Section 11.1. Data Type Conversion
				Section 11.2. By Value Versus by Reference
				Section 11.3. Garbage Collection
				Section 11.4. Lexical Scoping and Nested Functions
				Section 11.5. The Function( ) Constructor and Function Literals
				Section 11.6. Netscape's JavaScript 1.2 Incompatibilities
		Part II: Client-Side JavaScript
			Chapter 12. JavaScript in Web Browsers
				Section 12.1. The Web Browser Environment
				Section 12.2. Embedding JavaScript in HTML
				Section 12.3. Execution of JavaScript Programs
			Chapter 13. Windows and Frames
				Section 13.1. Window Overview
				Section 13.2. Simple Dialog Boxes
				Section 13.3. The Status Line
				Section 13.4. Timeouts and Intervals
				Section 13.5. Error Handling
				Section 13.6. The Navigator Object
				Section 13.7. The Screen Object
				Section 13.8. Window Control Methods
				Section 13.9. The Location Object
				Section 13.10. The History Object
				Section 13.11. Multiple Windows and Frames
			Chapter 14. The Document Object
				Section 14.1. Document Overview
				Section 14.2. Dynamically Generated Documents
				Section 14.3. Document Color Properties
				Section 14.4. Document Information Properties
				Section 14.5. Forms
				Section 14.6. Images
				Section 14.7. Links
				Section 14.8. Anchors
				Section 14.9. Applets
				Section 14.10. Embedded Data
			Chapter 15. Forms and Form Elements
				Section 15.1. The Form Object
				Section 15.2. Defining Form Elements
				Section 15.3. Scripting Form Elements
				Section 15.4. Form Verification Example
			Chapter 16. Scripting Cookies
				Section 16.1. An Overview of Cookies
				Section 16.2. Storing Cookies
				Section 16.3. Reading Cookies
				Section 16.4. Cookie Example
			Chapter 17. The Document Object Model
				Section 17.1. An Overview of the DOM
				Section 17.2. Using the Core DOM API
				Section 17.3. DOM Compatibility with Internet Explorer 4
				Section 17.4. DOM Compatibility with Netscape 4
				Section 17.5. Convenience Methods: The Traversal and Range APIs
			Chapter 18. Cascading Style Sheets and Dynamic HTML
				Section 18.1. Styles and Style Sheets with CSS
				Section 18.2. Element Positioning with CSS
				Section 18.3. Scripting Styles
				Section 18.4. DHTML in Fourth-Generation Browsers
				Section 18.5. Other DOM APIs for Styles and Style Sheets
			Chapter 19. Events and Event Handling
				Section 19.1. Basic Event Handling
				Section 19.2. Advanced Event Handling with DOM Level 2
				Section 19.3. The Internet Explorer Event Model
				Section 19.4. The Netscape 4 Event Model
			Chapter 20. Compatibility Techniques
				Section 20.1. Platform and Browser Compatibility
				Section 20.2. Language Version Compatibility
				Section 20.3. Compatibility with Non-JavaScript Browsers
			Chapter 21. JavaScript Security
				Section 21.1. JavaScript and Security
				Section 21.2. Restricted Features
				Section 21.3. The Same-Origin Policy
				Section 21.4. Security Zones and Signed Scripts
			Chapter 22. Using Java with JavaScript
				Section 22.1. Scripting Java Applets
				Section 22.2. Using JavaScript from Java
				Section 22.3. Using Java Classes Directly
				Section 22.4. LiveConnect Data Types
				Section 22.5. LiveConnect Data Conversion
				Section 22.6. JavaScript Conversion of JavaObjects
				Section 22.7. Java-to-JavaScript Data Conversion
		Part III: Core JavaScript Reference
			Chapter 23. Core JavaScript Reference
				Sample Entry
				arguments[ ]
				Arguments
				Arguments.callee
				Arguments.length
				Array
				Array.concat( )
				Array.join( )
				Array.length
				Array.pop( )
