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jQuery val() function and file input field in IE

I have a file inputfile <input tye='file' id='funPic' name='funPic' /> I need to get the name of the selected file, $('#funPic').val() in Firefox and Chrome gives abc.jpg where as IE7 & IE8 gives c:\xyz\abc.jpg Why is this? I need only the abc.jpg part. ...

Redirecting input to another view

My application is working fine on the normal iPad display, but I also need to output to VGA out. When I do this, I need to add the view to the external screen's window which seems to mean that I can't use it to accept input from the iPad screen. I want to redirect input from the iPad's window to the window displaying on the external scr...

jQuery edit boxes and forms.

Hey there, I currently have a table that populates itself with domains and their relevant paths on a server, e.g. Domain Path Functions example.com /home/domain delete The domains are grabbed from a PHP array, but thats the general idea. Now, I want to be able to put an edit button next to my delete button, and when...

Passing multiple values with hidden input fields

With a select tag, it is possible to post multiple values using only html by selecting more than one option. ie <select multiple="" ><option value="1"/><option value="2"/><option value="3"/> </select> Is it possible to pass more than one value as one would achieve with the previous example using one or more <input type="hidden"> field...

Consistent labeling of physical keyboard keys... is it possible?

I have found that the Windows VK_OEM_X values have a tendency to refer to different physical keys, which makes them useless for localization-agnostic game controls. I am thinking about using scan codes directly by hard-coding them, but that is my last resort. Is there any other way to reference the physical keys on a 101-key* keyboard ...

File Input field replacement

<input type="file" /> Can I replace the file input field (above) with a simple button: <button type="submit">Upload</button> File input doesn't fit nicely into the design, and styling it is a pain so if its possible to use a button instead for file uploading, thats also cross-browser compatible, that'd be awesome! Thanks! ...

Parse custom tags to get attributes out for data parsing

HI there, I am looking for best practice or ideas for cleaning tags or at least grabbing the data from within custom tags in a text. I am sure I can code some sort of "parser" that will go through every line manually, but isnt there some smartere way today? Data thoughts: {Phone:555-123456789} here we have "phone" being the key...

Cross-browser JavaScript input live change/paste detection

Is there a cross-browser way to detect live changes to an input field? By live, I mean not when the field loses focus, and not on the next keypress, and so on. Immediately or something like it. Using combinations of jQuery and .change(), .keyup(), .bind('paste') and so on I can get working live change detection in some browsers, but no...

WPF RichTextBox - Disable input on certain paragraphs.

Hi, I would like to be able to stop the user from modifying certain portions of text in my WPF RichTextBox. To do this, I am handling the PreviewKeyDown event and setting the Handled property to true so that no further processing takes place. The problem with my approach is that navigation keys are also disabled. I know that I could de...

Make input form read-only?

I have a bunch of forms that have a lot of <input type="text"> fields on them. The user now is requiring that I provide a "read-only" version of every single form. I would recode every field into an <xsl:choose> <xsl:when test="/..../permission = 'E'> <input ....> </xsl:when> <xsl:otherwise> ... </xsl:otherwise> </xsl:choose> m...

javascript validation on text boxes created dynamically

In a form a text box is created dynamically by clicking on add button such that the text box is created in a new row.Now my problem is the validation of text boxes which were created dynamically such that it shows a message if any of text boxes are left empty when form is submitted by clicking submit button.Please help me out. EDIT <...

IMG tag does not display after INPUT tag

Given the html fragment <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"&gt; <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" > <head> <title>Test JQuery AppendTo</title> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2...

Disable validation of HTML5 form elements

In my forms, I'd like to use the new HTML5 form types, for example <input type="url" /> (more info about the types here). The problem is that Chrome wants to be super helpful and validate these elements for me, except that it sucks at it. If it fails the built-in validation, there's no message or indication other than the element gettin...

Getting the value of a HTML5 number input

I'm using one of the new HTML5 input types, number: <input type="number" /> In Opera, which is the only desktop browser I know of which currently recognises it, it renders it as such: The problem I'm facing is one of validation. If a user types something invalid into the field, eg: "abc", the value returned by myInput.value is an e...

Incorrect data input with fstream

I tried to read in data from a text file using fstream but got wrong data. ifstream fin ("C:\\Users\\rEgonicS\\Documents\\test.in"); int number; fin >> number; cout << number; test.in is simply "12". cout reads 4273190. Can someone explain why this is so and how to fix it? Thanks in advance. *Stackoverflow thought I was a bot ; o ;...

Where to place file in order to read?

Hey, where do I place a text file that I'm trying to read using fstream? In this tutorial, http://www.gamedev.net/reference/articles/article1127.asp, they say ifstream fin("input.txt"); where would "input.txt" be located? Before I tried directing a path to the file by doing this "C:\Users\XXXXXXX\Documents\test.in". This however does n...

Decent JavaScript mask for floating point numbers

Hello people, I'm developing a system in ASP.NET and I need a textbox mask to handle an input of floating-point numbers. I haven't yet found a javascript mask that would RESPECT the decimal point. I've tried several, including dFilter and "Mask JavaScript API" and none of them could do the job in a swift manner. The numbers I need to d...

Method for guessing type of data represented currently represented as strings in python

I'm currently parsing CSV tables and need to discover the "data types" of the columns. I don't know the exact format of the values. Obviously, everything that the CSV parser outputs is a string. The data types I am currently interested in are: integer floating point date boolean string My current thoughts are to test a sample of ...

CSS: give the same width to the text and password inputs

Hi, i'm trying to give the same width to the text and password inputs. So i write this: input[type="text","password"]{ width: 138px; } But it doesn't work. Any help? Regards Javi ...

C++: why is the program reading the last blank from an input file as an element

My input file is: 2 5 <-- extra space at the end 4 <--extra space at the end int main(){ ifstream input("input.txt"); istream& in = input; string line1; while( getline(in,line1)){ istringstream number1(line1); while(number1.good()){ number1 >> temp1; cout<<temp1<<endl; }...