JavaScript Examples Bible - UserWorks Technologies

Chapter 2 ✦ Window and Frame Objects (Chapter 16)
alert(“Filling the table for “ + howMany) // for demo
//statements that validate the entry and
//actually populate the fields of the table
}
}
Figure 2-8: The prompt dialog box displayed from
Listing 16-29 (Windows format)
Notice one important user interface element in Listing 16-29. Because clicking
the button leads to a dialog box that requires more information from the user, the
button’s label ends in an ellipsis (or, rather, three periods acting as an ellipsis character).
The ellipsis is a common courtesy to let users know that a user interface element
leads to a dialog box of some sort. As in similar situations in Windows and
Macintosh programs, the user should be able to cancel out of that dialog box and
return to the same screen state that existed before the button was clicked.
resizeBy(deltaX,deltaY)
resizeTo(outerwidth,outerheight)
NN2 NN3 NN4 NN6 IE3/J1 IE3/J2 IE4 IE5 IE5.5
Compatibility ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Example
You can experiment with the resize methods with the page in Listing 16-30. Two
parts of a form let you enter values for each method. The one for window.resize()
also lets you enter a number of repetitions to better see the impact of the values.
Enter zero and negative values to see how those affect the method. Also test the
limits of different browsers.
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windowObject.resizeBy()