Using Persistent Styles with Multiple Style Sheets - Listing the full source code of the style switching application
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As I promised you in the previous section, here's the complete definition of this style switching application, which uses multiple persistent style sheets to change the individual appearance of the elements of a sample web page:
(definition for "red.css" file)
.red{
background: #f00;
}
(definition for "green.css" file)
.green{
background: #0f0;
}
(definition for "blue.css" file)
.blue{
background: #00f;
}
(definition for "fontsize1.css" file)
.size1{
font: normal 14pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
(definition for "fontsize2.css" file)
.size2{
font: normal 18pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
(definition for "fontsize3.css" file)
.size3{
font: normal 24pt Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
(definition for "sample_web_page.htm" file)
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-
8859-1" />
<title>Multiple style sheets</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="default.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="red.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="green.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="blue.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="fontsize1.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="fontsize2.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="fontsize3.css" />
<script>
function displayStyleLinks(){
var labels=new Array('Red','Green','Blue','Font Size 1','Font
Size 2','Font Size3','Reset Styles');
var div=document.createElement('div');
div.setAttribute('id','linkcontainer');
for(var i=0;i<labels.length;i++){
var lnk=document.createElement('a');
lnk.setAttribute('href','#');
lnk.setAttribute('title',labels[i]);
lnk.appendChild(document.createTextNode(labels[i]));
div.appendChild(lnk);
}
document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].appendChild(div);
}
function changeDivStyle(style){
var divs=document.getElementsByTagName('div');
if(!divs){return};
for(var i=0;i<divs.length;i++){
if(divs[i].className.indexOf('container')!=-1){
divs[i].className='container '+style;
}
}
}
function changeParStyle(style){
var divs=document.getElementsByTagName('div');
if(!divs){return};
for(var i=0;i<divs.length;i++){
if(divs[i].className.indexOf('container')!=-1){
var pars=document.getElementsByTagName('p');
if(!pars){return};
for(var i=0;i<pars.length;i++){
pars[i].className=style;
}
}
}
}
window.onload=function(){
if(document.getElementById && document.createElement &&
document.getElementsByTagName){
// display style links on the browser
displayStyleLinks();
var link1=document.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
if(!link1){return};
link1.onclick=function(){
changeDivStyle('red');
return false;
}
var link2=document.getElementsByTagName('a')[1];
if(!link2){return};
link2.onclick=function(){
changeDivStyle('green');
return false;
}
var link3=document.getElementsByTagName('a')[2];
if(!link3){return};
link3.onclick=function(){
changeDivStyle('blue');
return false;
}
var link4=document.getElementsByTagName('a')[3];
if(!link4){return};
link4.onclick=function(){
changeParStyle('size1');
return false;
}
var link5=document.getElementsByTagName('a')[4];
if(!link5){return};
link5.onclick=function(){
changeParStyle('size2');
return false;
}
var link6=document.getElementsByTagName('a')[5];
if(!link6){return};
link6.onclick=function(){
changeParStyle('size3');
return false;
}
var link7=document.getElementsByTagName('a')[6];
if(!link7){return};
link7.onclick=function(){
changeDivStyle('');
changeParStyle('');
return false;
}
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Working with multiple style sheets</h1>
<div class="container">
<p>This is the sample content of the DIV.</p>
</div>
<div class="container">
<p>This is the sample content of the DIV.</p>
</div>
<div class="container">
<p>This is the sample content of the DIV.</p>
</div>
<div class="container">
<p>This is the sample content of the DIV.</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>
As usual with most of my articles on web development, feel free to introduce your own modifications to all the code samples shown in this tutorial. In this way you'll be able to improve your existing background when working with multiple style sheets.
Final thoughts
In this second installment of the series I showed you how to utilize different persistent style sheets to combine the visual appearance of several elements included into a sample web document. As you learned previously, this process is pretty straightforward and easy to achieve.
In the last part of the series, I'll teach you how to alter the look and feel of a given web page without swapping entire style sheets.
Now that you know what the next tutorial will be about, you won't wan to miss it!
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