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JavaScriptJavaScriptcsc667/867csc667/867Spring 2005Spring 2005
Ilmi YoonIlmi Yoon
JavaScriptJavaScriptcsc667/867csc667/867Spring 2005Spring 2005
Ilmi YoonIlmi Yoon
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Outline
• Basics of JavaScript, • Some simple examples• Basics of the language• variables, types, arrays, objects, and
functions
• operators, expressions, strings, and statements
• JavaScript Full Reference at http://wp.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/3.0/handbook/javascript/
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What is JavaScript•JavaScript is a “simple”, interpreted,
programming language with elementary object-oriented capabilities
•JavaScript has two distinct but overlapping systems
–client-side JavaScript runs on Web browsers–server-side JavaScript runs on Web servers
•Syntactically JavaScript resembles C, C++, Java
•JavaScript was developed by Netscape (formerly called LiveScript)
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JavaScript is Embedded in HTML<HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SCRIPT LANGUAGE=”JavaScript”>//the Javascript here produces content for the BODY on loading</SCRIPT></BODY></HTML>
Deferred Script<HTML><HEAD><SCRIPT LANGUAGE=”JavaScript”>//the Javascript here creates functions for later use </SCRIPT></HEAD><BODY></BODY></HTML>
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A Simple Example<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Simple Javascript</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<H1>First Example of JavaScript</H1>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=”JavaScript”>
<!-- hide from old browsers by embedding in a comment
document.write(“Last updated on “ + document.lastModified
+ “.”)
// end script hiding -->
</SCRIPT>
</BODY>
</HTML>
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Example 1: Browser Output
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Another Example<HTML>
<HEAD><TITLE>Computing Factorials</TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY>
<H1>Another Example of JavaScript</H1>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=”JavaScript”>
document.write(“<H1>Factorial Table</H1>”);
for ( i = 1, fact = 1; i < 10; i++, fact = fact * i) {
document.write(i + “! = “ + fact);
document.write(“<BR>”);
}
</SCRIPT>
</BODY>
</HTML>
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Another Example
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JavaScript has Event Handlers<HTML>
<HEAD><TITLE>Handling Events Example</TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY>
<H1>Handling Events in JavaScript</H1>
<FORM>
<INPUT TYPE=”button” VALUE=”Click me”
onClick=alert(“You clicked me”) >
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>
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Example 3
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What JavaScript Programs Can Do
•Write programs to perform any computation; it is equivalent in power to a general purpose programming language
•Control Web page appearance and content (this is its intended use)
•Control the Web browser, open windows and frames
•Interact with document content•Retrieve and manipulate all hyperlinks•Interact with the user•Read/write client state with cookies
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JavaScript - The Basics
• JavaScript is case-sensitivesum, SUM and Sum are 3 different identifiers
– HTML is NOT case-sensitive
• JavaScript ignores spaces, tabs, newlines• Semicolon is optional
– but multiple statements on a line require a semicolon
i = 1; j = 2
• C and C++ style comments are supported
//comment to end of line
/* this can be a
multiple line comment */
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JavaScript Literals• Literals
– numbers, strings, true, false, null
• All numbers are treated as floating point
base10 [-](1-9)(0-9)*
base8 [-]0(0-7)*
base16 [-]0(x|X)(0-9|a-f|A-F)*
float [(+|-)][digits][.digits][(E|e)[(+|-)]digits]
• There are special numerical constants
Number.MAX_VALUE, Number.MIN_VALUE,
Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY, Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY
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String Literals• Any sequence of zero or more
characters enclosed within single or double quotes
• Examples– ‘a single quoted string’– “a double quoted string”– “”– “alert(‘Please Click OK’)”
