Q: I am creating some HTML elements using JavaScript and the DOM. All is fine, but I need to define one element as floated to the right. I tried var d=document.createElement(‘div’); d.setAttribute(‘float’,’left’); which seems to do it, but the element is not floated. I tried then to use the style collection with d.style.float = ‘left’; […]

Q: I have a Table of Contents at the beginning of a page that is linked to anchors around the headlines of all the content sections. When I click them with a mouse there is no problem – I get sent to the heading, read the paragraph and click the “back to topâ€? link to […]

I am right now burning 30 CDs (8/30 verifying right now) for my workshop on DOM scripting in Singapore in two days. The flight is in 20 hours and will last 13 hours. I then have a day to recover until the 8 powerpoints with code examples and exercises for each will be shown to […]

I had this problem the other day that I needed to know how many nesting levels a menu has. After some failed attempts of walking the DOM and lots of comparisons I realised that it is actually a lot easier than I thought: function treedepth(o){ var nested = o.getElementsByTagName(‘ul’); var allcount = 0; for(var i=0,j=nested.length;iallcount){allcount=count;} […]

I am rubbish with maps. I get car sick when I read them, I have no clue when I look at them and try to predict where I will find things and explanations from me normally sound something like “Take a left at the shop with the fruit, then walk until you see a blue […]