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Table 26-1 lists all of the objects that we treat in this reference as generic objects. All of these objects share the properties, methods, and event handlers described in succeeding sections and have no special items that require additional coverage elsewhere in this book.
| Formatting Objects | Contextual Objects | |
|---|---|---|
| b | acronym | |
| big | address | |
| center | cite | |
| i | code | |
| nobr | dfn | |
| rt | del | |
| ruby | div | |
| s | em | |
| small | ins | |
| strike | kbd | |
| sub | listing | |
| sup | p | |
| tt | plaintext | |
| u | pre | |
| wbr | samp | |
| span | ||
| strong | ||
| var | ||
| xmp | ||
| Properties | Methods | Event Handlers |
| accessKey | addBehavior() | onactivate |
| all[] | addEventListener() | onafterupdate |
| attributes[] | appendChild() | onbeforecopy |
| baseURI | applyElement() | onbeforecut |
| behaviorUrns[] | attachEvent() | onbeforedeactivate |
| canHaveChildren | blur() | onbeforeeditfocus |
| canHaveHTML | clearAttributes() | onbeforepaste |
| childNodes[] | click() | onbeforeupdate |
| children | cloneNode() | onblur |
| cite | compareDocumentPosition() | oncellchange |
| className | componentFromPoint() | onclick |
| clientHeight | contains() | oncontextmenu |
| clientLeft | createControlRange() | oncontrolselect |
| clientTop | detachEvent() | oncopy |
| clientWidth | dispatchEvent() | oncut |
| contentEditable | doScroll() | ondataavailable |
| currentStyle | dragDrop() | ondatasetchanged |
| dateTime | fireEvent() | ondatasetcomplete |
| dataFld | focus() | ondblclick |
| dataFormatAs | getAdjacentText() | ondeactivate |
| dataSrc | getAttribute() | ondrag |
| dir | getAttributeNode() | ondragend |
| disabled | getAttributeNodeNS() | ondragenter |
| document | getAttributeNS() | ondragleave |
| filters[] | getBoundingClientRect() | ondragover |
| firstChild | getClientRects() | ondragstart |
| height | getElementsByTagName() | ondrop |
| hideFocus | getElementsByTagNameNS() | onerrorupdate |
| id | getExpression() | onfilterchange |
| innerHTML | getFeature() | onfocus |
| innerText | getUserData() | onfocusin |
| isContentEditable | hasAttribute() | onfocusout |
| isDisabled | hasAttributeNS() | onhelp |
| isMultiLine | hasAttributes() | onkeydown |
| isTextEdit | hasChildNodes() | onkeypress |
| lang | insertAdjacentElement() | onkeyup |
| language | insertAdjacentHTML() | onlayoutcomplete |
| lastChild | insertAdjacentText() | onlosecapture |
| length | insertBefore() | onmousedown |
| localName | isDefaultNamespace() | onmouseenter |
| namespaceURI | isEqualNode() | onmouseleave |
| nextSibling | isSameNode() | onmousemove |
| nodeName | isSupported() | onmouseout |
| nodeType | item() | onmouseover |
| nodeValue | lookupNamespaceURI() | onmouseup |
| offsetHeight | lookupPrefix() | onmousewheel |
| offsetLeft | mergeAttributes() | onmove |
| offsetParent | normalize() | onmoveend |
| offsetTop | releaseCapture() | onmovestart |
| offsetWidth | removeAttribute() | onpaste |
| outerHTML | removeAttributeNode() | onpropertychange |
| outerText | removeAttributeNS() | onreadystatechange |
| ownerDocument | removeBehavior() | onresize |
| parentElement | removeChild() | onresizeend |
| parentNode | removeEventListener() | onresizestart |
| parentTextEdit | removeExpression() | onrowenter |
| prefix | removeNode() | onrowexit |
| previousSibling | replaceAdjacentText() | onrowsdelete |
| readyState | replaceChild() | onrowsinserted |
| recordNumber | replaceNode() | onscroll |
| runtimeStyle | scrollIntoView() | onselectstart |
| scopeName | setActive() | |
| scrollHeight | setAttribute() | |
| scrollLeft | setAttributeNode() | |
| scrollTop | setAttributeNodeNS() | |
| scrollWidth | setAttributeNS() | |
| sourceIndex | setCapture() | |
| style | setExpression() | |
| tabIndex | setUserData() | |
| tagName | swapNode() | |
| tagUrn | tags() | |
| textContent | toString() | |
| title | urns() | |
| uniqueID | ||
| unselectable | ||
| width |