Chapter 20. T

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TABLE object — An object that represents a table within a document.
TABLE.align — A controlling property for the alignment of table cells within a table.
TABLE.background — A URL of an image to be used as the background for a table.
TABLE.bgColor — The background color value for a table.
TABLE.border — The width of the border around cells in a table.
TABLE.borderColor — The color of the border around the cells in a table.
TABLE.borderColorDark — The color value of the shadowed edge of the table border (assuming the table is lit from the top left).
TABLE.borderColorLight — The color value of the highlighted edge of the table border (assuming the table is lit from the top left).
TABLE.caption — The caption text contained in a CAPTION object belonging to the TABLE object.
TABLE.cellPadding — The width of the cell padding around the cell contents within a table.
TABLE.cells[] — A collection of all the cells in a <TABLE>.
TABLE.cellSpacing — The width of the cell spacing between cells in a table.
TABLE.cols — The number of columns in a table.
TABLE.createCaption() — Creates a new CAPTION object for use with the table.
TABLE.createTFoot() — Creates a new TFOOT object for use with the table.
TABLE.createTHead() — Creates a new THEAD object for use with the table.
TABLE.dataPageSize — Part of the data-binding model in MSIE that maps table rows to database rows.
TABLE.deleteCaption() — Deletes the CAPTION object currently belonging to the table.
TABLE.deleteRow() — Deletes a specified row within the TABLE object.
TABLE.deleteTFoot() — Deletes the table footer from the owning table.
TABLE.deleteTHead() — Deletes the table header from the owning table.
TABLE.frame — A control over which of the table cells sides are controlled by the BORDER tag attribute and border property of the TABLE object.
TABLE.height — The height of the TABLE in pixels.
TABLE.insertRow() — Insert a new row into the table at a specified row index.
TABLE.nextPage() — Part of the data binding mechanism that pages the table according to the contents of a database selection.
TABLE.previousPage() — Part of the data binding mechanism that pages the table according to the contents of a database selection.
TABLE.refresh() — Part of the data binding mechanism that refreshes the table according to the contents of a database selection.
TABLE.rows[] — A collection of all the rows in a <TABLE>.
TABLE.rules — Controls the drawing of border rules around table cells.
TABLE.summary — Adds a summary text object to the table.
TABLE.tBodies[] — A collection of all TBODY objects within a table.
TABLE.tFoot — A reference to a TFOOT object for the table if there is one defined.
TABLE.tHead — A reference to a THEAD object for the table if there is one defined.
TABLE.width — The width of the TABLE in pixels.
TableColElement object — A means of accessing cells in a particular column of the table without needing to traverse the rows.
TableColElement.align — The alignment settings for a column or column group in the table.
TableColElement.ch — The alignment character for cells in the column.
TableColElement.chOff — The offset of the alignment character.
TableColElement.span — The number of columns that a column group should span.
TableColElement.vAlign — The vertical alignment setting for a column within the table.
TableColElement.width — The width of a column within the table.
TableSectionElement object — DOM level 1 specifies a single object that MSIE implements as TFOOT and THEAD objects.
tags — An alternative reference to the document.tags property in JSS.
taint() — A method for controlling secure access to data values.
TBODY object — An object that encapsulates a <TBODY> tag within a <TABLE> block.
TBODY.align — A control for the alignment of cells within the TBODY object.
TBODY.bgColor — The background color of a TBODY object.
TBODY.rows[] — A collection of objects, each one containing a description of a row described by a <TR> tag.
TBODY.vAlign — A control for the vertical alignment of cells within the TBODY object.
TD object — An object that encapsulates a single cell described by a <TD> tag.
TD.abbr — An abbreviation value to be used for header cells in the column where the data cell resides.
TD.align — A control for the alignment of content within the table cell.
TD.axis — The names group of related header cells.
TD.background — A URL for an image to be loaded into the background of the table cell.
TD.bgColor — The background color for this table cell.
TD.borderColor — The color of the border around this table cell.
TD.borderColorDark — The color value of the shadowed edge of the table cell border (assuming the table is lit from the top left).
