Chapter 12. L

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Label — An identifier marking a section of code.
Label object — Adds a legend label to an input object.
Label.htmlFor — A means of associating the label with an Input object.
LANG="..." — A tag attribute that specifies the international language of some content.
Language codes — Language codes are used to define locale specific handling.
Layer object — An object representing an HTML <LAYER> tag.
Layer() — A means of creating new layers in Netscape.
Layer.above — The layer immediately above the receiving layer object, (or null, if this is the highest layer).
Layer.background — The background object of a layer.
Layer.below — The layer immediately below the receiving layer object.
Layer.bgColor — The background color of a layer.
Layer.captureEvents() — Part of the Netscape 4 event propagation complex.
Layer.clip — An object that represents the clip region within a layer.
Layer.clip.bottom — The bottom edge of a layer's clip region.
Layer.clip.height — The height of a layer's clip region.
Layer.clip.left — The left edge of a layer's clip region.
Layer.clip.right — The right edge of a layer's clip region.
Layer.clip.top — The top edge of a layer's clip region.
Layer.clip.width — The width of a layer's clip region.
Layer.document — The document object containing this layer.
Layer.handleEvent() — Pass an event to the appropriate handler for this object.
Layer.hidden — A deprecated property that indicates whether a layer is hidden or not.
Layer.layers[] — A deprecated property providing a list of child layers within this layer.
Layer.left — The x-coordinate relative to the containing layer.
Layer.load() — A method to load a new URL and resize a layer.
Layer.moveAbove() — Adjusts the Z ordering of a layer.
Layer.moveBelow() — Adjusts the Z ordering of a layer.
Layer.moveBy() — Adjusts the X,Y position of a layer.
Layer.moveTo() — Adjust the X,Y position of a layer.
Layer.moveToAbsolute() — Adjust the X,Y position of a layer.
Layer.name — This corresponds to the NAME attribute of the <LAYER> tag.
Layer.offset() — A deprecated means of moving layers.
Layer.pageX — The X-coordinate of the layer relative to the top level document.
Layer.pageY — The Y-coordinate of the layer relative to the top level document.
Layer.parentLayer — The layer containing the current layer (for a single layer, this is the window object).
Layer.releaseEvents() — Part of the Netscape 4 event propagation complex.
Layer.resizeBy() — Adjusts the size of a layer by a relative amount.
Layer.resizeTo() — Adjusts the size of a layer to an absolute value.
Layer.routeEvent() — Part of the Netscape event propagation complex.
Layer.siblingAbove — A layer that is related to this layer and above it in the Z ordering.
Layer.siblingBelow — A layer that is related to this layer and below it in the Z ordering.
Layer.src — The source URL for a layer.
Layer.top — The y-coordinate (in pixels) of the layer relative to its containing layer.
Layer.visibility — Whether a layer is visible or not.
Layer.window — The window that this layer belongs to.
Layer.x — The present X position of this layer.
Layer.y — The present Y position of this layer.
Layer.zIndex — The location of the layer within the Z ordered list of layers.
LayerArray object — An array containing a list of layers in the document.
LayerArray.length — This value reflects the number of <LAYER> tags that are in the document.
.lck — Netscape configuration file (old style).
Left shift — A leftwards shift of a bit pattern.
Left-Hand-Side expression — Left values are the destination of an assignment.
Legend object — The Legend object relates to a field-set within a form.
Legend.align — The alignment of the Legend object relative to its surrounding objects.
Legend.padding — The padding around a Legend object.
length — The length, magnitude, or size of an object depending on its type.
Length units — A sub-set of the available set of measurement units used with CSS style sheets and style object properties.
Less than (<) — Compare two operands to determine which is nearer to -Infinity.
Less than or equal to (<=) — Compare two operands to determine which is nearer to -Infinity or whether they are equal.
Letter — A valid and printable character.
Lexical convention — ECMAScript defined certain lexical conventions.
Lexical element — A component from which a script is constructed.
Lexical scoping — The scope within which functions are executed.
LI object — An object that represents an <LI> object in the document.
LI.type — A type indicator that controls the presentation style of an item in the list that the <LI> object belongs to.