				Array.push( )
				Array.reverse( )
				Array.shift( )
				Array.slice( )
				Array.sort( )
				Array.splice( )
				Array.toLocaleString( )
				Array.toString( )
				Array.unshift( )
				Boolean
				Boolean.toString( )
				Boolean.valueOf( )
				Date
				Date.getDate( )
				Date.getDay( )
				Date.getFullYear( )
				Date.getHours( )
				Date.getMilliseconds( )
				Date.getMinutes( )
				Date.getMonth( )
				Date.getSeconds( )
				Date.getTime( )
				Date.getTimezoneOffset( )
				Date.getUTCDate( )
				Date.getUTCDay( )
				Date.getUTCFullYear( )
				Date.getUTCHours( )
				Date.getUTCMilliseconds( )
				Date.getUTCMinutes( )
				Date.getUTCMonth( )
				Date.getUTCSeconds( )
				Date.getYear( )
				Date.parse( )
				Date.setDate( )
				Date.setFullYear( )
				Date.setHours( )
				Date.setMilliseconds( )
				Date.setMinutes( )
				Date.setMonth( )
				Date.setSeconds( )
				Date.setTime( )
				Date.setUTCDate( )
				Date.setUTCFullYear( )
				Date.setUTCHours( )
				Date.setUTCMilliseconds( )
				Date.setUTCMinutes( )
				Date.setUTCMonth( )
				Date.setUTCSeconds( )
				Date.setYear( )
				Date.toDateString( )
				Date.toGMTString( )
				Date.toLocaleDateString( )
				Date.toLocaleString( )
				Date.toLocaleTimeString( )
				Date.toString( )
				Date.toTimeString( )
				Date.toUTCString( )
				Date.UTC( )
				Date.valueOf( )
				decodeURI( )
				decodeURIComponent( )
				encodeURI( )
				encodeURIComponent( )
				Error
				Error.message
				Error.name
				Error.toString( )
				escape( )
				eval( )
				EvalError
				Function
				Function.apply( )
				Function.arguments[]
				Function.call( )
				Function.caller
				Function.length
				Function.prototype
				Function.toString( )
				Global
				Infinity
				isFinite( )
				isNaN( )
				Math
				Math.abs( )
				Math.acos( )
				Math.asin( )
				Math.atan( )
				Math.atan2( )
				Math.ceil( )
				Math.cos( )
				Math.E
				Math.exp( )
				Math.floor( )
				Math.LN10
				Math.LN2
				Math.log( )
				Math.LOG10E
				Math.LOG2E
				Math.max( )
				Math.min( )
				Math.PI
				Math.pow( )
				Math.random( )
				Math.round( )
				Math.sin( )
				Math.sqrt( )
				Math.SQRT1_2
				Math.SQRT2
				Math.tan( )
				NaN
				Number
				Number.MAX_VALUE
				Number.MIN_VALUE
				Number.NaN
				Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY
				Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY
				Number.toExponential( )
				Number.toFixed( )
				Number.toLocaleString( )
				Number.toPrecision( )
				Number.toString( )
				Number.valueOf( )
				Object
				Object.constructor
				Object.hasOwnProperty( )
				Object.isPrototypeOf( )
				Object.propertyIsEnumerable( )
				Object.toLocaleString( )
				Object.toString( )
				Object.valueOf( )
				parseFloat( )
				parseInt( )
				RangeError
				ReferenceError
				RegExp
				RegExp.exec( )
				RegExp.global
				RegExp.ignoreCase
				RegExp.lastIndex
				RegExp.source
				RegExp.test( )
				RegExp.toString( )
				String
				String.charAt( )
				String.charCodeAt( )
				String.concat( )
				String.fromCharCode( )
				String.indexOf( )
				String.lastIndexOf( )
				String.length
				String.localeCompare( )
				String.match( )
				String.replace( )
				String.search( )
				String.slice( )
				String.split( )
				String.substr( )
				String.substring( )
				String.toLocaleLowerCase( )
				String.toLocaleUpperCase( )
				String.toLowerCase( )
				String.toString( )
				String.toUpperCase( )
				String.valueOf( )
				SyntaxError
				TypeError
				undefined
				unescape( )
				URIError
		Part IV: Client-Side JavaScript Reference
