Four Ways to Use Java Script Event Handlers
Almost everything on a webpage is an "object". Almost all objects can respond to an event. You can control what an object does in response to an event by creating an event handler. In this article, you'll learn four different ways to connect an event handler to an event. More ...
Easy Slide Show Code with Mouseover Pause
This article provides easy-to-use cut-and paste code for a Web page slide show, except this example has the extra feature that when the visitor moves their mouse pointer over the image, the slide show image will not change again until they move their mouse pointer off the image. More ...
Allowing Multiple Selections from Drop-down Select List
An HTML Select list is a form control used to create a drop-down list of items from which the user can select. You can allow the user to select multiple items in the list by setting its multiple attribute. More ...
Regular Expressions Boundaries
In this article you learn how to controls where a regular expression matches a string, on a word or non-word boundary, at the beginning or end of a string. You also learned about multiline mode. More ...
Prevent Automated Form Submissions With Java Script
Spammers have robots that search the Web for such forms and when they find one, they use automated programs to submit thousands of spam. Webmasters have developed a method to prevent such abuse. In this article, I show you three different examples of using Java Script to implement this method for your own web form. More ...
Basic State Machines
A State Machine is a program, logic circuit, or mechanical device, that has a finite number of legal states. For example a traffic control signal can be red, yellow, or green. It can't be red and green. It can't be violet. More ...
Put Commas in Your Java Script Calculators
Writing large numbers with the digits in groups of three make the numbers easier to read. In this article you'll learn how to code calculator applications that will accept the entry of numbers with commas, and return results with commas. More ...
Prototype Keyword Gives JavaScript Object Oriented Inheritance
The way JavaScript supports inheritance is not like true object oriented languages like C+. In JavaScript, the prototype keyword allows an object to inherit the properties and methods of another object. More ...
Round a Float to 4 Digits to the Right of the Decimal Point
On the typical PC, Java Script Math object methods can return floating point numbers with up to 16 digits to the right of the decimal point. For most purposes, this kind of accuracy is not required, nor desired, and that many digits causes nothing but confusion. In this article, You'll learn how to round a floating point number to 4 digits to the right of the decimal point. More ...
Easy Java Script Timer Code
Sometimes you need something to happen after a delay, or you need something to occur repeatedly. This can be accomplished using Java Script timers. My objective in this article is to give you the timer code without surrounding it with a lot of confusing peripheral code so you can quickly use it for your own purposes. More ...
Java Script Code for Directory File List
In this article You'll learn how to create a webpage that gives a list of the files in a folder. This example is for use with Internet Explorer Web browser on your local computer. More ...
Easy Slide Show Code With Linked Slides
A slide show sequences through pictures of products. Wouldn't it be nice if the user could stop the slide show, go back to the previous picture, click on the picture to get detailed information about the product? More ...
