Programming with JavaScript: Algorithms and Applications for Desktop and Mobile Browsers

CHAPTER 6

Events

CHAPTER CONTENTS

6.1   User Interaction

6.1.1 A Programming Paradigm Shift

6.1.2 Events by Example: The Temperature Converter Web Page

6.2   Defining User Interface Elements

6.2.1 Web Pages Are Structured Documents

6.2.2 Elements That Produce User Interface Controls

6.3   Programmatically Accessing User Interface Elements

6.3.1 The document Object

6.3.2 Fun with DOM Properties

6.3.3 A Place to “Play”

6.3.4 Manipulating User Interface Controls

6.3.5 Walking the DOM*

6.4   Event Handlers

6.4.1 Anatomy of an Event Handler

6.4.2 Event Handlers Are Functions Are Objects

6.5    Event Objects

6.6    Event Implementation Details

6.6.1 Event Capturing and Bubbling

6.6.2 Default Actions

6.6.3 Assigning Event Handlers

6.6.4 Events Based ...