			Chapter 24. Client-Side JavaScript Reference
				Sample Entry
				Anchor
				Applet
				Area
				Button
				Button.onclick
				Checkbox
				Checkbox.onclick
				Document
				Document.all[]
				Document.captureEvents( )
				Document.clear( )
				Document.close( )
				Document.cookie
				Document.domain
				Document.elementFromPoint( )
				Document.getSelection( )
				Document.handleEvent( )
				Document.lastModified
				Document.links[]
				Document.open( )
				Document.releaseEvents( )
				Document.routeEvent( )
				Document.URL
				Document.write( )
				Document.writeln( )
				Element
				Event
				FileUpload
				FileUpload.onchange
				Form
				Form.elements[]
				Form.onreset
				Form.onsubmit
				Form.reset( )
				Form.submit( )
				Form.target
				Frame
				getClass( )
				Hidden
				History
				History.back( )
				History.forward( )
				History.go( )
				HTMLElement
				HTMLElement.contains( )
				HTMLElement.getAttribute( )
				HTMLElement.handleEvent( )
				HTMLElement.insertAdjacentHTML( )
				HTMLElement.insertAdjacentText( )
				HTMLElement.onclick
				HTMLElement.ondblclick
				HTMLElement.onhelp
				HTMLElement.onkeydown
				HTMLElement.onkeypress
				HTMLElement.onkeyup
				HTMLElement.onmousedown
				HTMLElement.onmousemove
				HTMLElement.onmouseout
				HTMLElement.onmouseover
				HTMLElement.onmouseup
				HTMLElement.removeAttribute( )
				HTMLElement.scrollIntoView( )
				HTMLElement.setAttribute( )
				Image
				Image.onabort
				Image.onerror
				Image.onload
				Input
				Input.blur( )
				Input.click( )
				Input.focus( )
				Input.name
				Input.onblur
				Input.onchange
				Input.onclick
				Input.onfocus
				Input.select( )
				Input.type
				Input.value
				JavaArray
				JavaClass
				JavaObject
				JavaPackage
				JSObject
				JSObject.call( )
				JSObject.eval( )
				JSObject.getMember( )
				JSObject.getSlot( )
				JSObject.getWindow( )
				JSObject.removeMember( )
				JSObject.setMember( )
				JSObject.setSlot( )
				JSObject.toString( )
				Layer
				Layer.captureEvents( )
				Layer.handleEvent( )
				Layer.load( )
				Layer.moveAbove( )
				Layer.moveBelow( )
				Layer.moveBy( )
				Layer.moveTo( )
				Layer.moveToAbsolute( )
				Layer.offset( )
				Layer.releaseEvents( )
				Layer.resizeBy( )
				Layer.resizeTo( )
				Layer.routeEvent( )
				Link
				Link.onclick
				Link.onmouseout
				Link.onmouseover
				Link.target
				Location
				Location.reload( )
				Location.replace( )
				MimeType
				Navigator
				Navigator.javaEnabled( )
				Navigator.plugins.refresh( )
				Option
				Password
				Plugin
				Radio
				Radio.onclick
				Reset
				Reset.onclick
				Screen
				Select
				Select.onchange
				Select.options[]
				Style
				Submit
				Submit.onclick
				Text
				Text.onchange
				Textarea
				Textarea.onchange
				URL
				Window
				Window.alert( )
				Window.back( )
				Window.blur( )
				Window.captureEvents( )
				Window.clearInterval( )
				Window.clearTimeout( )
				Window.close( )
				Window.confirm( )
				Window.defaultStatus
				Window.focus( )
				Window.forward( )
				Window.handleEvent( )
				Window.home( )
				Window.moveBy( )
				Window.moveTo( )
				Window.name
				Window.navigate( )
				Window.onblur
				Window.onerror
				Window.onfocus
				Window.onload
				Window.onmove
				Window.onresize
				Window.onunload
				Window.open( )
				Window.print( )
				Window.prompt( )
				Window.releaseEvents( )
				Window.resizeBy( )
				Window.resizeTo( )
				Window.routeEvent( )
				Window.scroll( )
				Window.scrollBy( )
				Window.scrollTo( )
				Window.setInterval( )
				Window.setTimeout( )
				Window.status