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JavaScript Data TypesType Example DescriptionString “a string” a series of characters inside
quote marksNumber 123.45 Any number not
inside quote marksBoolean true a logical true and falseNull null completely devoid of any
value, not a number, not a string, different than 0
in C/C++Object all properties and methods
belonging to the objectFunction a function
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JavaScript Arrays and Objects•Arrays
–one dimensional, indexed from zero–array elements can contain any type of data
including references to other arrays, to objects, to functions
–array elements can have different types
•Objects–a collection of data where each item has a name–e.g. document has a property images array whose
elements have properties width and height, e.g. document.images[i].width
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Arrays •Elements are normally accessed using []
arr[0] = 1;
arr[arr[0]] = 2;•Arrays in JavaScript are sparse
arr[0] = 1; arr[10000] = “a string”;
only 2 indices are allocated•Arbitrary expressions are permitted in []
frames[i*j+12]
document.frames[i].elements[j++]•Even expressions that evaluate to a string
document[“lastModified”]
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Array and Objects
•Objects and arrays are really identicaltypeof(array) = typeof(object) = object
typeof() returns a string which is the type of its argument (“number”, “string”, “boolean, “object”, “function”, “undefined”)•Object elements are accessed using dot (.)•An object/array on the left requires a field name on the right of dot
document.lastModified
frames[0].length•The dot operator can be used with arrays
arr[1] is identical to arr.1but if i = 1, arr[1] is not equivalent to arr.i since
property names are not evaluated
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Date: Browser Output
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Using alert(), confirm(), and prompt()
<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Example of alert, confirm, prompt</TITLE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=JavaScript>function alertUser() { alert("An alert box contains an exclamation mark");}function confirmUser() {var msg = "\n please confirm that you want\n" + "to test another button?";if (confirm(msg))
document.write("<h2>You selected OK</h2>");else document.write("<h2>You selected Cancel</h2>"); }function promptUser() {name1=prompt("What is your name?”, “ “); document.write("<h2>welcome to this page " + name1 +
"</h2>"); }</SCRIPT></HEAD>
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Using alert(), confirm(), and prompt()
<BODY>welcome to this page<br><FORM><INPUT TYPE=button VALUE="Click here to test
alert()” onClick="alertUser()"><BR><INPUT TYPE=button VALUE="Click here to test
confirm()" onClick="confirmUser()"><BR><INPUT TYPE=button VALUE="Click here to test
prompt()" onClick="promptUser()"></FORM></BODY></HTML>
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Clicking on alert()
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Clicking on confirm()
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Clicking on prompt()
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Supporting IE and NS
• IE and NS do not support the same JavaScript language– they include similar/identical capabilities, but the way to invoke them is different
• We must write JavaScript that works across both browsers– if a client gets a JavaScript error it is annoying and there is nothing viewers can do
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Determining the Browser• navigator is a built-in object with properties
that describe the browser– defined in both IE and NS– navigator.appName is a string with the browser name
– navigator.appVersion is a string with the version number
– to determine the correct version you may need to convert from string to number
– parseFloat returns a number from a string, and ignores any part of the string after the number
– Number only converts a string that is a number to a number
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Determining the Browser<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Check Browser</TITLE>
</HEAD><BODY>
<SCRIPT language=JavaScript>
document.write(“<BR> This browser is “
+ navigator.appName);
document.write(“<BR> Version “
+ navigator.appVersion);
