javascript

XMLHttpRequest progressive download?

Just for fun I was creating a JavaScript console for controlling my PC. It involves a small webserver that takes command strings and forwards those to the system using popen calls (to be more specific popen4 on a Ruby mongrel server). The stdout channels are redirected to the http response. The problem is that the response only arrives ...

Read IFrame content using JavaScript

Ok, This is my first time dealing seriously with IFrames and I cant seem to understand a few things: First the sample code I am testing with: <head> <script type="text/javascript"> function init(){ console.log("IFrame content: " + window.frames['i1'].document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].innerHTML); } </script> </head> <body onloa...

jQuery: why does my live() handler declaration error out when the analogous click() one doesn't?

I have the following in a javascript file (using jQuery as well): $(function(){ $('#mybutton').live('click',myObject.someMethod); }); var myObject = { someMethod: function() { //do stuff } }; I get a js error on pageload that says "myObject isn't defined". However, when I change the event handler in the doc.ready function to...

Display random image when page loads without utilizing onload in the body tag

I'm trying to create a fairly simple piece of JavaScript that displays a random image from an array each time the page loads. I need to figure out a way to get this running without adding code to the body tag. Is there a way to accomplish this without, say, an onload funtion placed in the body tag? Here's what I have that relies on th...

need help speeding up tag cloud filter for IE

Hi All, Any ideas on how to speed this up in IE (the filtering process performs decent in Firefox, but almost unusable in IE). Basically, it's a tag cloud with a filter text box to filter the cloud. <html> <head> <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.3.2.min.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(f...

Using SWFObject, the flash moves 1 pixel to the right on Firefox

Please check this page: http://islandhideaway.weebly.com/ For whatever reason, the flash slideshow moves over 1 pixel when opened in Firefox on my Mac. All other browsers render it fine, but only on Firefox it leaves a 1 pixel white gap on the left! I am using the most recent version of SWFObject. This unfortunately is a garbage Weebly...

dojox.widget.dialog: disable close button opacity animation

I am nearly happy with my dialog widget now, only that there is a built-in behavior of the close button fading in and out with mouseover/out interaction. I have found no way to disable this feature such that the close button remains at full opacity anytime the dialog is open. Here's roughly the code I'm working from: var d = new dojox....

Is there a standout JavaScript and CSS tutorial or reference?

The 'K&R', 'Red Book', 'Camel' of JavaScript and CSS? When you see a site like www.cmegroup.com or www.gs.com, what reading material do the developers likely have on their shelves? ...

Changing the innerHTML of elements in a nested div tag..

It has become apparent I'm quite an idiot - there was an error in my JS above this code - sorry for the bother - all the below are correct in one form or another.. (also I'm selecting the one that works in IE is the correct answer).. Thanks for all your help!! -- Representative code only - I need to know how to change the innerhtml of t...

Best JavaScript documentation?

Anyone knows javascript documentation like http://api.prototypejs.org/ website have? ...

html css image alignment

Hi All, I have a question regarding image alignment with CSS. For example I have created a css class as below: .link { background: url("images/image1.gif") scroll right; } and below is the markup <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"&gt; <html> <head> <meta http-equiv...

How to superpose two GwtCanvas ?

Hi, I'm trying to superpose two GwtCanvas (which use an Html5 canvas). I am able to get this effect by using an absolute panel. But by doing this, I can't get my object to fill my panel. I would like to this so I can do a whiteboard in GWT. So far, I'm pretty advance but I would like to have multiple canvas overlay to support undo or pre...

html select execute javascript onload

I am using HTML select onchange event to fire another javascript function func1. This html select is written into a form element, which are dynamically generated when users click on a button. The problem is how can I fire the javascript func1 when the dynamically generated form is first shown ? I am thinking of something along the line...

Populate data and submit on external page

Hi, Is is possible to populate data on an external website (example mail.yahoo.com) and subsequently submit the page by using javascript executed from my own webpage? Or is there another way to do this. I am trying to figure out how to do an autologin function into external website. Thanks. ...

TypeError: Cannot find function 1.0.

Hi, I have a script and I'm almost done but I get this error and frankly I have no idea what is wrong here. I'm rather new to Javascript so I suspect I did something wrong in the syntax somewhere. Here is an extract from the script containing the offending line : var gc = 0; var seg; var segCount = 0; var groupCount = 0; var groupLev...

Cell tooltip in SlickGrid

Some cells in my SlickGrid table have myClass class. I added a tooltip for them like this: $(".myClass").hover(// Mouse enters function(e) {...}, // Mouse leaves function() {...}); It works fine, but if I scroll the table to the bottom, and then scroll it back to the top, th...

Rotate a feature programatically Open Layers

TLDR I want to rotate a Feature in my open layers. I want it to face a certain heading that I am receiving from server. I know that you can make a feature spin on a point or so on: window.setInterval(function() {rotateFeature( pointFeature, 360 / 20, origin)}, 100); as from the open layers example. But I want to be able to...

Jquery Countup Timer

Hello, I was trying to achieve count up timer with this jquery plugin. As I am newbie on this, I really don't understand their documentation. What I want to display is. I want to display counter which counts from 1st January 2005 till current date. Example of output display is 5 years 5months 5hours 5seconds (seconds will be keep c...

Tracking Viewing Habits of Website Visitors

Hello everyone! First time using this service for a question. I hope I am not asking something that has already been answered. I attempted to find an answer to my question with the search engine but i was unable to. My question is as follows: Using php, javascript, or anything actually, is it possible for me to track how my users are v...

Resizing Facebook Application's iFrame w/ New Javascript SDK

Hi Does anyone know what's the replacement method for FB.CanvasClient.startTimerToSizeToContent() to resize iframe content in the new javascript SDK for Facebook? Or maybe if there is an alternative technique for achieving the same effect? Thanks ...