				Window.stop( )
		Part V: W3C DOM Reference
			Chapter 25. W3C DOM Reference
				Sample Entry
				AbstractView
				AbstractView.getComputedStyle( )
				Attr
				CDATASection
				CharacterData
				CharacterData.appendData( )
				CharacterData.deleteData( )
				CharacterData.insertData( )
				CharacterData.replaceData( )
				CharacterData.substringData( )
				Comment
				Counter
				CSS2Properties
				CSSCharsetRule
				CSSFontFaceRule
				CSSImportRule
				CSSMediaRule
				CSSMediaRule.deleteRule( )
				CSSMediaRule.insertRule( )
				CSSPageRule
				CSSPrimitiveValue
				CSSPrimitiveValue.getCounterValue( )
				CSSPrimitiveValue.getFloatValue( )
				CSSPrimitiveValue.getRectValue( )
				CSSPrimitiveValue.getRGBColorValue( )
				CSSPrimitiveValue.getStringValue( )
				CSSPrimitiveValue.setFloatValue( )
				CSSPrimitiveValue.setStringValue( )
				CSSRule
				CSSRuleList
				CSSRuleList.item( )
				CSSStyleDeclaration
				CSSStyleDeclaration.getPropertyCSSValue( )
				CSSStyleDeclaration.getPropertyPriority( )
				CSSStyleDeclaration.getPropertyValue( )
				CSSStyleDeclaration.item( )
				CSSStyleDeclaration.removeProperty( )
				CSSStyleDeclaration.setProperty( )
				CSSStyleRule
				CSSStyleSheet
				CSSStyleSheet.deleteRule( )
				CSSStyleSheet.insertRule( )
				CSSUnknownRule
				CSSValue
				CSSValueList
				CSSValueList.item( )
				Document
				Document.createAttribute( )
				Document.createAttributeNS( )
				Document.createCDATASection( )
				Document.createComment( )
				Document.createDocumentFragment( )
				Document.createElement( )
				Document.createElementNS( )
				Document.createEntityReference( )
				Document.createEvent( )
				Document.createNodeIterator( )
				Document.createProcessingInstruction( )
				Document.createRange( )
				Document.createTextNode( )
				Document.createTreeWalker( )
				Document.getElementById( )
				Document.getElementsByTagName( )
				Document.getElementsByTagNameNS( )
				Document.getOverrideStyle( )
				Document.importNode( )
				DocumentCSS
				DocumentEvent
				DocumentFragment
				DocumentRange
				DocumentStyle
				DocumentTraversal
				DocumentType
				DocumentView
				DOMException
				DOMImplementation
				DOMImplementation.createCSSStyleSheet( )
				DOMImplementation.createDocument( )
				DOMImplementation.createDocumentType( )
				DOMImplementation.createHTMLDocument( )
				DOMImplementation.hasFeature( )
				DOMImplementationCSS
				Element
				Element.getAttribute( )
				Element.getAttributeNode( )
				Element.getAttributeNodeNS( )
				Element.getAttributeNS( )
				Element.getElementsByTagName( )
				Element.getElementsByTagNameNS( )
				Element.hasAttribute( )
				Element.hasAttributeNS( )
				Element.removeAttribute( )
				Element.removeAttributeNode( )
				Element.removeAttributeNS( )
				Element.setAttribute( )
				Element.setAttributeNode( )
				Element.setAttributeNodeNS( )
				Element.setAttributeNS( )
				ElementCSSInlineStyle
				Entity
				EntityReference
				Event
				Event.initEvent( )
				Event.preventDefault( )
				Event.stopPropagation( )
				EventException
				EventListener
				EventTarget
				EventTarget.addEventListener( )
				EventTarget.dispatchEvent( )
				EventTarget.removeEventListener( )
				HTMLAnchorElement
				HTMLAnchorElement.blur( )
				HTMLAnchorElement.focus( )
				HTMLBodyElement
				HTMLCollection
				HTMLCollection.item( )
				HTMLCollection.namedItem( )
				HTMLDocument
				HTMLDocument.close( )
				HTMLDocument.getElementById( )
				HTMLDocument.getElementsByName( )
				HTMLDocument.open( )
				HTMLDocument.write( )
				HTMLDocument.writeln( )
