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X-Objects: Element Width and Height

Copy found at Wayback Machine archive. In addition to being able to change an HTML element’s position within a page, or hide or show the element, you can also use the X-Objects to change the HTML element’s width and height. The X-Objects interface methods to control width and height are: objSetWidth: set an element’s width […]

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X-Objects: Movement and Visibility

Copy found at Wayback Machine. All of the X-Objects have several methods for handling visibility and movement: objSetLeft: set the left position of the element objSetTop: set the top position of the element objGetLeft: get the current left position of the element, if set objGetTop: get the top position of the element, if set objMoveRelative: […]

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X-Objects: Creating the new X-Objects

Copy found on Wayback Machine. The original cross-browser objects encapsulated browser-specific DHTML implementation behind a set of exposed interfaces, making it easier to change the implementation if needed, and easier to create and maintain my DHTML pages. When a new browser version (or browser) releases, I can make changes to handle the new implementation details […]