javascript

Building a jquery plugin with dynamic loading of feature extensions

Dynamic Plugin Extensions I'm looking for techniques to allow a jquery plugin or jquery-based javascript library to automatically and dynamically add extensions to itself based on the current environment it finds itself within. Basically, I want to be able to reuse certain useful functions from other plugins if other plugins are loaded ...

Is it possible to prevent just horizontal scrolling when overflow-x is hidden?

I have a web page that has content which extends past the right edge of the browser window. I set overflow-x: hidden on <body> to turn off the bottom scrollbar, but I can still scroll horizontally with the trackpad, which is not what I want. Is there any way to prevent the browser from scrolling horizontally? As a side note: Safari 4.0...

Would Apache running on port 8080 prevent dynamically loaded scripts in JavaScript?

Had a nice PHP/HTML/JS prototype working on my personal Linode, then tried to throw it into a work machine. The page adds a script tag dynamically with some JavaScript. It's a bunch of Google charts that update based on different timeslices. That code looks something like this: // jQuery $.post to send the beginning and end timestamps ...

html/javascript automaticly getting link from submit button (maybe automating with python?)

I have a website where I have to click a submit button on a form. This gives me a link. I know the link is made up with the paramter that is passed through a hidden value. I was wondering if I could make a python script or something else that would go to the website and click some buttons returning the link that the submit button generat...

How do I combine 2 prewritten Javascript functions

Would I want to nest one function into another? ...

Showing a loading spinner only if the data has not been cached.

Hi guys, Currently, my code shows a loading spinner gif, returns the data and caches it. However, once the data has been cached, there is a flicker of the loading gif for a split second before the data gets loaded in. It's distracting and I'd like to get rid of it. I think I'm using the wrong method in the beforeSend function here: $.a...

Issue with Facebook JS API, revokeAuthorization

I am trying to integrate FB connect into our user profile screen. Although, I'm having an issue with FB.ApiClient.revokeAuthorization. http://pastie.org/921942 The basic problem is that I revoke the auth at line 44 after the user clicks the disconnect button. After that, all subsequent API calls don't have a valid session to even che...

Firing a Keyboard Event at the Body

I've done a lot of research on this but have come up empty handed. What I would like to do is invoke or create an event for the right arrow key (Key Code 39). I was planning on using an onclick event inside an tag to go to a function where this event could be 'fired'. Any help would be appreciated. If anyone needs context, I have a jQu...

Modification of a template has resulted in confusion...

Hello, I'm working on a site right now that has a short picture slideshow for the homepage. I purchased a template and I am modifying it to work for this situation. On modification, the thumbnail row under the slideshow is now separated from the slideshow and the thumbs are not centered. I can't seem to understand how to get this to get ...

What's the easiest way to assign a string returned from the server to a javascript string?

The following does not work: var js_str= '<?php echo $str_from_server; ?>'; The problem is that, $str_from_server can contain any characters. If it contains single quotes or line breaks or others, the above code will break. And I do not have access to the server-side code. What's the easiest way to "escape" the contents of $str_from_s...

Proper way to format date from database using javascript/jquery

Hi all, I am calling my database which contains a datetime datatype. The date looks like this: 2005-05-23 16:06:00.000 I would like to display this in a table when a user selects a certain item from a list. I call my controller action and return Json of all the times and put them in a table. The problem is the date is completely wrong...

how to use ajax with json in ruby on rails

I am implemeting a facebook application in rails using facebooker plugin, therefore it is very important to use this architecture if i want to update multiple DOM in my page. if my code works in a regular rails application it would work in my facebook application. i am trying to use ajax to let the user know that the comment was sent, ...

JavaScript is blocking images from loading

I'm using the following code to allow parallel JavaScript downloading on my website var head = document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0]; var sTag1 = document.createElement("script"); sTag1.type = sTag1.type = "text/javascript"; sTag1.src = "http://example.com/one.js"; var sTag2 = document.createElement("script"); sTag2.type = sTag2....

javascript error is null or not an object

I am trying to open a window from a php script. But when I click I get this error Line: 389 Error: 'surgExpressBuildDefaultButton' is null or not an object Line 389 code is as follow function setupLayout(i) { document.body.onselectstart = function() { if (event.srcElement.tagName.search(/input|textarea/i)) return false; } setup...

Test for empty jQuery selection result

Say I do var s = $('#something'); and next I want to test if jQuery found #something, i.e. I want to test if s is empty. I could use my trusty isempty() on it: function isempty(o) { for ( var i in o ) return false; return true; } Or since jQuery objects are arrays, I suppose I could test s.length. But neither see...

get a function of external file

I am using jQuery and my js file thats calling a jquery function resides in totally different directory than jQuery is in. I need to call this function reloadPage like this from js file reloadPage({param1:'First Parameter', param2:ID}); but it gives me an error Line: 341 Error: Object doesn't support this property or method Line ...

Syntax Error with John Resig's Micro Templating after changing template tags <# {% {{ etc..

I'm having a bit of trouble with John Resig's Micro templating. Can anyone help me with why it isn't working? This is the template <script type="text/html" id="row_tmpl"> test content {%=id%} {%=name%} </script> And the modified section of the engine str .replace(/[\r\t\n]/g, " ") .split("{%").join("\t") .replace(...

Graphing a dataset

What type of graphical tool shows the shape of the data set by stacking x's above each data value on q number line? ...

Is there a way to get all valid keywords for CSS property?

Round two. First was "How do I get all supported CSS properties in WebKit?". I'm looking for magic CSSkeywords function: CSSkeywords('float') --> ['left', 'right', 'none'] CSSkeywords('width') --> ['auto'] CSSkeywords('background') --> [ ["repeat", "repeat-x", "repeat-y", "no-repeat"], ["scroll", "fixed"], ["top", "center", "bo...

How to display information contained in XML file from another website

Hello, I have an XML file ( XML file I produce ) which contains information about my parteners. I want them to display on their website information relative to them by picking them into the XML file. I have no idea to do that, ecxept that i need to write a 'parser' in javascript to display information. This javascript code i guess has...