Using the W3C DOM Level 1 Core
Introduction to the W3C DOM.
Introduction to the W3C DOM.
The Document Object Model (DOM) is an API for HTML and XML documents. It provides a structural representation of the document, enabling you to modify its content and visual presentation by using a scripting language such as JavaScript.
Documentation about the DOM
- Gecko DOM Reference
- The Gecko Document Object Model Reference.
- About the Document Object Model
- A short introduction to the DOM.
- The DOM and JavaScript
- What is the DOM? What is JavaScript? How do I use them together on my web page? This document answers these questions and more.
- Using dynamic styling information
- How to obtain information on and manipulate styling via the DOM.
- DOM event reference
- Lists all the DOM events and their meanings.
- History API: Manipulating the browser history
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Demonstrates the HTML5-introduced DOM
window.historyobject, allowing dynamic changes to the browser history. - File API: Using files from web applications
- Describes the HTML5-introduced capability to select a local file and read data from it.
- Using the Page Visibility API
- Explains how to detect and use information about a web page being in the foreground or in the background.
- Fullscreen API: Using the fullscreen mode
- Describes how to set up a page that use the whole screen, without any browser UI around it.
- Determining the dimensions of elements
- How to figure out the right way to determine the dimensions of elements, given your needs.
- Dynamically modifying XUL-based user interface
- The basics of manipulating the XUL UI with DOM methods.
Getting help from the community
You need help on a DOM-related problem and can't find the solution in the documentation?
- Consult the dedicated Mozilla forum:
Tools easing working with the DOM
Related Topics
- AJAX, CSS, DHTML, JavaScript