how can I find documentation on screen, window etc?

[Andy Fish]

Hi,

I an trying to figure out how to use some browser objects like screen,
window, parent, document, top etc. These are available as built-in global
variables when programming the browser using javascript.

it seems that they are not part of the HTML DOM (well, "document" is but
properties like "document.location" aren't) so I don't know where to look.

They are described in netscape's documentation for javascript 1.3 but that
is well out of date now. The newer netscape documentation confines itself to
just the language features and leaves everything else to the DOM
specification.

there are lots of tutorials and unofficial information, but I could really
use a spec to go by, so that I can produce some portable code. Any clues
please? - all this "trial and error" programming is driving me mad.

many thanks

Andy

[Martin Honnen]

Andy Fish wrote:

I an trying to figure out how to use some browser objects like screen,
window, parent, document, top etc. These are available as built-in global
variables when programming the browser using javascript.

it seems that they are not part of the HTML DOM (well, "document" is but
properties like "document.location" aren't) so I don't know where to look.

They are described in netscape's documentation for javascript 1.3 but that
is well out of date now. The newer netscape documentation confines itself to
just the language features and leaves everything else to the DOM
specification.

there are lots of tutorials and unofficial information, but I could really
use a spec to go by, so that I can produce some portable code. Any clues
please? - all this "trial and error" programming is driving me mad.

Use the Netscape 1.3 client side JavaScript reference documentation,
what it says about window, screen, navigator is usually implemented by
other browsers.
As for other browsers, for MS IE check
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...obj_window.asp
for the window object and have a look at the MSDN library in general for
the documentation on other objects.
As for Opera check
http://www.opera.com/docs/specs/#jscript

--

Martin Honnen
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[Andy Fish]

Thanks for the quick response and the links. At least now I know there is no
single standard

BTW I have also found the "missing" documentation for newer versions of
netscape at the mozilla site - http://www.mozilla.org/docs/dom/.

Andy

"Martin Honnen" <ma*******@yahoo.de> wrote in message
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Andy Fish wrote:

I an trying to figure out how to use some browser objects like screen,
window, parent, document, top etc. These are available as built-in global variables when programming the browser using javascript.

it seems that they are not part of the HTML DOM (well, "document" is but
properties like "document.location" aren't) so I don't know where to look.
They are described in netscape's documentation for javascript 1.3 but that is well out of date now. The newer netscape documentation confines itself to just the language features and leaves everything else to the DOM
specification.

there are lots of tutorials and unofficial information, but I could really use a spec to go by, so that I can produce some portable code. Any clues
please? - all this "trial and error" programming is driving me mad.
Use the Netscape 1.3 client side JavaScript reference documentation,
what it says about window, screen, navigator is usually implemented by
other browsers.
As for other browsers, for MS IE check

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...obj_window.asp for the window object and have a look at the MSDN library in general for
the documentation on other objects.
As for Opera check
http://www.opera.com/docs/specs/#jscript

--

Martin Honnen
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/