Charles Wyke-Smith [Charles Wyke-Smith] - Scriptin’ with JavaScript and Ajax: A Designer’s Guide

alert()

Displays an alert box with a message and an OK button

blur()

Removes focus from the current window

clearInterval()

Cancels a timeout set with setInterval()

clearTimeout()

Cancels a timeout set with setTimeout()

close()

Closes the current window

confirm()

Displays a dialog box with a message and an OK and a Cancel button

createPopup()

Creates a pop-up window

No

No

focus()

Sets focus to the current window

moveBy()

Moves a window relative to its current position

moveTo()

Moves a window to the specified position

open()

Opens a new browser window

print()

Prints the contents of the current window

prompt()

Displays a dialog box that prompts the user for input

resizeBy()

Resizes a window by the specified pixels

resizeTo()

Resizes a window to the specified width and height

1.5

scrollBy()

Scrolls the content by the specified number of pixels

scrollTo()

Scrolls the content to the specified coordinates

setInterval()

Evaluates an expression at specified intervals

setTimeout()

Evaluates an expression after a specified number of milliseconds

IE: Internet Explorer, F: Firefox, O: Opera. Table shows earliest versions of these browsers that support each item.

frames[]

Returns all named frames in the window

closed

Returns whether or not a window has been closed

defaultStatus

Sets or returns the default text in the statusbar of the window

No

document

See Document object

history

See History object

length

Sets or returns the number of frames in the window

location

See Location object

name

Sets or returns the name of the window

opener

Returns a reference to the window that created the window

outerHeight

Sets or returns the outer height of a window

No

No

outerWidth

Sets or returns the outer width of a window

No

No

pageXOffset

Sets or returns the X position of the current page in relation to the upper left corner of a windows display area

No

No

No

pageYOffset

Sets or returns the Y position of the current page in relation to the upper left corner of a windows display area

No

No

No

parent

Returns the parent window

personalbar

Sets whether or not the browsers personal bar (or directories bar) should be visible

scrollbars

Sets whether or not the scrollbars should be visible

self

Returns a reference to the current window

status

Sets the text in the statusbar of a window

No

statusbar

Sets whether or not the browsers statusbar should be visible

toolbar

Sets whether or not the browsers tool bar is visible or not (can only be set before the window is opened and you must have UniversalBrowserWrite privilege)

top

Returns the topmost ancestor window

IE: Internet Explorer, F: Firefox, O: Opera.

length

Returns the number of elements in the history list