Remove the blank value from a html select option dropdown
Your HTML select tag needs to show a blank value by default but for some reason, but you dont want the allow the user to select a blank value upon opening the dropdown. <form>...
Category: html5
sessionStorage vs localStorage vs cookie applications
sessionStorage, localStorage and cookie all are solutions to store data on client side. They can be used for session management user preference management To setup never expiring tokens and many others. sessionStorage – persists...
Making max width work in internet explorer
If you have ever had to pull your hair out over why the max-width property is not having any effect on your markup in internet explorer, the solution is quite simple, yet baffling. It...
pseudo elements vs pseudo classes
pseudo elements They allow you to style certain parts of a document. For example, you can style the first letter of each paragraph. MDN list of pseudo elements The following video demonstrates the pseudo...
window.onload vs document.onload
window.onload It is fired when the entire page loads, including its content (images, css, scripts, etc.) $(window).load() document.onload It is fired when the DOM is ready which can be prior to images and other...
Getting started with localStorage vs sessionStorage in html5
Before HTML5 application data for a user has to be stored on a server. It had to be transferred using cookies. This mechanism affects the application performance and security as well. The HTML5 Storage...
What are reflows and repaints and how to avoid them
Its becoming increasingly common for the topic of reflows and repaints to come up when talking about improving page performance. Although the two of them are closely related, they differ in terms of the...
A simple requestAnimationFrame example visually explained
The requestAnimationFrame function lets you hook into render cycle of the browser and specify any changes that you want to make to your elements before the re-render occurs. In this way, you essentially batch...
Managing the browser navigation history using HTML 5 pushstate and popstate
You might have come across the terms pushstate and popstate in HTML 5 and that made you wonder whats all the buzz about. To sum it up in a single sentence I would say...