Sams Teach Yourself HTML, CSS and JavaScript All in One

Chapter 15. Working with the Document Object Model (DOM)

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN IN THIS CHAPTER:

• How the W3C DOM standard makes dynamic pages easier to control

• The basics of the window DOM object

• The basics of the document DOM object

• The basics of the history DOM object

• The basics of the location DOM object

• How to work with nodes, parents, children, and siblings

• How to access and use the properties of DOM nodes

• How to access and use DOM node methods

• How to control positioning with JavaScript

• How to hide and show objects with JavaScript

• How to modify text within a page with JavaScript

• How to add text to a page with JavaScript

The previous chapter introduced you to the basic concepts of programming in JavaScript; this chapter ...