LI.value — A means of resetting an enumerator in an ordered list contained in an <OL> block.
Liberate TV Navigator — An interactive TV set-top box environment.
Light() — A visual filter for simulating a lighting model.
Limits — A set of constraints within which the script must operate.
Line — A fragment of script source text.
Line terminator — Line terminators separate individual lines of executable code.
LINK object — An object that represents HTML <LINK> tags in documents.
LINK.charset — The character set that the document at the other end of a link's URL is expected to use.
LINK.disabled — A switch property to enable or disable a link.
LINK.href — The URL of a document belonging to the link object (this is readonly in IE4 on the Macintosh).
LINK.hreflang — The language that the document at the other end of the URL is expected to conform to.
LINK.media — The target media that the document will be output to.
LINK.readyState — The current disposition of the link as it is being loaded from the server.
LINK.rel — The relationship between the current element and the remote document.
LINK.rev — The relationship between the remote document and the current element.
LINK.title — The title name text of the link.
LINK.type — The MIME type of the document that the link points at.
LinkArray object — A collection of link objects belonging to a document.
LinkArray.length — The number of HREF links in the current document.
LinkStyle object — Added at DOM level 2 to support linked stylesheets.
List type — An internal type used by the interpreter.
LISTING object — An object that represents the <LISTING> tag.
Literal — Constant values used to initialize or assign a value.
Little endian — A bit ordering standard for some CPU models.
LiveConnect — A Netscape Communications technology that provides a means of communicating between plugins and Java applets.
LiveScript — This was the original name for JavaScript when it was first introduced by Netscape Communications.
livescript: URL — This is a pseudonym for the javascript: URL.
LiveWire — Netscape Communications' server-side JavaScript compiler.
Local time — The locale specific time value.
Local time zone adjustment — An adjustment to locale specific time.
Locale-specific behavior — Behavior that depends on a locale setting.
Localization — The process by which geographic, international and regional differences are managed.
location — An alias for the window.location property.
Location object — An object that represents the location of a document.
Location.assign() — Equivalent to setting the HREF attribute to load a new page.
Location.hash — The hash target portion of the href property. (The hash after the URL refers to an anchor location in the document).
Location.host — The hostname and port number portion of the href property.
Location.hostname — The hostname-only portion of the href property.
Location.href — The URL for the page currently on display in the window owning this location.
Location.pathname — The file path portion of the href property.
Location.port — The port number within the href property.
Location.protocol — The protocol portion of the href property, such as: http:,ftp:,mailto:,file:,etc.
Location.reload() — Reload the currently displayed page in the window that owns this location object.
Location.replace() — Load a new page and replace the history entry.
Location.search — The query portion of the href property.
Location.target — The target window or frame that a location belongs to when its object represents an <A> tag.
Location.text — The text contained within the <A> and </A> tags when the location describes an anchor.
Location.x — The X coordinate of the anchor on the client display surface.
Location.y — The Y co-ordinate of the anchor on the client display surface.
locationbar — An alias for the window.locationbar property.
Lock object — Provides a way of locking objects against multiple simultaneous access by several clients at once.
Lock() — A constructor for creating new Lock objects.
Lock.constructor — A reference to the constructor for making new Lock objects.
Lock.isValid() — A method that returns an indication as to the validity of the lock.
Lock.lock() — Places a lock on the object.
Lock.prototype — The prototype for the Lock object that can be used to extend the interface for all Lock objects, by allowing you to add methods and properties.
Lock.unlock() — Relinquish a lock on the object.
Logical AND (&&) — Logical AND of two operands.
Logical constant — A Boolean constant value.
Logical entity — Boolean logical values are represented as an entity internally.
Logical expression — An expression whose result is a Boolean value.
Logical NOT - complement (!) — Logical NOT operator.
Logical operator — An operator that creates a logical (Boolean) expression.
Logical OR (||) — Logical OR of two operands.
Logical XOR — Logically exclusive OR of two values.
long — Reserved for future language enhancements.
Low order bit — The least significant bit in an integer value.
LValueLValues are placed on the left of an assignment.