How can I call a function from an object in javascript, like for example in jquery you call myDiv.html() to get the html of that div. So what I want is this to work : function bar(){ return this.html(); } alert($('#foo').bar()); this is a simplified example, so please don't say : just do $('#foo').html() :) ...
Hi, I'm looking for a tool that will enable me to debug JavaScript within IE6. What I mean is that I would like the debugger to run within the browser, a la Firebug. So far I've tried: DebugBar Companion JS Firebug Lite However, I can't figure out how to set breakpoints, step through the code, add watches, etc. using any of them....
Hello: I need to dynamically edit and change the server data. http://pssnet.com/~devone/ajqtable/editgrid2.html Right now, when the fields get edited php posts names instead of values to the db. My assumption is that on submit, the editurl will be called upon with the changed data. I read in the docs that I may have to add an onSubmit...
I prefer the use of external css and javascript files. There are however many cases where the content of a javascript or css file needs to be dynamic. I'll usually just transfer the javascript or css to inline or inpage code in my aspx page and handle the dynamic stuff there. Does anyone have a better approach? Would there be a way ...
Hello there, peoples of web! Maybe one of you will spot what's amiss in the following function: It is a javascript function used on a textbox client-side onblur event to validate that the entered text represents a correctly formatted and valid date. I tried a few times, and it worked, but it seems ! should've tried all dates! it will ...
I am trying to pass keyboard input from Javascript into a Flex app being displayed with Internet Explorer with the input language set to Japanese (using Full Katakana) in the Windows XP language bar. After an initial keystroke, I am passing focus from Javascript to a text field in Flex. Once the focus is in Flex, the IME wakes up and i...
Hello I have many fields in an html page such as this <div class="note" id="notexyz23"> very long content </div> I'm looking for a script that can do the following: check if the content length is larger than some quantity (like 300 characters) if this is the case, compact it so that its length is 300 characters and display an "...
Hi , a js newbie here. I need to get all the objects whose id matches a specific pattern . How can I do it? Thanks! ...
I have a web service that validates some form data. The service is a ScriptService, and I am calling it from the client. I need to display a modal popup if the validation fails. If the user clicks "OK" on the modal popup, then I want to post back and save my data. "Cancel" should allow them to close the modal popup and let the user c...
Is it possible to add messages to the built-in error console of Firefox from JavaScript code running in web pages? I know that I there's Firebug, which provides a console object and its own error console, but I was looking for a quick fix earlier on and couldn't find anything. I guess it might not be possible at all, to prevent malici...
Hey everyone! This problem is driving me absolutely insane! It seems like a bug in the rendering of JS by Rails but I'm not sure. Brief synopsis: I'm attempting to create a RELEASE which has_many TRACKs. These TRACKS have many TRACK_LINKS. These TRACK_LINKs then have associated TRACK_LINK_TYPEs (mp3, m3u, podcast, whatever). Think of ...
For some reason it looks like constructor delegation doesn't work in the following snippet: function NotImplementedError() { Error.apply(this, arguments); } NotImplementedError.prototype = new Error(); NotImplementedError.prototype.name = 'NotImplementedError'; (function test() { function assert(condition, msg) { if (!condi...
In a lot of languages with simple OO capability (PHP 4), or misunderstood OO capabilities (Javascript, C using function pointers, etc.), you'll end up with a function naming convention that uses leading underscores to to indicate privilege level. //ex. function _myPrivateFunction(){ } While individual teams are always going to come...
I'm wondering if there's a way to count lines inside a div for example. Say we have a div like so: <div id="content">hello how are you?</div> Depending on many factors, the div can have one, or two, or even four lines of text. Is there any way for the script to know? In other words, are automatic breaks represented in DOM at all? ...
Is there anyway in Javascript to compare values from one array and see if it is in another array? Similar to PHP's in_array function? ...
Hi! I added Google and Wikipedia search box to a page and I'm looking for a way to change the suggestions depending on the selected radio button. In fact the suggestions language should change depending on the language checked. Here is my actual code: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtm...
I am running a distributed JsUnit test, and everything is fine unless I specify more than one browser under browserFileNames in the remote machine's build.xml. A standalone test on that same machine works beautifully with multiple browsers. The distributed test against that machine runs the first browser in listed in browserFileNames, co...
I've got a popup window that gives data back to its parent. Using window.opener.document.data = data_from_popup; This work well in FF, but in IE (6/7) the data can be accessed for the time the popup is still displayed. When I close the popup it looks like the data gets garbage collected. I've tried to use a clone() function for the dat...
Does anyone know if there is a PrototypeJS library that is compatible with Firefox Extensions? I have written a JS piece of code that is 700 line in Prototype and do not want to rehash it out using JQuery which I know is reccomended for XUL Extensions in Firefox? I've heard of Prototype XUL, but it seems like it is essentially just "Pr...
How can I read the line break from a value with JavaScript and replace it with a <br /> tag? Example: var a = "This is man. Man like dog." I would like my result to look something like var a = "This is man.<br />Man like dog."; ...