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Re: Changing letters in boxes

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Matt McDonald wrote:

> On 10/30/2011 7:19 PM, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>> The same problem exists with
>> HTMLTableElement/HTMLTableSectionElement::insertRow(). [3]
>>
>> Those differences suggest the possibility of other differences between
>> standards-compliant and other implementations than the MSHTML DOM in this
>> area.  Therefore, I have intentionally used DOM Level 2+ Core methods in
>> my example – for which I am not aware of such quirks – and made no
>> mention of that "DOM Table Cell API".
> 
> Ah, I see. Still, it's a powerful set of methods/properties that tend to
> get overlooked.

ACK

> Regarding your double colon notation (::), am I to infer those
> properties/methods are static? I've been unable to locate anything
> utilizing that notation regarding the DOM beyond your posts.

ECMAScript Ed. 1 to 3, and 5 do not specify class-based inheritance and have 
no notion of static methods as they are defined in class-based OOP.  
Apparently we (the participants of this newsgroup that I am aware of) use 
the shortcut "static" (I try to use it in quotes in discussions, to be sure) 
to talk about a property that is a property of a constructor (like 
Object.defineProperty) or is otherwise not implicitly inherited by other 
objects (like Math.max).

`::' notation is my way of referring (unambiguously, or so it seemed) to the 
interface specification (formally given in OMG IDL) instead of some 
ECMAScript object or an object available through ECMAScript language binding 
(like Node.ELEMENT_NODE in some DOM implementations).  Keep in mind that the 
W3C DOM is a *language-independent* API, where language binding is specified 
for some programming languages, including ECMAScript implementations:

<http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-Core/ecma-script-binding.html>
(You can find similar sections in the other module specifications.)

So when I wrote "HTMLSelectElement::add()", read it as if I had written "the 
add() method of objects implementing the HTMLSelectElement interface of W3C 
DOM Level 2 HTML".  (Easier, yes?)

> Finally, I've spent most of today cleaning up the article and making it
> easier to parse through. I'd like to thank you for reviewing it and
> being very thorough (as always). Will you mind if I attribute you in the
> footnotes?

I would not, but I have not reviewed it yet (except perhaps, by 
coincidence).  Perhaps later this week.  You better remind me.

> PS: Your suggestion previously to stick to table cell modification
> instead of a complete overhaul of the row led me to fix a reflow bug in
> IE:Mac. Thanks a bunch. :)

You are welcome. 


Regards,

PointedEars
-- 
When all you know is jQuery, every problem looks $olvable.

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Changing letters in boxes fulio pen <fuliopen@yahoo.com> - 2011-10-30 05:26 -0700
  Re: Changing letters in boxes "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2011-10-30 15:08 +0200
    Re: Changing letters in boxes fulio pen <fuliopen@yahoo.com> - 2011-10-30 07:14 -0700
    Re: Changing letters in boxes fulio pen <fuliopen@yahoo.com> - 2011-10-30 10:22 -0700
      Re: Changing letters in boxes "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2011-10-30 20:14 +0200
        Re: Changing letters in boxes fulio pen <fuliopen@yahoo.com> - 2011-10-30 12:27 -0700
    Re: Changing letters in boxes Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-10-30 18:58 +0100
      Re: Changing letters in boxes Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-10-30 19:07 +0100
      Re: Changing letters in boxes Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2011-10-31 06:15 +1100
        Re: Changing letters in boxes Lasse Reichstein Nielsen <lrn.unread@gmail.com> - 2011-11-01 17:17 +0100
          Re: Changing letters in boxes Andrew Poulos <ap_prog@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-02 07:10 +1100
            Re: Changing letters in boxes Andreas Bergmaier <andber93@web.de> - 2011-11-01 23:37 +0100
              Re: Changing letters in boxes Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-11-02 00:20 +0100
        Re: Changing letters in boxes Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-11-01 18:01 +0100
      Re: Changing letters in boxes Matt McDonald <matt@fortybelow.ca> - 2011-10-30 17:42 -0600
        Re: Changing letters in boxes Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-10-31 02:19 +0100
          Re: Changing letters in boxes Matt McDonald <matt@fortybelow.ca> - 2011-10-31 21:29 -0600
            Re: Changing letters in boxes Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-11-01 11:52 +0100
      Re: Changing letters in boxes RobG <rgqld@iinet.net.au> - 2011-10-30 19:33 -0700
        Re: Changing letters in boxes "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2011-10-31 08:37 +0200
        Re: Changing letters in boxes Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2011-10-31 11:50 +0100
  Re: Changing letters in boxes faqir <faqir@faqir.com> - 2011-11-03 23:20 +0200

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