What Is a Dreamweaver Behavior?
Dreamweaver adds behaviors to a Web page to capture input from the user or the Web page. After the input is captured, it causes something to happen. A behavior is an action triggered by an event, or you could look at it this way:
event + action = behavior
Events are triggers captured by the browser. Table 16.1 lists examples of common browser events. Different browsers may capture different events. Also, different objects capture different events.
Actions are JavaScript code. The JavaScript is inserted into your Web page by Dreamweaver.
| Event | Description |
|---|---|
| onMouseOver | Triggered when the viewer places the cursor over an object |
| onMouseDown | Triggered when the viewer presses ... |
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