TD.borderColorLight — The color value of the highlighted edge of the table cell border (assuming the table is lit from the top left).
TD.cellIndex — A zero-based integer value that indicates the position of this cell within the row. This is the horizontal coordinate position of the cell within the table.
TD.ch — The alignment character for cells in a column arrangement.
TD.chOff — The offset of a column alignment character.
TD.colSpan — The number of columns that the table cell spans.
TD.headers — A list of ID attribute values for header cells.
TD.height — The height in pixels of the table cell.
TD.noWrap — Controls whether textual content is allowed to wrap within the table cell.
TD.rowSpan — Indicates how many rows the table cell is intended to span.
TD.scope — The scope covered by header cells.
TD.vAlign — The vertical alignment of content within the table cell.
TD.width — The width in pixels of the table cell.
telnet: URL — Opens up a telnet client to do terminal mode access.
Ternary operator — An operator that requires three arguments.
Text object — The DOM level 1 specification describes a Text object which MSIE and Netscape 6.0 implement as a textNode object.
text/JavaScript — A MIME type that indicates the content is a JavaScript source text.
TEXTAREA object — A multiple line text cell in a form.
TEXTAREA.cols — The number of columns that a TextArea may contain.
TEXTAREA.handleEvent() — Passes an event to the appropriate handler for this object.
TEXTAREA.readOnly — When set to true, the TextArea cannot be modified.
TEXTAREA.rows — The number of rows in a text area.
TEXTAREA.select() — Selects all the text within the <TEXTAREA> cell allowing it to be cut and pasted by the user.
TEXTAREA.type — The type indicator for this Input object.
TEXTAREA.value — The text string that has been entered into the text area.
TEXTAREA.wrap — Controls the kind of word wrapping effect within the text area.
TextCell object — A single line text cell in a form.
TextCell.handleEvent() — Pass an event to the appropriate handler for this object.
TextCell.maxLength — The maximum length of values to be entered into the text cell.
TextCell.readOnly — When set to true, the text cell contents cannot be changed.
TextCell.select() — Selects all the textual content of a <INPUT> text cell allowing the user to cut and paste it if they so wish.
TextCell.size — The number of characters that have been typed into the text cell.
TextCell.type — The type of this Input object.
TextCell.value — The text string that has been entered into the text cell.
textNode object — A string of text represented as a node within the document hierarchy.
textNode.data — The data associated with a text node within the document.
textNode.length — The length of the text in a textNode object.
textNode.splitText() — A means of splitting the text in a text node into two so that HTML can be placed in between them.
TextRange object — An object that represents part of the text stream of an HTML document.
TextRange.boundingHeight — The height of the extent rectangle around selected text on the page.
TextRange.boundingLeft — The left edge of a selected text on the page.
TextRange.boundingTop — The top edge of a selected text on the page.
TextRange.boundingWidth — The width of a selected text on the page.
TextRange.collapse() — A method that shrinks a text range to an insertion point.
TextRange.compareEndPoints() — Compare two TextRange objects.
TextRange.duplicate() — Duplicate a TextRange object.
TextRange.execCommand() — Part of an MSIE special document command handling mechanism. Execute a command across the text range.
TextRange.expand() — Expands a TextRange by a character, word, sentence or story.
TextRange.findText() — Defines a text range according to a search.
TextRange.getBookmark() — Bookmarks a position in a text range.
TextRange.getBoundingClientRect() — A method that returns a rectangle measured in pixels within the client display surface.
TextRange.getClientRects() — A collection of textRectangle objects within the client display surface.
TextRange.htmlText — Returns a text range as HTML source.
TextRange.inRange() — Tests for one text range within another.
TextRange.isEqual() — Tests two text ranges for equality.
TextRange.move() — Relocates the insertion point of a TextRange.
TextRange.moveEnd() — Relocates the end point of a TextRange.
TextRange.moveStart() — Relocates the start point of a TextRange.
TextRange.moveToBookmark() — Restores a bookmarked TextRange.
TextRange.moveToElementText() — Expands the text range to encompass an HTML element.
