Errata
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released. If the error was corrected in a later version or reprint the date of the correction will be displayed in the column titled "Date Corrected".
The following errata were submitted by our customers and approved as valid errors by the author or editor.
Color key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
Version | Location | Description | Submitted By | Date submitted | Date corrected |
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Printed | Page Appendix B It would have been helpful to have the symbols printed as |
well as the descriptions. This would be much faster to scan for what the |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page xvi changed 3 instances of "ora.com" to "oreilly.com" (2 email |
addresses and a URL) |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 1997 | |
Printed | Page xiv-xv This replaced the text from the header "Is HTML 3.2..." to the para. |
just before the bulleted list: |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page Appendix C Replaced entire table with online version of the table |
at www.ora.com/info/html. |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 36 code line 6: removed the "I" after "CSS" |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 51 IN PRINT: "In-Document Styles", line 5 |
"While placing a style definition in an element's tag flaunts the trend..." |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 2004 | |
Printed | Page 56 Common Subgroup Selectors, line 2 |
The "t" was missing from "isn't." This error HAS BEEN CORRECTED. |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 2004 | |
Printed | Page 63 third line of the code example near the bottom of page |
p:first-line {font-style:small-caps} |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 2004 | |
Printed | Page 84 typo in Table 4-3. postRight should be posRight |
Anonymous | |||
Printed | Page 85 getPropertyValue() requires background-color instead of backgroundColor. |
This is stated in the reference section, but it should be mentioned here as well. |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 89-90 seekLayer function. |
If this function finds a match in the recursion, it doesn't stop. This is |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 90 first line |
theObj = seekLayer(document.layers[i].document, name); |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 2004 | |
Printed | Page 133 Changed cross-reference to section 6.5 to 7.5. |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 165 last line: <muticol> should be <multicol> |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 166 3rd para.: "It is possible emulate" should be "It is possible to |
emulate" |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 167 final paragraph |
First sentence says "Set the cancelBubble property to false..." |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 176 example 6.2 |
body {font-family:Ariel, |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 2004 | |
Printed | Page 195 Table of HTML named colors |
The color name "Silverd" NOW READS "Silver" |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 2004 | |
Printed | Page 203 Very near the bottom seems to say that Onmouseout is |
available on all or most targets in Version 4 browsers, but it |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 252 |
para. 1: Third sentence should read: |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 252 para. 2: Second sentence: "partially supported" should be |
"supported", "Explorer 3.0" should be "Explorer 4.0", and "the third |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 254 in the code, line 6, the colon after "H1" should be deleted |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 258 last bullet item: last sentence should be deleted |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 262 para. 2 should be deleted |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 263 reprinted for pagebreak |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 268 entire second para. should be removed |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 270 Replace para beginning with "The relative and absolute..." with |
"Incremental point sizes (+2pt, for example) are not currently handled |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 270 text after 1st code: In sentence beginning "As of this writing", |
remove "and Internet Explorer 3", change "support" to "supports", |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 270 |
last para. of section 9.3.3.4 should read: |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 271 Replace entire first para with |
"Internet Explorer 4 and Netscape 4 support the *normal* and *bold* |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 271 Delete entire second para beginning with "Internet Explorer 3 |
does support..." |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 272 Replace entire para beginning with "Internet Explorer 3 does not |
support..." with "Netscape does not support this style property." |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 273 para. 2: replace "Internet Explorer 3" with "Netscape". |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 274 para. 2: replace "Internet Explorer 3" with "Netscape". |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 275 para. 6: replace "Internet Explorer 3" with "Netscape". |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 276 Delete entire para beginning with "Internet Explorer 3 does |
not..." |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 277 para. 2: replace "Internet Explorer 3" with "For many background |
effects, Netscape". |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 277 Last line on page, replace "not supported by any browser" with |
"only supported by Internet Explorer 4". |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 278 Delete entire para beginning with "Internet Explorer 3 does |
not..." |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 279 Delete entire para beginning with "Internet Explorer 3 does |
not..." |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 279 para. 7: Replace "Internet Explorer supports only the |
*underline* and *line-through* values" with "Internet Explorer 4 does |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 280 para. 5: Delete "This property is not supported by Internet |
Explorer 3." Replace "While supported by" with "In". |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 281 Autocomplete |
The default value for autocomplete should be "none (set by user)". |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 281 para. 3: Replace "This property is not supported by any browser" |
with "Netscape 4 supports all but the *sub*, *super*, and *baseline* |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 284 Delete entire para beginning with "Unfortunately, none of the |
border..." |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 285 At end of section 9.3.6.4, add a para: "Netscape supports this |
property even when used alone; Internet Explorer 4 only honors this |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 286 At end of section 9.3.6.5, add a para: "Neither Internet |
