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Re: JSlint complains for requestFullscreen

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emf wrote:

> in my Eye Exercises I am using this borrowed full-screen function:
>
> [code]
> 
> It works fine, however JSlint complains for the last line of code:
> 
> Expected 'new' before 'wscript'.
>             wscript.SendKeys("{F11}");
> 
> Sincerely I do not understand what the problem is and what JSlint wants
> me to change -- the variable has been declared and has been assigned a
> value -- and adding new in front creates more problems and doesn't make
> sense to me. Can someone explain what the problem is and how it can be
> solved to JSlint's satisfaction?

I assume that JSLint assumes that wscript.SendKeys is a constructor
function, because SendKeys starts with a capital letter.  Therefore
JSLint complains.

> also, I am curious, why did the author chose el as a variable name?

el is most likely an abbreviation of element.

> And do the experts of this newsgroup consider the code up-to-date?

I'm don't consider me an ES expert, so I can't comment. :)

-- 
Christoph M. Becker

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JSlint complains for requestFullscreen emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2016-04-01 23:13 -0400
  Re: JSlint complains for requestFullscreen "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2016-04-02 18:58 +0200
    Re: JSlint complains for requestFullscreen emf <emfril@gmail.com> - 2016-04-03 04:24 -0400
  Re: JSlint complains for requestFullscreen Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2016-04-02 18:54 +0100
    Re: JSlint complains for requestFullscreen Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-04-03 12:37 +0200
      Re: JSlint complains for requestFullscreen Cezary Tomczyk <cezary.tomczyk@gmail.com> - 2016-04-04 10:52 +0100

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