Element attribute syntax question

[intrader]

I have look in the FAQ, Flanagan's "The definitive guide", and others,
and I am not sure that the following syntax is valid (it is accepted by
both IE and Firefox)
<code>
....
onload="javascr ipt:someFunctio nCall();"
....
</code>

I am objecting to the use of 'javascript:'.

Thanks
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intrader

[Joost Diepenmaat]

Re: Element attribute syntax question

intrader <intrader@aol.c omwrites:

I have look in the FAQ, Flanagan's "The definitive guide", and others,
and I am not sure that the following syntax is valid (it is accepted
by both IE and Firefox)
<code>
...
onload="javascr ipt:someFunctio nCall();"
...
</code>
>
I am objecting to the use of 'javascript:'.

It's ugly and unnecessary, yes. It *is* valid javascript, though, since
it's interpreted as a labeled statement (the label being "javascript ").

Usually you don't want to use strings as event handlers anyway. IOW:
use

onload=someFunc tionCall;

instead.

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[VK]

Re: Element attribute syntax question

On Mar 22, 10:03 pm, intrader <intra...@aol.c omwrote:

I have look in the FAQ, Flanagan's "The definitive guide", and others,
and I am not sure that the following syntax is valid (it is accepted by
both IE and Firefox)
<code>
...
onload="javascr ipt:someFunctio nCall();"
...
</code>
>
I am objecting to the use of 'javascript:'.

Yes, it is valid Javascript syntax for a labeled statement:

http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Reference:Statements:label

It doesn't have any programmatical sense outside of loop blocks, so
respectively it is valid but pointless for the Javascript itself in
onload="javascr ipt:someFunctio nCall();"

The reason one sees it sometimes is that Microsoft has added extra
feature to the label: in intrinsic event handlers it informs the
engine that the following code is JScript and not VBScript.
Respectively it has practical sense only if one has a page viewed in
Internet Explorer, the default scripting language on the page is set
to VBScript, yet some intrinsic event handlers has to be written in
JScript. Unless you need to deal with such ugliness, you don't need
"javascript :" prefix.

[intrader]

Re: Element attribute syntax question

VK wrote:

On Mar 22, 10:03 pm, intrader <intra...@aol.c omwrote:

>I have look in the FAQ, Flanagan's "The definitive guide", and others,
>and I am not sure that the following syntax is valid (it is accepted by
>both IE and Firefox)
><code>
>...
>onload="javasc ript:someFuncti onCall();"
>...
></code>
>>
>I am objecting to the use of 'javascript:'.

>
Yes, it is valid Javascript syntax for a labeled statement:

http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Reference:Statements:label

>
It doesn't have any programmatical sense outside of loop blocks, so
respectively it is valid but pointless for the Javascript itself in
onload="javascr ipt:someFunctio nCall();"
>
The reason one sees it sometimes is that Microsoft has added extra
feature to the label: in intrinsic event handlers it informs the
engine that the following code is JScript and not VBScript.
Respectively it has practical sense only if one has a page viewed in
Internet Explorer, the default scripting language on the page is set
to VBScript, yet some intrinsic event handlers has to be written in
JScript. Unless you need to deal with such ugliness, you don't need
"javascript :" prefix.
>

Thank you, I understand the meaning of the syntax and I did not think of
labels as they are so rarely used.
Would two attributes with the same label be considered duplicate, or are
they in a different scope?

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intrader