Chapter 13
Connecting with Style: JavaScript and CSS
In This Chapter
Interacting with HTML-based formatting
Creating HTML style elements dynamically
Moving and positioning HTML elements
Developing a JavaScript-based menu
At one time, HTML pages were plain or used inconsistent tags for formatting content, such as the outdated <center> tag. Many of these tags are deprecated (no longer available) in HTML5. For example, the <center> tag is no longer available. (See http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_center.asp for details.) Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) provide a means for formatting HTML content in a consistent manner that works well with all newer browsers. Using CSS makes the job of the page designer and application developer easier while providing significantly more flexibility in formatting options. You can provide CSS in these ways:
As part of HTML tags
Within the current page
As ...
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