				HTMLDOMImplementation
				HTMLElement
				HTMLFormElement
				HTMLFormElement.reset( )
				HTMLFormElement.submit( )
				HTMLInputElement
				HTMLInputElement.blur( )
				HTMLInputElement.click( )
				HTMLInputElement.focus( )
				HTMLInputElement.select( )
				HTMLOptionElement
				HTMLSelectElement
				HTMLSelectElement.add( )
				HTMLSelectElement.blur( )
				HTMLSelectElement.focus( )
				HTMLSelectElement.remove( )
				HTMLTableCaptionElement
				HTMLTableCellElement
				HTMLTableColElement
				HTMLTableElement
				HTMLTableElement.createCaption( )
				HTMLTableElement.createTFoot( )
				HTMLTableElement.createTHead( )
				HTMLTableElement.deleteCaption( )
				HTMLTableElement.deleteRow( )
				HTMLTableElement.deleteTFoot( )
				HTMLTableElement.deleteTHead( )
				HTMLTableElement.insertRow( )
				HTMLTableRowElement
				HTMLTableRowElement.deleteCell( )
				HTMLTableRowElement.insertCell( )
				HTMLTableSectionElement
				HTMLTableSectionElement.deleteRow( )
				HTMLTableSectionElement.insertRow( )
				HTMLTextAreaElement
				HTMLTextAreaElement.blur( )
				HTMLTextAreaElement.focus( )
				HTMLTextAreaElement.select( )
				LinkStyle
				MediaList
				MediaList.appendMedium( )
				MediaList.deleteMedium( )
				MediaList.item( )
				MouseEvent
				MouseEvent.initMouseEvent( )
				MutationEvent
				MutationEvent.initMutationEvent( )
				NamedNodeMap
				NamedNodeMap.getNamedItem( )
				NamedNodeMap.getNamedItemNS( )
				NamedNodeMap.item( )
				NamedNodeMap.removeNamedItem( )
				NamedNodeMap.removeNamedItemNS( )
				NamedNodeMap.setNamedItem( )
				NamedNodeMap.setNamedItemNS( )
				Node
				Node.appendChild( )
				Node.cloneNode( )
				Node.hasAttributes( )
				Node.hasChildNodes( )
				Node.insertBefore( )
				Node.isSupported( )
				Node.normalize( )
				Node.removeChild( )
				Node.replaceChild( )
				NodeFilter
				NodeIterator
				NodeIterator.detach( )
				NodeIterator.nextNode( )
				NodeIterator.previousNode( )
				NodeList
				NodeList.item( )
				Notation
				ProcessingInstruction
				Range
				Range.cloneContents( )
				Range.cloneRange( )
				Range.collapse( )
				Range.compareBoundaryPoints( )
				Range.deleteContents( )
				Range.detach( )
				Range.extractContents( )
				Range.insertNode( )
				Range.selectNode( )
				Range.selectNodeContents( )
				Range.setEnd( )
				Range.setEndAfter( )
				Range.setEndBefore( )
				Range.setStart( )
				Range.setStartAfter( )
				Range.setStartBefore( )
				Range.surroundContents( )
				Range.toString( )
				RangeException
				Rect
				RGBColor
				StyleSheet
				StyleSheetList
				StyleSheetList.item( )
				Text
				Text.splitText( )
				TreeWalker
				TreeWalker.firstChild( )
				TreeWalker.lastChild( )
				TreeWalker.nextNode( )
				TreeWalker.nextSibling( )
				TreeWalker.parentNode( )
				TreeWalker.previousNode( )
				TreeWalker.previousSibling( )
				UIEvent
				UIEvent.initUIEvent( )
				ViewCSS
		Part VI: Class, Property, Method, and Event Handler Index
			Chapter 26. Class, Property, Method, and Event Handler Index
				Section 26.1. A
				Section 26.2. B
				Section 26.3. C
				Section 26.4. D
				Section 26.5. E
				Section 26.6. F
				Section 26.7. G
				Section 26.8. H
				Section 26.9. I
				Section 26.10. J
				Section 26.11. K
				Section 26.12. L
				Section 26.13. M
				Section 26.14. N
				Section 26.15. O
				Section 26.16. P
				Section 26.17. Q
				Section 26.18. R
				Section 26.19. S
				Section 26.20. T
				Section 26.21. U
				Section 26.22. V
				Section 26.23. W
				Section 26.24. X
				Section 26.25. Y
				Section 26.26. Z
		Colophon
		Index