browser

How can I catch the back button event?

Is it possible to catch the JavaScript event when a user hits the back button in the browser or if history.back() is triggered? Best solution would be with mootools. I know there is window.onbeforeunload but this is triggered also when a form is submitted or a link is clicked... ...

How can I check the default css settings of a browser?

Hello, Where to look when I want to know all the default css settings? for Google Chrome, IE, and Firefox, to start with. Thanks for helping ...

Text-based web browsers era passed away?

Hi Stackoverflowers, Do you think text-based web browsers era has reached the end? Please try to enumerate your reasons by topics like CSS, Scripting, etc. Thanks in advance, ...

XMLSerializer to string (JQuery) for Cytoscape.

I use Cytoscape Web for generating gene maps. It needs string to draw and I have XGMML files so I used JQuery for getting the XGMML file and turning them into strings. Here is my codepiece: $.get("ENSG00000148606.xgmml", function(data) { if (typeof data !== "string") { if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE data = data.x...

How to show divs on browser scroll

My page layout has several group of divs repeating like <div--1> <div--2> <div--3> <div--4> Tthis structure repeats over several times. I would like to hide the contents of div--4 to be hidden untill the user scrolls to that element. How can we achieve that functionality? I found a plugin that works with images like...

Computed column width is different than css declared width for column. How does browser decide width?

Let's say I have an html table with a css declared width of 750px. It has 5 columns and each column has a width of 50px, declared using css (all td's have a 50px width). Obviously, the sum of the columns' widths is 250px which is less than 750px. When the browser renders the table, each column has a different computed width. I have one...

Disable HTML TextField Drop down suggestion box

Ok so you know when type something the textfield such as "test" and then go back and it will suggest "test" when you type in "t"? How do I disable the textfield from doign that drop down suggestion box? If at all, possible - thanks. ...

Reading all data coming to my web browser

Hi, How can I read all data (low level data, encrypted data, etc.) coming to my web-browser? The data can be from different servers. Further I want to parse these data so it should be in some format. I just want to know the structure of data and how can I read and parse it (in "C" or "Java" languages). It is related to browser developme...

Uploading multiple large files via a browser and verifying the upload

I need to allow web users to: upload multiple files via a browser upload large files (> 2GB) verify the upload was not corrupted I've seen recommendations for Uploadify and Jumploader, however, it isn't clear to me if these applications verify the uploaded file (such as, comparing MD5 of client-side file vs. uploaded). The applicati...

CSS Text position IE/FF issue

I have this navigation <div class="cookieBar"> <div class="light first"> <a href="#" class="ckLnk">Home</a> </div> <div class="dark"> <img src="images/cnavR1.png" class="pointE" /><a href="#9" class="ckLnk">Cars</a> </div> <div class="light"> <img src="images/cnavR2.png" class="pointE" /><a hr...

pyqt4: Open website in standard browser on button click.

I would like to open website in standard browser of operating system when user clicks a button in my pyqt4 application. How can I do this? ...

Enabling "Back" on a page where I use javascript + fake hyperlink to hide current content and show new content

Hi, I'm creating a page where I want users to click on a link, and when they click on it, the current content of the page is replaced with new content (without actually leaving the same physical html page). I'm doing this using the following javascript: function ShowForm() { var ele = document.getElementById("Page1"); ele.style.displ...

How do i make a mobile site readable?

I cant really link the site i am talking about here (or paste css). But what do i need to do to make the site readable on an ipod touch? and other mobile device? I used width: 100% (and i think i tested with 95%) and removed any widths with pixels. What happens is the width fits however the text is not readable. You need to zoom in + sc...

Silverlight or browser losing cookies on hyperlinked windows?

Am using Silverlight 4 hosted in an ASP.NET MVC page, e.g. ht tp://test.mysite.com/main. I make a call to the server from Silverlight using WCF and get some values back. One of these values I write as a cookie using: HtmlPage.Document.SetProperty("cookie", newCookie); I can then view the cookie text using: MessageBox.Show(HtmlPage.Do...

JavaScript: ajaxSubmit error

I have the following JS function triggered by a button: function uploadPicture( ) { $("form#pictureUpload").ajaxSubmit({ data: $("form#pictureform").serialize(), type: 'post', url: '?action=loadpicture', success: function(response) { $('#div-pictures').html(response); } }); ...

How can I modify browser to control DOM of any loaded document?

I want to login in gmail account automatically. Then want to create a mail through contents of a text file. Then select Email addresses from Database one by one and send mail through GMail account and everything should be absolutely automatic. I mean. I have a list of thousands of emails and I want to send all of them a personalized ma...

Android EditText control similar to the address bar in the browser app

How to add a button inside a EditText control in Android, similar to the address bar control in the default browser app in android. ...

Open Browser in Background - loading web page in background

Hi i'am trying to load an url in background using the default browser. So the user can switch to the browser whenever he finished reading the current activity and the page is already loaded. Is there a way to fire an Intent (Browser) but stay in the original Activity? I'am aware of the FrameLayout approach with setting the visibilty b...

Change the url in browser from c# codebehind (NOT seo routing or URL rewriting)

Hi, I have a website where there is a lengthy list of items to display so I am using Pagination to make the load on server easier. However, I am doing the pagination via Ajax so when the user clicks on Next Page or Previous Page linkbutton, the data repeater is refreshed with ajax. This was working fine until, people started to click ...

How to offer uninstall of a web browser plugin on the Mac?

We have a browser plugin that has recently been ported to the Mac. During early testing, some customers experienced problems with it and wanted to uninstall. The procedure we had to give them was "Browse to /Library/Internet Plug-Ins in Finder and trash the bundle.". Obviously this is not a workable approach for non-technical users. H...