How do you resize an IE browser window to 1024 x 768
In Firefox you can enter the following into the awesome bar and hit enter: javascript:self.resizeTo(1024,768); How do you do the same thing in IE? ...
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Take a screenshot of a webpage with javascript?
Is it possible to to take a screenshot of a webpage with javascript and then submit that back to the server? I'm not so concerned with browser security issues etc as the implementation would be for HTA. But is it possible? ...
What's the best way to write JavaScript/Ruby applications on Windows Mobile device?
I recently bought a Windows Mobile device and since I'm a developer I want to use it as a development platform. Yes, it's not supposed to be used like that but it's always with me and my laptop isn't. I know cke is a good editor for code but how can I run JavaScript/Ruby code without too much of a headache? I probably could write a web ...
Best way to initiate a download?
On a PHP-based web site, I want to send users a download package after they have filled out a short form. The site-initiated download should be similar to sites like download.com, which say "your download will begin in a moment." A couple of possible approaches I know about, and browser compatibility (based on a quick test): 1) Do a wi...
Scriptaculous Ajax.Autocompleter extra functionality in LI
I'm using the Ajax.Autocompleter class from the Prototype/Scriptaculous library which calls an ASP.NET WebHandler which creates an unordered list with list items that contain suggestions. Now I'm working on a page where you can add suggestions to a 'stop words' table, which means that if they occur in the table, they won't be suggested ...
international characters in Javascript
I am working on a web application, where I transfer data from the server to the browser in XML. Since I'm danish, I quickly run into problems with the characters æøå. I know that in html, I use the "æøå" for æøå. however, as soon as the chars pass through javascript, I get black boxes with "?" in them when using æøå...
Where is the best online Javascript language documentation?
When I do a search, the results are a bit hit-and-miss; many of the 'documentation' sites seem more advertising than information. What are the good sources of Javascript language info on the web? ...
Hidden Features of JavaScript?
What "Hidden Features" of JavaScript do you think every programmer should know? After having seen the excellent quality of the answers to the following questions I thought it was time to ask it for JavaScript. Hidden Features of HTML Hidden Features of CSS Hidden Features of PHP Hidden Features of ASP.NET Hidden Features of C# Hidden ...
How can I create a loop in an onClick event?
I want to write an onClick event which submits a form several times, iterating through selected items in a multi-select field, submitting once for each. How do I code the loop? I'm working in Ruby on Rails and using remote_function() to generate the javascript for the ajax call. ...
Which text editor has the most useful autocomplete for web page editing?
Which text editor has the most useful autocomplete for text editing? That is, when you type a tag like <p>, the editor will automatically add </p> and put the cursor after the first tag. It should also display a context sensitive list of valid tags when you press CTRL+Space (or similar hotkey) I've been using Notepad++. I avoid Visual ...
Are there legitimate uses for JavaScript's "with" statement?
Alan Storm's comments in response to my answer regarding the with statement got me thinking. I've seldom found a reason to use this particular language feature, and had never given much thought to how it might cause trouble. Now, I'm curious as to how I might make effective use of with, while avoiding its pitfalls... So my question is, ...
Are there any JavaScript live syntax highlighters?
I've found syntax highlighters that highlight pre-existing code, but I'd like to do it as you type with a WYSIWYG-style editor. I don't need auto-completed functions, just the highlighting. As a follow-up question, what is the WYSIWYG editor that stackoverflow uses? Edit: Thanks to the answer below, I found two that look like they migh...
Preventing the loss of keystrokes between pages in a web application
My current project is to write a web application that is an equivalent of an existing desktop application. In the desktop app at certain points in the workflow the user might click on a button and then be shown a form to fill in. Even if it takes a little time for the app to display the form, expert users know what the form will be a...
Browser WYSIWYG best practices.
I am using a rich text editor on a web page. .NET has feature that prevent one from posting HTML tags, so I added a JavaScript snippet to change the angle brackets to and alias pair of characters before the post. The alias is replaced on the server with the necessary angle bracket and then stored in the database. With XSS aside, what a...
Is there a way to asynchronously filter an IList?
Ok, so there has to be a way to do this... no? If not I'd love some ideas. I have two repeaters and an image inside an update panel along with some AJAX dropdowns with link buttons to the left. I want to update the data inside the update panel as fast as possible as values are selected from the dropdowns. What do you think would be t...
iframe wikipedia article without the wrapper
I want to embed a wikipedia article into a page but I don't want all the wrapper (navigation, etc.) that sits around the articles. I saw it done here: http://www.dayah.com/periodic/. Click on an element and the iframe is displayed and links to the article only (no wrapper). So how'd they do that? Seems like JavaScript handles showing...
JavaScript sqlite
Best recommendations for accessing and manipulation of sqlite databases from JavaScript. ...
E4X : Assigning to root node
Hello, I am using Adobe Flex/Air here, but as far as I know this applies to all of JavaScript. I have come across this problem a few times, and there must be an easy solution out there! Suppose I have the following XML (using e4x): var xml:XML = <root><example>foo</example></root> I can change the contents of the example node using ...
Should you design websites that require JavaScript in this day & age?
It's fall of 2008, and I still hear developers say that you should not design a site that requires JavaScript. I understand that you should develop sites that degrade gracefully when JS is not present/on. But at what point do you not include funcitonality that can only be powered by JS? I guess the question comes down to demographic...
valid javascript endless loop
I'm displaying a set of images as an overlay using googlemaps. Displaying these images should be in an endless-loop. Most most browsers detect this, and display a warning. Is there a way to make a endless-loop in javascript that is'nt stopped by the browser? ...