TextRange.moveToPoint() — Expand the text range to include an x, y location.
TextRange.parentElement() — A reference to an object that is the next outermost item in the document hierarchy.
TextRange.pasteHTML() — Pastes HTML or plain text into the text range.
TextRange.queryCommandEnabled() — Part of an MSIE special document command handling mechanism. Indicates the disposition of the specified command.
TextRange.queryCommandIndeterm() — Part of an MSIE special document command handling mechanism. Indicates whether the command is in an indeterminate state.
TextRange.queryCommandState() — Part of an MSIE special document command handling mechanism. Returns the current state of a command.
TextRange.queryCommandSupported() — Part of an MSIE special document command handling mechanism. Checks to see if a command is supported.
TextRange.queryCommandText() — Part of an MSIE special document command handling mechanism. Returns the string associated with a command.
TextRange.queryCommandValue() — Part of an MSIE special document command handling mechanism. Returns the value of the command.
TextRange.select() — Select the text range.
TextRange.setEndPoint() — Set the end point of a text range.
TextRange.text — Extract the text of a text range.
textRectangle object — The extent rectangle that encloses a TextRange object.
textRectangle.bottom — The bottom of a textRectangle.
textRectangle.left — The left edge of a textRectangle.
textRectangle.right — The right edge of a text rectangle.
textRectangle.top — The top edge of a textRectangle.
TextStream object — An object that represent an I/O text stream. Very useful in a server-side context.
TextStream.AtEndOfLine — A Boolean value that indicates the status of the text stream.
TextStream.AtEndOfStream — A Boolean value that indicates the status of the text stream.
TextStream.Close() — A method that closes a text stream.
TextStream.Column — The column number within the file.
TextStream.Line — The line number within the text stream.
TextStream.Read() — A method that reads text from the text stream.
TextStream.ReadAll() — A method that reads the entire text stream in one go.
TextStream.ReadLine() — A method that reads a line from the text stream.
TextStream.Skip() — A method that skips a specified number of characters through the text stream.
TextStream.SkipLine() — A method that skips a line of the text stream.
TextStream.Write() — A method that writes to the text stream.
TextStream.WriteBlankLines() — A method that writes a specified number of blank lines to the text stream.
TextStream.WriteLine() — A method that writes a line to the text stream.
TFOOT object — An object that encapsulates a <TFOOT> tag within a <TABLE> block.
TFOOT.align — The kind of horizontal alignment applied to items within the <TFOOT> block of a table.
TFOOT.bgColor — The background color for items in the <TFOOT> block.
TFOOT.ch — The character used for alignment of columns within the table.
TFOOT.chOff — The offset of character alignments within a column.
TFOOT.deleteRow() — In a multiple row footer, you can delete a particular row with this method.
TFOOT.insertRow() — You can insert additional rows into a table footer with this method.
TFOOT.rows[] — A collection of rows within a <TFOOT> block belonging to a table.
TFOOT.vAlign — The vertical alignment applied to items within the <TFOOT> block of a table.
TH object — An object that encapsulates a <TH> table header cell.
TH.abbr — An abbreviation value to be used for header cells in the column where the data cell resides.
TH.align — The alignment of content within a <TH> table cell.
TH.axis — The names group of related header cells.
TH.background — A URL for an image to load as the background for a table header cell.
TH.bgColor — The background color for a table header cell.
TH.borderColor — The border color around a table header cell.
TH.borderColorDark — The color value of the shadowed edge of the table cell border (assuming the table is lit from the top left).
TH.borderColorLight — The color value of the highlighted edge of the table cell border (assuming the table is lit from the top left).
TH.cellIndex — A zero-based integer number that indicates the position of a <TH> cell within a <TR> row. This is effectively the horizontal column coordinate of a table header cell.
TH.ch — The alignment character for cells in a column arrangement.
TH.chOff — The offset of a column alignment character.
TH.colSpan — The number of columns that a header cell spans.
TH.headers — A list of ID attribute values for header cells.
TH.height — The height in pixels of the table header cell.
TH.noWrap — Controls whether text in the table header cell is allowed to wrap.
