Reviewing JavaScript's Objects
Every element on your Web page is an object to JavaScript. By naming each element, you can manipulate those elements through JavaScript code. You might be surprised at the plethora of objects JavaScript recognizes. JavaScript even recognizes your browser's history list as an object. Table 21.1 lists a few of the Web page–based objects that JavaScript can view.
| window | document | form |
| applet | anchor | area |
| button | checkbox | fileUpload |
| image | password | radio |
| reset | select | submit |
| text | textarea | ids |
| link | plugin | tags |
| frame | history | location |
| menubar | scrollbar | statusbar |
As with the Visual Basic controls, the JavaScript objects all support characteristics that your JavaScript code ...
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