if (parseFloat(navigator.appVersion) >= 4)
{ document.write(“<BR> You have an up-to-date
browser”); }
</SCRIPT>
</BODY>
</HTML>
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Browser Output
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Avoiding Errors• Since IE and NS differ somewhat in JavaScript,
it is useful to first check if an object, property or method exists
• One can refer to any name in a conditional and if it is undefined the conditional returns false
newItem = something;//produces an error if
//something is undefined
if ( something ) { newItem = something; }
does not produce an error, but only changes newItem if something exists
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Example: Checking Window Size• NS and IE use different object properties to
hold the window size– IE: document.body.clientwidth or clientheight
– NS: window.innerWidth or innerHeight• Suppose you want to vary the response depending
upon the size of the browser window– lets write a program that does this
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Re-Direct the Browser<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>re-direct based upon window
size</TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY><SCRIPT language=JavaScript>
function windowHeight( ) {
if (document.body && //test for IE document.body.clientHeight)
{ return document.body.clientHeight;}
else if (window.innerHeight) //test for NS
{ return window.innerHeight; }
else {return 0;}; //both tests have failed
}
if (windowHeight() >= 500) {
document.location = “fancy.html”;}
else {document.location = “lessfancy.html”;};
</SCRIPT></BODY></HTML>
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Points to Observe• If the check for IE and NS both fail then a
height of 0 is returned and the lessfancy file is displayed
• The conditional with the && clause is checked left-to-right in short-circuit mode
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Example: A Dynamically Changing Banner
• Use JavaScript to have a region where the HTML is dynamic
• use the STYLE attribute to create an HTML block that is accessed by JavaScript
• use a periodically scheduled event
id = setInterval(JSstring, msec);• JSstring is JavaScript code and msec is
milliseconds • JSstring is called every time
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Browser Output
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HEAD of the banner Example<HTML><HEAD<TITLE>changing banner</TITLE>
<SCRIPT language=JavaScript>
var banners = new Array();
banners[0] = “banner0”;
banners[1] = “banner1”;
banners[2] = “banner2”;
var which = 0;
function update() {
display(“banner”, banners[which]);
which++;
if (which == banners.length) which = 0;
}
…display function
</SCRIPT><BODY>...
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What Document HEAD does• Defines array banners of HTML to display• Defines counter, called which, that tells which
element is being displayed• Defines update which calls display() with ID
“banner” and the current element of banners, then increments which
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Changing HTML in a Regionfunction display(id, str) {
if (document.all) {
document.all[id].innerHTML=str;}
else {
document[id].document.open();
document[id].document.write(str);
document[id].document.close();
}
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BODY of Banner Example<HEAD><TITLE>Varying a Banner</TITLE>
<SCRIPT Language=JavaScript>
function update(){/*load new banner for eachcall*/}
</SCRIPT></HEAD>
<BODY onload= "if (setInterval) { setInterval('update()', 5000);}">
<p>An example of a changing text banner</P>
<P><SPAN ID="banner" STYLE="position:absolute;"><I>
<SCRIPT Language=Javascript>
if (setInterval)
{document.write('the banner is loading');}
else {document.write('Get a new browser');};
</SCRIPT></I></SPAN>
<BR><P>Here is the remainder of the document</P>
</BODY></HTML>
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Points to Observe• Uses onload event handler to start a periodic
event with setInterval– runs the function update() every 5 seconds– update must be defined in the HEAD– does nothing if setInterval is not defined
• Uses an HTML SPAN tag to define the element that the update function will change– has an ID (similar to a name, but for all tags and is unique in the document)
– has a STYLE attribute specifying absolute position• needed in NS to modify the region
