How to Make VAR a Hyperlink in JavaScript
The word “hyperlink” is the more formal, long-form term for a “link” on a Web page. Anchor tags use URLs – the address of a document on the Web – to create links in HTML. These links are static, but...
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Javascript Check for Illegal Characters
Websites often use JavaScript functions to validate user input. When users enter data into a Web page form, the site normally sends this data to the Web server. Rather than sending invalid data, many...
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JQuery Callback Function
Website designers use the jQuery JavaScript library to implement interactive and animated effects within their Web pages. Using jQuery functions, you can create pages with transitions enhancing the...
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JavaScript Runtime: Height of Div
The JavaScript functions in a Web page can get and set the properties of HTML elements. Sometimes, when a page is set to alter its content dynamically as the user interacts with it, it is difficult to...
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How to Fix Floating-Point Problems in JavaScript
JavaScript is a simple, efficient language that can add functionality and flair to a website. Before adding a script on a page to perform conversions or calculations, you need to be aware of a flaw in...
View ArticleHow to Get Rid of the Hand Cursor on Google Maps API V3
You can customize the cursors that an embedded Google map uses on your website. By default, the map uses an open-handed cursor when a mouse pointer is over the map and a closed-handed cursor when the...
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How to Make an Expandable Banner With JavaScript
One of the most useful features of client-side programs like JavaScript is that they can be used to dynamically modify web page user interfaces. Although server-side programs like PHP or Perl can also...
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The JavaScript Code for a Fading Slideshow
Creating a Web page sideshow only requires a few small JavaScript functions. Making its slides fade requires a bit more work. Slideshows, although common in the Internet, can help you display your art,...
View ArticleJavaScript for Scrolling DIV
JavaScript lets you automate scrolling features on your Web pages. If you want a div container to scroll automatically, you use the "scrollTop" property in JavaScript. The scrolling feature...
View ArticleDifferences Between onLoad & onReady
Once you learn to handle Web page events, you can create websites that interact with site visitors and enhance their user experience. Some events, such as onLoad, occur even if you don't write code to...
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How to Create an Embed Code for Streaming Video
Streaming media on your website is an effective way to share videos in a wide variety of formats with your site visitors. However, every visitor to your site has a different browsing configuration,...
View ArticleHow to Convert KeyCode to ASCII With JavaScript
The ability to detect a site visitor's keystrokes can help you build more interactive Web applications. A game program, for instance, may need to know the characters a user presses in order to control...
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How to Get the Current Mouse Position in Javascript
When your site visitors move their mouse cursors, you can track those movements using JavaScript. Once you know the X and Y coordinates of the user's cursor, you can program your application to...
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How to Change the Speed of Slideshows With JavaScript
Slidershows became a popular feature for Web pages shortly after the release of jQuery in 2006, a JavaScript library that makes it easy to create the kinds of animations required for sliders to work....
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How to Remove Non-Numeric Characters in Javascript
Everything a visitor types while on your website consists of text, even when the visitor types numbers. If your application expects to receive pure numeric input, your program must strip away...
View ArticleHow to Post Data With an HTML Anchor
HTML forms are submitted using either the "get" or "post" method, depending on the purpose of the form and the server script being used, if any. A form is normally submitted when the user presses the...
View ArticleHow to Make a Title Bar Scroll
The title bar is located at the very top of your Web page and contains the name of the page. Sometimes your Web page's title might be too long to fit within the title bar, making it so users cannot see...
View ArticleHow to Move a DIV Into Another DIV on CSS
Part of the magic of surfing the Internet comes from viewing special effects that websites generate. Developers build Web pages using construction blocks; in the HTML markup language, these blocks are...
View ArticleHow to Scroll a Frame with JavaScript
The "scrollTo" and "scrollBy" JavaScript methods allow you to scroll a Web page programmatically. By referencing your way upward in the DOM tree, you can access other frames from JavaScript code inside...
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How to Scroll Horizontally in Javascript
The National Institute on Aging recommends designing Web pages that do not require horizontal scrolling. When a Web page's content spills over to hidden areas to the right of the viewing area, Browsers...
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