DHTML - Dynamic HTML

IPA
1st
Semester, 2007-2008
Internet 1
Ch. 14
Dynamic HTML: Object
Model and Collections
attasr@ipa.edu.sa

09/30/15 © Reem Al-Attas 2
Introduction
 Dynamic HTML Object Model
 Allows Web authors to control the presentation of their
pages
 Gives them access to all the elements on their pages
 Web page
 Elements, forms, frames, tables
 Represented in an object hierarchy
 Scripting
 Retrieve and modify properties and attributes

Object Referencing
 The simplest way to reference an element is
by using the element’s id attribute.
 The element is represented as an object
 XHTML attributes become properties that can be
manipulated by scripting

1 <?xml version = "1.0"?>
2 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
3 "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
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5 
6 
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8 <html xmlns = "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
9 <head>
10 <title>Object Model</title>
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12 <script type = "text/javascript">
13 
20 </script>
21
22 </head>
Outline

23
24 <body onload = "start()">
25 <p id = "pText">Welcome to our Web page!</p>
26 </body>
27 </html>
Outline

Dynamic Styles
 Element’s style can be changed dynamically
 Dynamic HTML Object Model also allows you
to change the class attribute

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5 
6 
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9 <head>
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13 
22 </script>
23 </head>
Outline

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26 <p>Welcome to our Web site!</p>
27 </body>
28 </html>
Outline

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5 
6 
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9 <head>
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12 <style type = "text/css">
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14 .bigText { font-size: 3em;
15 font-weight: bold }
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17 .smallText { font-size: .75em }
18
19 </style>
20
Outline

22 
31 </script>
32 </head>
33
35 <p id = "pText">Welcome to our Web site!</p>
36 </body>
37 </html>
Outline

Using the frames Collection
 Referencing elements and objects in different
frames by using the frames collection

2 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Frameset//EN"
3 "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-frameset.dtd">
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6 
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9 <head>
10 <title>Frames collection</title>
11 </head>
12
13 <frameset rows = "100, *">
14 <frame src = "top.html" name = "upper" />
15 <frame src = "" name = "lower" />
16 </frameset>
17
18 </html>
Outline

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9 <head>
10 <title>The frames collection</title>
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21 </script>
22 </head>
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Outline

25 <h1>Cross-frame scripting!</h1>
26 </body>
27 </html>
Outline

Summary of the DHTML Object
Model
applets
all
anchors
embeds
forms
filters
images
links
plugins
styleSheets
scripts
frames
plugins
collection
body
screen
document
history
navigator
location
event
document
document
object
window
Key
Fig. 13.10 DHTML Object Model.

Model
Object or collection Description
Objects
window Represents the browser window and provides access to the document object contained
in the window. If the window contains frames a separate window object is created
automatically for each frame, to provide access to the document rendered in the frame.
Frames are considered to be subwindows in the browser.
document Represents the XHTML document rendered in a window. The document object
provides access to every element in the XHTML document and allows dynamic
modification of the XHTML document.
body Provides access to the body element of an XHTML document.
history Keeps track of the sites visited by the browser user. The object provides a script
programmer with the ability to move forward and backward through the visited sites, but
for security reasons does not allow the actual site URLs to be manipulated.
navigator Contains information about the Web browser, such as the name of the browser, the
version of the browser, the operating system on which the browser is running and other
information that can help a script writer customize the user’s browsing experience.
location Contains the URL of the rendered document. When this object is set to a new URL, the
browser immediately switches (navigates) to the new location.
event Can be used in an event handler to obtain information about the event that occurred (e.g.,
the mouse x-y coordinates during a mouse event).
screen Contains information about the computer screen for the computer on which the browser
is running. Information such as the width and height of the screen in pixels can be used to
determine the size at which elements should be rendered in a Web page.
Fig. 13.11 Objects in the Internet Explorer 6 Object Model.

Model
Collections
all Many objects have an all collection that provides access to every element contained in
the object. For example, the body object’s all collection provides access to every
element in the body element of an XHTML document.
anchors Collection contains all the anchor elements (a) that have a name or id attribute. The
elements appear in the collection in the order they were defined in the XHTML
document.
applets Contains all the applet elements in the XHTML document. Currently, the most
common applet elements are Java applets.
embeds Contains all the embed elements in the XHTML document.
forms Contains all the form elements in the XHTML document. The elements appear in the
collection in the order they were defined in the XHTML document.
frames Contains window objects that represent each frame in the browser window. Each frame
is treated as its own subwindow.
images Contains all the img elements in the XHTML document. The elements appear in the
collection in the order they were defined in the XHTML document.
links Contains all the anchor elements (a) with an href property. This collection also
contains all the area elements that represent links in an image map.

Model
plugins Like the embeds collection, this collection contains all the embed elements in the
XHTML document.
scripts Contains all the script elements in the XHTML document.
styleSheets Contains styleSheet objects that represent each style element in the XHTML
document and each style sheet included in the XHTML document via link.

Assignment 10
 1) Exercise # 13.7. Due Date for A # 10:
 Next Monday before
your lecture.

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