Beginning HTML with CSS and XHTML incorporates practical examples that will show you how to structure your data correctly using (X)HTML, together with styling and layout basics using CSS. It also shows how to add dynamic behavior to your data using the JavaScript. language. All of the featured code and techniques are standards compliant and demonstrate best practices.so you will not waste time on any outdated techniques.

Errata Submission

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Errata

Issue	Author's Response
On page 144, the following code does not compile. Because ToolTip property only exists for Button class in WPF, not in Silverlight: <Button Content="I have a fancy tooltip"> <Button.ToolTip> <ToolTip Background="DarkRed" Foreground="White"> <StackPanel> <TextBlock Margin="3" Text="Image and text"></TextBlock> <Image Source="happyface.jpg"></Image> <TextBlock Margin="3" Text="Image and text"></TextBlock> </StackPanel> </ToolTip> </Button.ToolTip> </Button>	On page 144, code: <Button.ToolTip> should be: <ToolTipService.ToolTip> and </Button.ToolTip> should be: </ToolTipService.ToolTip>
Chapter 3, Page 94: You say "The actual code that’s used in the examples is a bit different, because it needs to work for all buttons", but there are no buttons involved here. I think you meant to say "different types of controls", instead of "all buttons".	Chapter 3, Page 94: "The actual code that’s used in the examples is a bit different, because it needs to work for all buttons" should be "The actual code that’s used in the examples is a bit different, because it needs to work for different types of controls"
Chapter 9, page 260 <DoubleAnimation Storyborad.TargetElement= ... Storyboard has no attached property TargetElement	Chapter 9, page 260 <DoubleAnimation Storyborad.TargetElement= should be: <DoubleAnimation Storyborad.TargetName=
Chaper 11, page 335 This style object holds a Setters collection with three ?? Setter objects, one...	Chaper 11, page 335 "This style object holds a Setters collection with three Setter objects" should be "This style object holds a Setters collection with several Setter objects"
Chapter 3, page 95 Silverlight has no Visibility.Hidden but a Visibility.Collapsed	Chapter 3, page 95 Visibility.Hidden should be Visibility.Collapsed
Chapter 11, page 374: In the code sample for the method cmdExpandCollapseButton_Click() (started on previous page) the final line is the method call: ChangeVisualState(useTransitions); The variable being passed in, useTransitions, doesn't actually exist in the method but rather is the name of the input parameter for the method ChangeVisualState. The correct call should be: ChangeVisualState(false);	Chapter 11, page 374, first line of code: ChangeVisualState(useTransitions); should be: ChangeVisualState(false);
Chapter 8, page 223 To create a side-to-side vertical fill(...)... and an end point of (1,0) for the ***top-right*** corner	Chapter 8, page 223 "To create a side-to-side vertical fill (with no slant), you can use a start point of (0, 0) and an end point of (1, 0) for the top-left corner." should be "To create a side-to-side vertical fill (with no slant), you can use a start point of (0, 0) and an end point of (1, 0) for the top-left corner."
chap 15, page 506, two errors in code: (it does not compile) 1) the FileDialogFileInfo has been removed - use System.IO.FileInfo instead: foreach (FileDialogFileInfo file in dialog.Files) -- change to -> foreach (System.IO.FileInfo file in FileDialog.Files) 2) typo "int count already declared". int count = fileStream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length); -- change to -> count = fileStream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);	chap 15, page 506, two errors in code: 1) foreach (FileDialogFileInfo file in dialog.Files) -- change to -> foreach (System.IO.FileInfo file in FileDialog.Files) 2) int count = fileStream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length); -- change to -> count = fileStream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);