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Something on STYLE• When an HTML tag specifies a style, the
position of the element can be controlled– very useful for layout– for NS to change the text, the position must be absolute
– this creates some awkwardness• the next element is relative, and it turns out this means it will overlap the SPAN region that is being changed
• “fix” this using some BR tags to skip ahead
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Changing the SPAN region• NS and IE uses different ways to alter what is
in an HTML region– IE has innerHTML property which when set to a new value displays that HTML in the region
– document.all[id].innerHTML = str;– NS has a document object for each such region• open this document, write to it, and then close it
document[id].document.open();
document[id].document.write(str);
document[id].document.close();
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About display()• Checks to see if document.all is defined
– if so, uses IE4 convention of changing innerHTML
– Otherwise assumes NS and uses NS conventions– note, this function will not be called for older browsers, because setInterval is not defined so the onload method does nothing
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Accessing the SPAN Region
• A SPAN tag with an ID attribute creates a JavaScript variable that can be used to modify that region of the document– array of objects, one for each HTML tag, with an ID attribute
– accessed using the ID - string with a name– slightly different in NS and IE
• document.all[id] in IE• document[id] in NS• e.g. document.all[“banner”] or document[“banner”]
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Highlighting Menus
• Menus whose elements are temporarily highlighted as the mouse moves over them
• One way: use two images for each menu item and change between them using the mouseover and mouseout events– this works in NS and IE version 4 or later
• Second way: use STYLE attributes to dynamically change color, but this is harder to get working on both browsers
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Image Object
• Each image in an HTML document has an associated JavaScript object– the properties of the object include
• width and height in pixels• src, URL of the image file, changes image when set• complete, true after images finishes loading
– can refer to object by NAME attribute of HTML IMG tag, or via built-in array of images
• document.images.name• document.images[index] where index is either a
number or a string containing the name of the image
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More on Image Object• An image object is created automatically
for each IMG tag in a document– if there is no name attribute, then one cannot
refer to it by name in JavaScript
• An image object can also be created in JavaScriptvar myImage = new Image();– this can be used to load images into a
document that are not visible in the displayed document
– pre-fetching to make images appear immediately
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An Image Rollover• Image rollover is the effect used to change
between two images when the mouse moves over it– the images must be the same size– for the changes to be immediate, images must
be pre-fetched
• Generally used in highlighting menus, can be used wherever you want an image to change when the mouse moves over it
• try http://www.ruleweb.com/dhtml/index.html
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Rollover Example<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Image rollover</TITLE><SCRIPT language=javascript>function highlightdocs() {
if (document.images) {document.images[“docs”].src = docsOn.src;}}
function unhighlightdocs() {if (document.images) {
document.images[“docs”].src= docsOff.src;}}if (document.images) {
docsOn = new Image();docsOn.src = “images/docs_on.gif”;docsOff = new Image();docsOff.src = “images/docs_off.gif”;}
</SCRIPT></HEAD><BODY><P><A HREF=“documents.html” onMouseOver=“highlightdocs()”
onMouseOut=“unhighlightdocs()”><IMG SRC=“images/docs_off.gif: height=25 width=25 name=docs
border=0 alt=documents></A></P></BODY></HTML>
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Observe in the BODY• The BODY creates an anchor with an
image inside– there are mouse event handlers– image tag sets height, width, no border, alt
text and name– the name is used to refer to the image in
javaScript, document.images[“docs”]
