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jQuery: While ajax request block element

So i have this function in JS, sending a request to insert a new Status message to the database. function DoStatusInsert(){ var wrapperId = '#statusResponseNow'; $.ajax({ type: "POST", url: "misc/insertStatus.php", data: { value: 'y', uID : $('#uID').val(), message : $('#message').val() }, ...

'OnClick' interrupts my hyperlink

I have an <a> tag that contains a span. The span has javascript attached to it that does something. As a result, when the span is clicked, the javascript runs, but the <a href> is ignored and it doesn't navigate to it. Is there a way to make it continue to navigate as normal? <a href='http://www.google.com'&gt;&lt;span&gt;some text</sp...

Page redirect with successful Ajax request

Hi Everyone, I have a form that uses Ajax for client-side verification. The end of the form is the following: $.ajax({ url: 'mail3.php', type: 'POST', data: 'contactName=' + name + '&contactEmail=' + email + '&spam=' + spam, success: function(result) { //console.log(result); $('#...

node.js inspecting dom like standard javascript

How is it possible to create document object from html source and use document.* functions like getElementById in node.js? ...

how to filter and sort vgrid similar to masonry

i'm using http://blog.xlune.com/2009/09/vgrid/ which is similar to masonry/filtering.html (can only post one link sos!) i'm trying to get the filtering and animation similar to masonry code is as follows <!DOCTYPE html> Using Masonray Filter <script type="text/javascript"> //console.trace(); $(funct...

Removing everything before dash from each H4 tag

Hi, this sounds really simple and stupid..but I'm having a hard time removing the content before each dash from each H4 element on my page....i've been trying to do this with Jquery/Javascript.. Any insight? Here's a sample of my HTML code: <h4>California-Medical Research</h4> <h4>Florida-Industrial</h4> <h4>Atlanta-Computers</h4> I...

javascript, while loop

i'm trying to get my script to wait for user input (click of a button) before continuing, this is v feasible in other languages, but seems impossible in js. basically, i want the user to select an option within a given time frame, if the user selects the wrong option, they're told..script then conts...otherwise, if after a certain amount...

Problems making fields mandatory in Bugzilla

I am trying to make some fields mandatory for creating a bug in Bugzilla, from what I have read, the easiest way is by using JavaScript. The code I have used is shown below but doesnt seem to be working. My Javascript knowledge is pretty limited so i am presuming it is an error in my coding. <script type="text/javascript"> ...

Adding points to google map API

I am putting a google map on my web site and I wanted to add points to the map but I am not sure how to do it. I have tried a few different things but they did not work. Here is what I have so far: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"&gt; <html xmlns="http://ww...

jQuery's isFunction and InternetExplorer

When adapting jQuery's isFunction method isFunction: function( obj ) { return toString.call(obj) === "[object Function]"; } InternetExlorer 8 returns the following error: "Object doesn't support this property or method". A good article digging into this function won't fix this behaviour. To check wether obj is defined, I changed the...

Set HTML of td element as value of hidden field

Hello all, I wanted to know how would I go about setting the HTML of my td element as the value of a hidden field. <td align="center"> <%if (inst_dm != null) {%> ...some code.. </td> <%} else {%> <td align="center"> Contact not available. <%}%> <input type="hidden" name="inst_dmhidden" value="<%$(this).html().trim()...

Strip hashtags from string using JavaScript

I have a string that may contains Twitter hashtags. I'd like to strip it from the string. How should I do this? I'm trying to use the RegExp class but it doesn't seem to work. What am I doing wrong? This is my code: var regexp = new RegExp('\b#\w\w+'); postText = postText.replace(regexp, ''); ...

How do I remove all classes from a collection of $('p')?

This little search example works but only the first time. How do I clear all the classes from the p elements so when searching the second time, the highlight from the previous search doesn't show? <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src="http://www.google.com/jsapi" type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="t...

onkeyup event not working when focused on iframe

I have a div I want to hide when I press F2... Everything works fine, except when the focus is on an iframe below this div... <script> document.onkeyup = KeyCheck; function KeyCheck(){ var KeyID = event.keyCode; switch(KeyID) { case 113: document.getElementById("test").style.display = "none" } break; } </script> But like I...

How to divide RGB values for correct time of day color?

Hey all, Not the biggest whiz on math here... having a hard time figuring this out. So I get the clients time of day using: var clientdate = new Date(); var clientTime = clientdate.getHours() + 1; Psuedo: If clientTime() = 1, rgb should equal 55,91,128 If clientTime() = 24, rgb should equal 0,30,61 Wh...

How to highlight an HTML content and save it to the database for future loads

Hi all, I'm trying to highlight the selected text contents by the user inside the HTML page I loaded using PHP + XSL transformation. I have seen some solutions related with highlighting current selected text, but I need to save some information to the database that makes me able to highlight the same contents for future loads of the sam...

Jquery, ajax and the ampersand conundrum....

I know that I should encodeURI any url passed to anything else, because I read this: http://www.digitalbart.com/jquery-and-urlencode/ I want to share the current time of the current track I am listening to. So I installed the excellent yoururls shortener. And I have a bit of code that puts all the bits together, and makes the following:...

qUnit -- basic question

We have JS API does many things based on the HTML (markup semantics and CSS). We have many codes like this one below: function initHelpText() { $(".helpText, .tooltip, #pageHelp").css("cursor", "hand"); } Don't worry about what the code does, just an example. Now how I do use qUnit to test, this functionality works. My guess is th...

How do I disable drag and drop in fullcalendar

I am using FullCalendar throughout my project and i need to display it in one area of my site where events are not draggable but to remain highlighted in the month view. Any ideas please. ...

How to create a virtual scroller?

I want to create a table to grid some data. The table can list a lot of data (100K+ rows). So what I want to do is show like 20 rows at a time with maybe a 100 row buffer. As the user scrolls down on the grid, it loads in the extra rows via ajax? I have seen this done but I don't really know how that can be achieved? ...