November 2001
Intermediate to advanced
480 pages
16h 4m
English
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Chapter 12. Behaviors and JavaScript
Dreamweaver provides
numerous preprogrammed behaviors that add
interactivity, check the browser version, control window layout, and
perform animation. If Dreamweaver doesn’t have a built-in
behavior for the job, you can download more behaviors from the
Dreamweaver Exchange or write your own in JavaScript (JS).
For more on JavaScript, see the O’Reilly JavaScript Reference in the Reference panel (Window → Reference) or see JavaScript: The Definitive Guide by David Flanagan (O’Reilly). Note that JavaScript (which was called LiveScript until Netscape renamed it) has no direct relation to Sun’s Java language; people in this industry just drink too much coffee. Macromedia Flash’s ActionScript language uses the same syntax as JavaScript and implements some identical object classes (both are derivatives of the ECMA-262 standard).
Even if you don’t know JavaScript, Dreamweaver makes it easy to use JavaScript via its built-in behaviors. In fact, we’ve already used some behaviors earlier in the book. The rollover image, navigation bar, and jump menu objects are implemented using built-in behaviors.
Browser JavaScript Support
Dreamweaver’s behaviors are implemented in JavaScript and therefore require a JavaScript-capable browser. Table 12-1 lists the JavaScript versions supported by the major browsers. (Microsoft’s implementation of JavaScript is called JScript. Although JScript is very similar to JavaScript, it is not identical. If you create your own behaviors, ...
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