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Tables of Contents for Essential Xul Programming
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
vii
Acknowledgments
xi
About the Authors
xiii
What Is XUL?
1
18
The Origins of XUL
3
1
Leveraged Technologies in XUL
4
5
Types of XUL User Interface Widgets
9
2
XUL Features
11
4
Implementing XUL
15
3
Summary
18
1
Notes
18
1
An XML Primer
19
30
XML Syntax
21
6
Creating a Document Type Definition
27
6
Constructing a XUL DTD
33
3
Creating a Schema
36
8
The Document Object Model
44
4
Summary
48
1
Using Cascading Style Sheets
49
32
A Simple CSS Example
50
3
CSS Fundamentals
53
23
Using CSS with XUL
76
1
Summary
77
1
Notes
78
3
Building a Simple XUL Interface
81
26
Building a XUL Application
82
16
Complete Code for xulexample.xul
98
7
Complete Code for eventhandlers.js
105
1
Summary
106
1
Creating Netscape Themes
107
26
Gathering Your Tools
108
1
Downloading a Template
108
4
Developing Your Netscape Theme
112
18
Summary
130
3
RDF and XUL Templates
133
34
The RDF Model and Syntax
134
9
Building and Using XUL Templates
143
20
Summary
163
1
Notes
164
3
XUL Overlays and XBL
167
42
Using XUL Overlays
168
6
Using XML Binding Language (XBL)
174
33
Summary
207
1
Notes
207
2
The jXUL Open Source Project
209
22
Why jXUL?
209
1
The jXUL Architecture
210
2
jXUL Components
212
15
jXUL Packages
227
1
Getting Involved in the jXUL Project
228
1
Challenges for the jXUL Project
228
1
Summary
229
2
Case Study: Creating a Customizable Browser Portal
231
26
Defining the Problem
232
1
Approaching the Solution
232
1
Under the Hood: An In-Depth Look at Netscape's ``My Sidebar''
232
16
Customizing My Sidebar for the Case Study
248
4
Summary
252
5
Case Study: Building an E-Commerce User Interface with XUL
257
40
Defining the Problem
257
1
Analyzing the Requirements
258
1
Designing the User Interface
259
4
Building the User Interface
263
6
Creating and Populating the User Interface
269
15
Navigating the Finished Product
284
1
Main XUL Interface File
285
5
JavaScript Event Handling File
290
3
Overlay Files
293
3
Summary
296
1
Appendix A XUL Programmer's Reference
297
46
Appendix B Netscape Theme Reference
343
66
References
409
2
Index
411