• the HEAD defines two functions– only runs if browser supports image object– changes image by setting its src property to
that of another, pre-fetched image called docs_on.gif
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More on the HEAD• Highlighting requires two images
– the image is created, then set is src property which loads the image
– the names docsOn and docsOff are only used inside the functions, so it is OK to define them after• not used until the event handlers are
activated by the mouse moving over the image
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Generalizing to Multiple Images• Suppose we want a general
highlight/unhighlight functions for any image in a document
• define two arrays onImages and offImages– store pre-fetched images in these
arrays, according to the same name as used for the image in the HTML
– in general arrays can be indexed by strings as well as numbers
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Pre-fetching Required ImagesIf (document.images) {
var onImages = new Array;var offimages = new Array;onImages[“docs”] = new Image();onImages[“docs”].src = “images/docs_on.gif”;offImages[“docs”] = new Image();offImages[“docs”].src = “images/docs_off.gif”;onImages[“tech”] = new Image();onImages[“tech”].src = “images/tech_on.gif”;offImages[“tech”] = new Image();offImages[“tech”].src = “images/tech_off.gif”;
…}
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General Highlighting Functions• Name each image in the HTML document
with the same name used in the pre-fetch arrays, onImages and offImages– e.g. the name “docs” was used for the
images, so use the same name in the HTML– then one can highlight by simply setting the
src property of an element in document.images to the src property of that element in onImages
<IMG SRC=“images/docs_off.gif” height=25 width=25 name=docs border=0 alt=documents>
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Code for General Highlighting
function highlight(imgName) {if (document.images) {
document.images[imgName].src = onImages[imgName].src;}
}function unhighlight(imgName) {
if (document.images) {document.images[imgName].src =
offImages[imgName].src;}}
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Summary• How to write JavaScript that works across
browsers– checking that the browser supports a given
feature such as document.images, before using it
– avoid annoying JavaScript errors that occur when viewing in one browser or the other
• the built-in image object in JavaScript– accessing via name or array of images– created automatically for each IMG tag in the
HTML– can also be created using new Image(); in
JavaScript
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But Pre-fetching Repeats Code• Each image to be highlighted requires creating two
images and setting their src properties• Repeated code is an indication of where to use
subroutines• Alternate strategy: create a global array with the
names of all the images that will be used– must be the same as the names in IMG tags– this code requires images stored on the server to have file
names based on these names– specify a path and extensionpath + name + “_on.” + ext(note+appends)so path = “images/”, name=“docs”, ext=“gif” then file must
be in relative location “images/docs_on.gif”
• loop over the elements in this name array, creating and loading the images
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Pre-Fetching Functionfunction prefetch(path, extension) {
var imageName, i;if (document.images) {
for ( i = 0; i < imageNames.length; i++) {imageName = imageNames[i];onImages[imageName] = new Image()onImages[imageName].src = path +
imageName + “_on.” + extension;offImages[imageName] = new Image();offImages[imageName].src = path +
imageName + “_off.” + extension;}
}}
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Remainder of set-upvar imageNames = new Array(“docs”,
“tech”, “banner1”, “banner2”);if (document.images) {
var onImages = new Array();var offImages = new Array();prefetch(“images/”, “gif”);
}There are four highlighting images in array
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Body of Four Images<BODY><P><A HREF=“documents.html”
onMouseOver=highlight(‘docs’) onMouseOut=unhighlight(‘docs’)><img src=images/docs_off.gif name=docs border=0 alt=documents width=25 height=25></A><BR><A HREF=“technology.html” onMouseOver=highlight(‘tech’) onMouseOut=unhighlight(‘tech’)><img src=images/tech_off.gif name=tech border=0 alt=technology width=25 height=25></A><BR>
