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jQuery modal window removes elements from my form

jQuery, when i use it to create a modal window which contains form elemets, it takes out those elements when i submit the form. example of the form: <form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="/system/article/add/" class="from" method="post"> <label for="article_title" class="required">Title:</label> <input class="formfiel...

Can I assume that DOM is not ready yet on dynamically loaded JS script?

I have written an external script that needs to run after DOM is ready (or after onload if thats impossible). I use this method to load the script dynamically since I need parameters on the script: <script type="text/javascript"> document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='mydomain.com/script.js.php?u="+encodeURIComponent(window.location.h...

Are there any alternatives to IE's replaceAdjacentText method?

I need to rewrite a classic ASP page such that it will be compatible with Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari. The current implementation uses a method, replaceAdjacentText to manipulate the DOM. As far as I can tell this method is not supported in any browsers other than Internet Explorer. What I would like to do is replace the use...

How to debug Javascript/jQuery event bindings with FireBug (or similar tool)

I need to debug a web application that uses jQuery to do some fairly complex and messy DOM manipulation. At one point, some of the events that were bound to particular elements, are not fired and simply stop working. If I had a capability to edit the application source, I would drill down and add a bunch of Firebug console.log() stateme...

IE Overwrite window.top

I'm trying to convince a page that it is the window.top even though it is in an iframe. In FF you can do window.defineGetter('top', function() { return window}); in Webkit (Safari/Chrome) you can simply do window.top = window but in IE none of those methods work. Anyone done this before? ...

JQuery: Finding the Object that created a DOM Element

So I've been working on this all day and I can't figure out how to get it to work. I have a table with TD's filled with content which is drawn from a database using a JQuery "getJSON" command. I have an event handler set-up so that when you double click a TD element, its contents become a INPUT element with the default value of the enclo...

Get next/previous element using Javascript

How do I get the next element in html using javascript? Suppose I have three divs and I get a reference to one in js code, I want to get which is the next div and which is the previous. ...

Reset an input control's border color (HTML/Javascript)

Does anyone know how to reset the border color of an input control once you have modified it using javascript? Useful for validation by highlighting fields that have incorrect or invalid data in them etc. E.g. changing the border: document.getElementById('myinput').style.border = '1px solid red'; how to reset? the next line just re...

hyperlinking for image

Dear all, I am using javascript to specify the target link. It is not working properly. What change should I do in order for it to work correctly. My code: var link = create_element(cell, 'img'); link.setAttribute("src", "images/sub.png"); link.href = "http://localhost/"; Kindly help me ...

ASP.NET MVC AJAX with jQuery

I have a site where each user's page shows comments and allows other user's to add comments. I want to have it so the add comments form is on the page and when a user adds a comment, it is added to the database and shows up in the comment section with AJAX. I am using jQuery for the AJAX and LINQ to SQL to handle the database logic. How ...

What are some techniques for improving UI responsiveness?

In the example below, can anyone tell me how to make "slow response when clicked" respond more quickly without modifying appendContent()? I'm wondering if there's a way to place cheap operations before more expensive ones, and make sure the cheap ones actually get carried out quickly. <div id="draw">slow response when clicked</div> <di...

changing hidden field in client side problem

I have a hidden field and I change the value just before submitting the form using Javascript. But in server side it is null or empty. Request.Form["hidAction"] is empty. <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> function DoChange() { document.getElementsByName('hidAction').value = "filter"; alert(d...

How to hook the DOM loaded event?

Hi, Can someone point me in the direction to hook the DOM loaded event? Basically, i want to display a loader while the dom is loading (I dont mean Ajax requests- the first time a user hits a page) ? Thanks all in advance ...

DOM initMouseEvent clientX, clientY

Hi, how can simulate an onclick event on a DIV passing only X,Y coordinates??? If I try to make that obviously the dispatchEvent function wants the object on which the event will be raised...but then what is the meaning of passing in event creation the coordinates???? Thanks ...

Javascript in IE vs Firefox

The following script works fine in IE7 but fails to execute in Firefox 3. The div tag which was display: none; shows in IE but never in FF. I am not a client / javascript guy... thanks. <script type="text/javascript"> //<![CDATA[ document.getElementById("Fred1_Panel").style.setAttribute("display","inline");//]]> </script> ...

Why is my thead not appearing in Internet Explorer?

I have made a table with a thead (header); on a Mac, and in Firefox everything is fine, but on Internet Explorer 6 the head is just gone... Any idea why? Here is the link to test it: http://www.acecrodeo.com/new/05-rodeos.php... The table is constructed in tablerize.js: jQuery.fn.tablerize = function() { return this.each(function(...

Problems with XML/DOM tree rewriting using JDOM (ConcurrentModificationException)

I need to walk a JDOM tree and make changes as I go along; at this point, changes are mostly adding new elements right now but could also include reordering elements or removing elements. All work is done on the same thread so there are no concurrency issues. This turns out to be difficult because JDOM iterators can throw a ConcurrentM...

Is there really no way to expose the prototype of a html element in IE (<8)?

I cooked up a pattern to create and extend html elements using their prototype. This works like a charm in non-ie browsers. Example code can be found @jsbin (see page source) The advantage of this pattern should be speed (the methods are in the elements prototype chain, so they are referenced once). You guessed right: IE no go. In IE < ...

Get elements just 1 level below the current element by javascript

I need to access the DOM tree and get the elements just 1 level below the current element. Read the following code: <div id="node"> <div id="a"> <div id="aa"> <div id="ab"> <div id="aba"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="b"> <div id="ba"> <div id="bb"> <div id="bba"></div> ...

Element.prototype in IE7?

I'm trying to extend all dom elements so i can get and remove their children. The function is below (works in FF and Chrome). Is there an equivalent in IE7 to extend the base dom object? if (!Element.get) { Element.prototype.get = function(id) { for (var i = 0; i < this.childNodes.length; i++) { if (this.childNodes[i].id == id) { ...