TH.rowSpan — The number of rows that the table header will span.
TH.scope — The scope covered by header cells.
TH.vAlign — The vertical alignment of content within the table header cell.
TH.width — The width in pixels of the table header cell.
THEAD object — An object that encapsulates a <THEAD> tag within a <TABLE> block.
THEAD.align — The alignment of items within the <THEAD> block of a table.
THEAD.bgColor — The background color of items in the <THEAD> block of a table.
THEAD.ch — The alignment character for cells in a column arrangement.
THEAD.chOff — The offset of a column alignment character.
THEAD.deleteRow() — In a multiple row footer, you can delete a particular row with this method.
THEAD.insertRow() — You can insert additional rows into a table footer with this method.
THEAD.rows[] — A collection of rows within a <THEAD> block of a table.
THEAD.vAlign — A control for the vertical alignment of cells within the THEAD object.
this — A reference to the receiving object.
Thousands separator — A special locale specific character for indicating groups of digits.
throw — Throw a custom exception in the hope it will be caught by an error handler.
throws — Reserved for future language enhancements.
Time from year — A date and time algorithm defined by ECMAScript.
Time range — ECMAScript measures time in milliseconds since 01-01-1970 UTC.
Time value — A date and time algorithm.
Time within day — A date and time algorithm.
TimeClip() — A date and time algorithm.
Timeout handlers — You can set event handlers to be called when a timeout expires.
Timer events — Events that are triggered after a delay time.
<TITLE> — A tag that encloses the title block in a document header. It corresponds to the MSIE TITLE object.
TITLE object — An MSIE object that represents the <TITLE> block of a document.
TITLE.text — The text contained inside the <TITLE> block for the current document.
ToBoolean — An internal operator for converting values.
ToInt32 — An internal operator for converting values.
ToInteger — An internal operator for converting values.
Token — Tokens are the fundamental components that an executable script is built from.
ToNumber — An internal operator for converting values.
ToObject — An internal operator for converting values.
toolbar — An alias for the window.toolbar property.
top — An alias for the window.top property.
Topic classification — Descriptions of topic classifications.
ToPrimitive — An internal operator for converting values.
ToString — Return a string primitive version of an object.
toString() — Returns a string representation of the receiving object.
ToUint16 — An internal operator for converting values.
ToUint32 — An internal operator for converting values.
TR object — An object that encapsulates the row content of a table contained in a <TR> tag.
TR.align — The alignment of content within table cells in the row.
TR.bgColor — The background color of table cells within the row.
TR.borderColor — The color of the border around table cells in the row.
TR.borderColorDark — The color value of the shadowed edge of the table row border (assuming the table is lit from the top left).
TR.borderColorLight — The color value of the highlighted edge of the table cell border (assuming the table is lit from the top left).
TR.cells[] — A collection of cells within this row of the table.
TR.ch — The alignment character for cells in a column arrangement.
TR.chOff — The offset of a column alignment character.
TR.deleteCell() — In a multiple column table, you can delete a particular cell within a row with this method.
TR.insertCell() — You can insert an additional cell into the row within a table with this method.
TR.rowIndex — A zero-based integer that indicates which row of the table this <TR> block represents.
TR.sectionRowIndex — A zero-based integer that indicates which row of the table this <TR> block represents.
TR.vAlign — The vertical alignment of content in the table cells in this row.
transient — Reserved for future language enhancements.
Transition — A visual effect used during event handling in MSIE.
Translation — The process of tokenizing and interpreting a script.
Trigonometric function — Functions for calculating angular values.
true — The Boolean true value.
try ... catch ... finally — A mechanism for attempting to execute some potentially problematic code with a means of catching the exception and continuing execution.
TT object — An object that represents the font style controlled by the <TT> HTML tag.
TV Set-top boxes — The integration of TV and Web content is resulting in new kinds of hardware that displays web page content at TV resolution.
Type — The ECMA 262 standard defines nine data types. A type is a set of data values.
Type conversion — Type conversion happens automatically as needed.
TypeError object — A native error object based on the Error object.
typeof — An operator that yields the type of an operand.