<A HREF=“members.html” onMouseOver=highlight(‘banner1’) onMouseOut=unhighlight(‘banner1’)><img src=images/banner1_off.gif name=banner1 border=0 alt=banner1 width=25 height=25></A><BR>
. . . But there is still lots of repeated HTML
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Reducing Repeated Code
• Use document.write to produce the required HTML
document.write(‘<A HREF=“’ + hrefs[I] + ‘” onmouseover=“highlight(\”” + imageName + “\’)”’ + ‘ onmouseout=“unhighlight(\”’ + imageName + “\’)”>
<IMG src=“’ + path + imageName + “_off.’ + extension + ‘” name=“’ + imageName + ‘”border=“0”’ + ‘ alt=“ ‘ + altText[I] + ‘”width=“’ + w + ‘” height=“’ + h + ‘”></A></BR>
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Some Explanations• Considerdocument.write(‘<A HREF=“’ + hrefs[i] +
‘”’);which produces the HTML<A HREF=“documents.html”• Considerdocument.write(‘onmouseover=‘“highlight
(\’’ + imageName + ‘\’)”’which produces the HTMLonmouseover=“highlight(‘docs’)” where imageName has value “docs”
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Function for Creating the MenuFunction createHighlightMenu(path, extension, w, h) {
var imageName, I;for (i=0; i <imagesNames.length; i++) {
imageName=imageNames[i];if (document.images) {
onImages[imageName] = new Image();onImages[imageName].src = path +
imageName + “_on.” + extension;
offImages[imageName] = new Image();offImages[imageName].src = path +
imageName + “_off.” + extension;
document.write(‘<A HREF=“’ + hrefs[i] + ‘” onmouseover=“highlight(\’’+imageName + ‘\’)”’ + ‘ onmouseout=“unhighlight(\’ ‘ + imageName + ‘\’)”><IMG src=“’+ path + imageName + ‘_off.’+ extension +’” name=“’+imageName + ‘” border=“0”’ + ‘ alt=“’ + altText[i] + ‘” width=“’ + w + ‘” height=“’ + h + ‘”></A><BR>’); } }
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Document Body Using this function
<BODY><P><SCRIPT language=JavaScript>var imageNames = new Array(“docs”, “tech”, banner1”,
“banner2”);var hrefs= new Array(“document.html”, “tech.html”,
“banner1.html”, “banner2.html”);var altText new Array(“Docs”, “Techs”, “banner1”,
“banner2”);if (document.images) {
var onImages = new Array();var offImages = new Array();
}createHighlightMenu(“images/”, “gif”, 25, 25);</SCRIPT></P></BODY></HTML>
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JavaScript Object Hierarchyself, window, parent, top
plugins[ ]navigator
mimetypes[ ]frames[ ]
location forms[ ] elements[ ]CurrentWindow history anchors[ ] buttons
checkboxesdocument links[ ] fileUpload
hiddenpackages images[ ]
passwordradio
applets[ ] resetselect
optionsembeds[ ] submit
Java packages textJavaClass objects textarea
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JavaScript Built-in Objects and HTML Tags
Object HTML Tag Object HTML Tag
window N/A button <INPUT TYPE=”button”
frame <FRAME> checkbox <INPUT TYPE=”checkbox”
history N/A hidden <INPUT TYPE=”hidden”
location N/A password<INPUT TYPE=”password”
document <BODY> radio <INPUT TYPE=”radio”
form <FORM> reset <INPUT TYPE=”reset”
select <SELECT> submit <INPUT TYPE=”submit”
textarea <TEXTAREA> text <INPUT TYPE=”text”
link <A HREF=””> anchor <A NAME=””>
navigator N/A
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Key Objects
• Document object is responsible for all content on a page contains all the user interface elements of a page
• Window object represents a browser window or frame. This is the top-level object for each
document,Location, and History object group. • Frame object • Location object• History object• Form objects can contain user interface
elements for user input• Button objects include a button, submit and
reset buttons
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Example Document Object Property Values
Property Value
document.title ”My Home Page"
document.fgColor #000000
document.bgColor #ffffff
location.href "http://www.usc.edu/in.html"
history.length 8
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window.open() Method Attribute Examples
•To create a new window that shows only the toolbar and status bar and is resizable
window.open(“newURL”, “New Window”, “toolbar,status,resizable”)
•the height and width defaults are the same as the browser•a new window is positioned in the upper left hand corner of the screen•a call to window.open() returns a value of the new window’s object; this should always be assigned to a variable, e.g.