Explorer or Netscape support the *dashed* or *dotted* values." |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 286 At end of section 9.3.6.6, add a para: "Both Netscape and |
Internet Explorer support the *border* property, but only Internet |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 287 Delete entire para beginning "The *clear* property currently is |
not..." |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 287 Replace para beginning "This property is not yet supported..." |
with "This property is only supported by Internet Explorer for images. |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 288 para. 6 replace "not yet" with "fully". |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 289 Remove entire para beginning "Internet Explorer 3 only |
supports..." |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 290 Delete entire first para |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 290 Delete entire para beginning "This property is not supported..." |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 291 para. 6: Replace "not supported by any browser" with "only |
supported by Internet Explorer 4." |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 292 Delete entire para beginning "This property is not..." |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 292 Delete entire para beginning "This property is not..." |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 293 reprinted for pagebreak |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 294 Replace para beginning "Besides..." with "This property is fully |
supported by Netscape 4; Internet Explorer 4 supports only the *none* |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 294 Replace para beginning "This property is not..." with "This |
property is not supported by Internet Explorer; Netscape only supports |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 296 para. 3: In first sentence, replace "early 1997" with "late |
1997". In last sentence, remove everything, including the parenthetic |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 296 para. 4: First sentence, replace "So, currently" with |
"Currently." At end of para, remove sentence "Netscape promises |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 297 reprinted for pagebreak |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 306 "Element-Specific Attributes" section and between "align" and "datafld" sections |
The "allowtransparency" attribute of the "iframe" element is missing from the list of |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 306 made second para. bulleted |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 337 In the example, about halfway down, |
"makeword(query_string, '&'.;" |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 339 In the example, about halfway down, |
"fmakeword(stdin, '&'. &cl);" |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 347 para. 2: Replace second sentence, beginning with "The default |
behavior..." with "The default behavior, represented by the value |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 347 Remove footnote at bottom of the page. |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 363 Your book Dynamic HTML The Definitive Reference 2nd Edition says it |
covers up to Netscape 7.0/Mozilla 1.0. The <marquee> tag is recognized |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 389 in the "_parent" entry, changed "Figure 12-6" to "Figure 12-8" |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 402 2nd script tag example |
The second script tag example includes the attribute: |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 2004 | |
Printed | Page 405 "also lets your label the" should read "also lets you label the" |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 410 1st paragraph |
the multiple attribute of the <select> tag is described as having no effect if size |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 470 |
paragraph 2, line 6 reads: |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 472 |
paragraph 2, line 6 reads: |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 477 next-to-last entry: "PFor" should be "For" |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | ||
Printed | Page 486 and {488}, cite and dateTime. |
They both refer to <quote> when instead you meant <q>. And, contrary to your |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 511 line 2 on page: changed "rectangle" to "rect" |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 1997 | ||
Printed | Page 511 The "Small a, acute accent" Symbol has the wrong accent. The |
accent should rise right, not left. |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 533 In the "About the authors", replace the sentence in Chuck |
Musciano's section beginning "Most recently, he has taken..." with |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 1998 | |
Printed | Page 584 2nd Para |
The last sentence that says: |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 619 doesn't discuss the links[] object listed in the table on p.609. |
Anonymous | |||
Printed | Page 818 Top paragraph, object section |
The last sentence of the first paragraph on the page NOW READS: |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 2004 | |
Printed | Page 927 says that document.styleSteets[].media is a string. |
In Mozilla 1.7, it is an 'Object MediaList', and useless as far as I can tell. |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 960 TextRange section, 2nd para, 6th line |
Text says "Once the range has been narrowed to the target text, assign values to its |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 1039 First paragraph |
This paragraph hints that a URL in a CSS is relative to the URL of the current |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 1065 NN Supported Types |
In the heading for the display section in the css portion, it stated that |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 2004 | |
Printed | Page 1096 You say padding is available in NN4, but under the 'Applies To' section, |
you don't say what elements it applies to. |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 1131 first line |
An optional zero-based integer of the last item of the subset from the current array. |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 1131 "Returned Value" line for push() (2nd section) |
"The value pushed into the array" |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 1132 splice can delete 0 elements, not just 1 or more |
The phrase should read "zero or more". |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 1160, 1161 parseInt and parseFloat. |
You say the string must begin with numerals, but negative numbers begin with a |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 1167 random(); In the formula - |
Math.floor(Math.random() * n) |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 2004 | |
Printed | Page 1186 match() |
Without the /g option, element 0 contains the matched text. |
Anonymous | ||
Printed | Page 1198 3rd paragraph |
While explaining the increment operator ++ with two short scripting |
Anonymous | Mar 01, 2004 |