HTML character codes

Here is a page with tables of HTML/ASCII character codes, which are useful to write encode actions.

Use JavaScript to display HTML as text

I found a need to display HTML as text. The recommended way to do this is to escape the HTML markup so browsers will correctly display the code as text. I found a sample code here.

White space character in HTML

After finding myself searching for white space character in HTML a couple times, I realized that it’s worthy a blog entry for myself. 😉 So here it is…   Thanks to the author(s) of this page.

Different handling of image maps for Firefox and IE 7

It’s interesting to learn that Firefox and IE 7 handles image maps differently. Firefox does not need the # character in usemap=”#mymap”. While IE 7 requires it. Thanks to James for the explanation and Jim for the example.

How to create an inactive link?

Today, I realized that I have a need to create an inactive link that does not cause a browser to load any resource. A quick search on the Internet led me to this page. Thanks to Will for the cool trick.

How to enable scroll on a DIV?

For a while, I was trying to figure out how to make a div scroll. Thanks to Lissa for her tip on this exact topic. Now I can scroll in style. 😉

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