newWindow = window.open(““,””)
if (newWindow != null) {
newWindow.document.write(“<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Hi</TITLE></HEAD>”)}
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Example<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Putting Up a Help Window</TITLE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=”JavaScript”>
function displayHelp() {
hWin = window.open(““, “Help”, “height=200,width=400”)
hWin.document.write(“<BODY>A Sample Help Window<BR>”)
hWin.document.write(“Please provide your first and last name<BR>”)
hWin.document.write(“Your Phone number should have no hyphens”)
hWin.document.write(“<FORM><INPUT TYPE=button value=’OK’ onClick=’window.close()’ >”)
hWin.document.write(“</FORM></BODY>”) }
</SCRIPT></HEAD><BODY>
<FORM NAME=”myform” method=”POST”><H2>Here is my Form</H2>
NAME: <INPUT TYPE=”text” name=”name”><BR>
Address: <INPUT TYPE=”text” name=”address”><BR>
Phone: <INPUT TYPE=”text” name=”phone”><BR>
<INPUT TYPE=”submit” VALUE=”Click Here”>
<INPUT TYPE=”button” VALUE=”Help” onClick=”displayHelp()”>
</FORM></BODY></HTML>
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Help Window: Browser Output
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Example Checking for Empty Fields<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Elements Array</TITLE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="javaScript">function doit() {
for (i = 0; i <= 3; i++) {if (document.forms[0].elements[i].value == "") {
alert("Please fill out all fields.")document.forms[0].elements[i].focus()break } } }
</SCRIPT></HEAD><BODY> <FORM METHOD="POST">Enter your first name: <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="firstname"><P>Enter your last name: <INPUT TYPE="text” NAME="lastname"><P><INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="gender">Male<INPUT TYPE="radio" NAME="gender">Female<P><INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="retired">I am retired<br><INPUT TYPE="button" NAME="act" VALUE="Verify” onClick="doit()"></FORM></BODY></HTML>
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Checking for Empty Fields: Browser Output
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<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Checking Elements in a Form</TITLE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=”JavaScript”>
function checkFields() {
var size = document.myform.elements.length
var Flag = true
for (var i = 0; i < size; i++) {
if ((document.myform.element[i].value == null ||
document.myform.element[i].value == ““) &&
(typeof document.myform.element[i].value != ‘submit’ ||
typeof document.myform.element[i].value != ‘reset’)
{ Flag=true; alert(“The “ + document.myform.elements[i].name + “field is blank. Please enter a value.”); break }//endif
} //end of for
return Flag }
</SCRIPT></HEAD><BODY>
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<FORM NAME=”myform” method=”POST” onSubmit=”return checkFields()”>
<H2>Here is my Form</H2>
Name: <INPUT TYPE=”text” name=”name”><BR>
Address: <INPUT TYPE=”text” name=”address”>< BR>
Phone: <INPUT TYPE=”text” name=”phone”>< BR>
<INPUT TYPE=”submit” VALUE=”Click Here”>< BR>
</FORM></BODY></HTML>
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Browser Output
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Multiple Selection Example
<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Using Multiple Selection Lists</TITLE><SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">function displaySelectionValues(objectName) { var ans = ""
for (var i = 0; i < objectName.length; i++) {if(objectName.options[i].selected) {
ans += objectName.options[i].text + "<BR>" } }myWin = window.open("", "Selections", "height=200,width=400")myWin.document.write("you picked these teams<BR>")myWin.document.write(ans) }
</SCRIPT></HEAD><BODY><FORM NAME="myform" method="POST"><SELECT NAME="teams" size=3 multiple><OPTION value="dodgers">Dodgers<OPTION value="yankees">Yankees<OPTION value="angels">Angels </SELECT><BR><INPUT TYPE="button" value="Show Selected Items" onClick="displaySelectionValues(this.form.teams)"></FORM></BODY></HTML>
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Multiple Selection Lists: Browser Output
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Working with the Date Object
getDate() returns date within month (1-31)
getDay() returns day within week (0-6)
getHours() returns hour within day (0-23)
getMinutes() returns minutes within hour (0-59)
getMonth() returns month within year (0-11)
getSeconds() getTime()
getYear() getTimeZoneOffSet()
setDate(arg) sets date within month (1-31)
setHours(arg) sets hour within day (0-23)
setMinutes(arg)sets minutes within hour (0-59)
setMonth(arg) sets month within year (0-11)
setSeconds() setTime() setYear()
Objects haveget and setfunctions
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<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Using the Date Object </TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY>
The Date object has methods: getMonth(), getDay(), getYear()<br>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=”JavaScript”>
update = new Date(document.lastModified)
theMonth = update.getMonth() + 1
theDay = update.getDay()
the Year = update.getYear()
document.writeln(“<I>Last updated:” + theMonth + “/” + theDay + “/” + theYear + “</I>”)
</SCRIPT>
</BODY></HTML>
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Date Object: Browser Output