javascript

Why does javascript:alert("foo" & "bar"); display zero?

I really think the title explains it thoroughly enough. I stumbled upon this oddity when I used an ampersand instead of a plus sign in some string manipulation code. Found it interesting. Could somebody explain this for me? ...

Continually return ajax result with Javascript/jQuery?

I was wondering if it would be possible to use jQuery's ajax function to continually return a result to a page and update accordingly. What I mean is this: - User fires off a search - jQuery uses ajax function to get the first 25 results and adds them to a table. - While the user is looking at that list, jQuery keeps grabbing results 25...

why does this script not execute in Firefox?

I'm trying to run a very simple browser detect script and it executes just fine in Safari and Chrome (running on a Mac) but doesn't execute at all in Firefox. I can boil it down to the simplest possible form, and it still doesn't execute: <script type="text/javascript"> if (navigator.userAgent.match(/^.*Chrome.*$/)) {break;} else { loca...

Combining two event handlers, jQuery

I have two events that I want to observe on an object, input.blur(function(event) { ajaxSubmit(this); event.preventDefault(); }); form.submit(function(event) { ajaxSubmit(this); event.preventDefault(); }); But I feel like this isn't dry enough, can I bind two events to my object input and execute my function ajaxSubmit() if ...

Javascript Scrolling Images...

I am new to javascript so go easy. I am trying to create a section of a web page to highlight a company's clients. Rather than list them all, I would like to create a auto scrolling effect. For instance, upon landing on the page a visitor sees two logos in the "clients" section, and two seconds later, that area auto displays two new logo...

Learning JavaSCript while trying to improve this tool so please comment on this simple JavaScript logging tool.

I was just trying to learn and understand jQuery source code (so far with little success X_X) in order to improve my JavaScript skills. As my understand of JavaScript increases I came up with this little logging/debugging tool. As of my level of JavaScript I am posting the code here for people to judge and audit. So potentially I can lea...

which wmd-editor repository to use

I read that the original wmd-editor is no longer maintained so there was an effort to reverse engineer it, hosted on github. However this version is not ready because it references a number of undefined functions, for example: processHeadings is not defined /static/js/lib/plugins/wmd/showdown.js Line 66 There is also a version ...

Why is there a Digg icon at the bottom of pages that don't have any Digg buttons?

I've added a Digg button to all the items in my site. The javascript required for dynamic Digg buttons is just before my </body> close tag. <body> ... <script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"></script> </body> Everything works on pages that have the dynamic Digg buttons on them, but on pages that...

How to edit a JavaScript alert box title?

Hi, I'm generating a JavaScript alert with following code in C# .NET page: Response.Write("<script language=JavaScript> alert('Hi select a valid date'); </script>"); It displays an alert box with the heading title as "Message from webpage". Is it possible to modify the title? ...

PrevenHTML combobox(select element) dropdown to open

i have a WPF webbrowser application which loads the webpage containing a html listbox. On click of the listbox i want to open another wpf window instead of listbox own dropdown. However i am not able to prevent the html select own dropdown to open. i cannot remove the listbox from webpage because of backward compatibility constraints. Is...

multiple select

hi I need to get all the values selected in a drop down box.Please see the example. <html> <head> <script> function getSelected() { alert(document.myform.mytextarea.value); return false; } </script> <title></title> </head> <body> <form name=myform> <select id=mytextarea size=3 multiple> <option id=one value=one> one </option> <option id...

Splitting a string in javascript

In javascript, how can I get three different substrings for the date, month, and year from the following string: "12/15/2009" ? ...

convert normal window to modal window ?

Is there any way to convert normal window to modal window? I have a grid with a image column. As I click the image a window is appearing with the image.(using javascript window.open(...) ) But, as I click a different image in the grid a second window is appearing with respective image. I dont want the user to be able to do anything els...

Lock the screen with a popup till the time page gets loaded completely

My page takes quite sometime to load a variety of controls and menu images. I want to show a popup window with progress bar on it. The user must not be able to access the original page on the web-browser when this popup is showing. When the page has loaded completely, this popup must disappear. How to do this? ...

Which is the new recommended standard of HTML & JavaScript?

From all those: HTML, XHTML, DHTML which one is the present standard? Which one to use for better browser compatibility? Similarly, what are the recommendations for JavaScript and Ajax? Edited: I design my applications using Aptana Studio. How to know which version of HMTL/JavaScript/Ajax it is using and how to change it? ...

Disable events triggered on HTML <SELECT> control

Is there a way to capture the events triggered on HTML controls before they are forwarded for default (generic) handling by the control itself. In my case, I want to prevent a element dropdown to open when a user clicks on the control. e.g. On this user click, OnClick() event gets fired and is handled by the default control which open t...

Lock a button while an AJAX call.

On click of a button, I am saving the record to the database. I don't want to refresh the page, it must be handled through AJAX. I have the code for AJAX, I just want to know how to enable/disable the Submit button? ...

Javascript Bookmarklet

Hi, I've coded a bookmarklet that opens a new window at a certain URL and sends some variables to a PHP using GET. The problem is I need to have it load the same php and send the same variables but inside a div this time. Could anyone point me in the right direction please? ...

Gauss error function implementation for JavaScript

Is there a free (BSD- or MIT-licensed) Gauss error function implementation written in JavaScript? ...

How to force a page refresh while pressing the back button in MAC safari

I have two aspx pages(A,B) created using ASP.NET MVC . In the file A i have a few check boxes and textboxes. When i move to page B and try to navigate to page A by pressing the browser back button(in MAC Safari), the page is not getting refreshed . The page retains its old values (for checkboxes and textboxes). When i had the break po...