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jquery ajax call to a remote php file failing

i've got a foo.php file which retrieves client infomation and generates an xml output with the relevant client info. i'm trying this ajax call which does not seem to want to work $.get('http://www.foo.php','',function(xml){ $('samplenode',xml).each(function(i){ //stuff done here }); }, 'xml'); i'm still new to javascript...

Draggable div issue in IE7

This example uses mootools but I see the same behavior with scriptaculous. I have a div with some content, in this case a single X and there's plenty of white space around the content. I make the div draggable but I find it's difficult to drag the div in IE. In IE I need to click and drag directly on the content of the div, the single...

Run javascript without UIWebView possible?

Is it possible to run some javascript code (having perhaps an NSString as input) without using a UIWebView? I would like to run this code in a separate thread so UIWebView is not possible and I don't really want to render anything, just get back the results. ...

How to pull the file name from a url using javascript/jquery?

A certain variable might contain a relative path or an absolute path. Either way, I need to be able to pull the filename from the variable: http://www.somesite.com/dir1/dir2/filename.gif /dir1/dir2/filename.gif The directory structure is also arbitrary. So basically given either of the url's above (with arbirtrary directory structur...

getting current document address (firefox extension)

Hello, does anybody know, how to get URI of current page/tab? ...

jQuery div visibility toggle not working

I have several divs for displaying demo boxes of graphics, and code boxes for displaying sample code for using the graphics. What I want to do is make the code boxes invisible until you click on the demo box - which should make the code box slide into view. (See here to see how it looks) This should be super simple with jQuery, as I've ...

var doesn't exist in other functions (javascript & firefox extension)

My firefox extension have to: Save an address of current page, Open new page Put this address into content of the new page, if a button will be pressed. Problem is, how to save to var this address, becouse if I will do it from first function, the function that is from button doesnt have this var. Should i use a global function, or so...

problem with ajax on update .net Framework 2.0 to .net framework 3.5 from VS 2008

I get a java script error on Internet Explorer when changing the index of a drop down list control inside a form. the error is: __EVENTTARGET is null or is not an object The code is auto generated by the framework library ...

How can I dynamically add and remove <fieldsets> using prototype and scriptaculous?

I'm writing a basic recipe organization application and I would like to be able to dynamically add additional items to the list of ingredients using Ajax. This is what one ingredient <fieldset> looks like: <fieldset id="ingredient_item_0"> Ingredient <input id="ingredient_0" type="text" size="20" /> <div id="ingredient_list_0" style=...

When should I use getElementById?

I'm an experienced developer, but new to javascript. I can't figure out when I should use the whole "document.getElementById(e.id).value" and when I can just use "e". I'm looking at a tiny existing function in a common functions script that uses both. function RemoveFormat(e) { document.getElementById(e.id).value = cleanNumber(...

Unobtrusively swapping HTML by XMLHttpRequest

So, I have received a string of HTML from the server using Javascript. It should be relatively well formed, but each node does not necessarily have a common ancestor. Ex. Response: <li>Item 1</li> <li>Item 2</li> ... The purpose here is to replace HTML currently on the page with the HTML received from the server without requiring an i...

JavaScript delete merged table cell

Hey folks, I have been working on a scheduling website for the past few weeks. I am showing the schedules as PHP generated html-tables. I use merged cells for showing events. I have come to a problem when trying to delete events using JS. Since those are merged cells, using rowspan, I have to go through the table and re-adding empty cel...

Increase size of image of click.

Its pretty simple to see what I mean if you look at the image, which I also need to shrink back if you click it again, it needs to be animated as well: ...

how to find selected elements with Jquery UI selectable

Hi All, I am looking for info on the event and ui objects the jquery selectable events: "selecting", and "start" take as parameters. I cannot find this in the documentation and looping through the properties is no help. $('#content_td_account').selectable({ filter: 'li:not(".non_draggable")', ...

Javascript in Google Maps Info Window - doesn't work in IE

First off this is my - Test Site This is my testing playground for Google maps, I am not concerning myself with aesthetics. What I am having trouble with is getting some jQuery to fire when I click on a link inside of the info window. If you are familiar with Google Maps this is where I create my infowindow: GEvent.addListener(marker...

find text wrapped in brackets in jQuery

I have some text on a page and I want to located and remove any text found in brackets. For example: <td>here is [my text] that I want to look at</td> So I want to grab that text (my text), save it in a variable and remove it from where it is. ...

Jquery Fade out Transparency In IE

I'm working on a site and I have run into a few problems. Here is the site: http://wesbos.com/tf/shutterflow/?cat=1 I have two divs. .slide and .cover. .cover fades in and out when hovered over displaying some text and a transparent background. This is done with Jqery and the transpareny is with CSS. This works fine on load in all ...

check variable whether is number or string in javascript

does anyone know how can I check variable whether is number or string in javascript ...

client-side text-box character limit validation using jQuery?

I have a textbox that must have a MIN number of characters as well as a MAX number of characters. What is the best way, using jQuery, to make sure that the input is within the range (while displaying status messages to the user) before allowing the user to submit the form? Update: the code below works to some degree, however I am getti...

(javascript) onClick="form.submit(); doesn't work on IE & Opera

Hi. I have a code (see it below). It works perfectly in Firefox: it saves submitted information after clicking __JL_SAVE button and keeps user on same page. But in Internet Explorer & Opera it only redirects to index page (index.php) and doesn't save submitted information. What can I do for solving this problem? Thanks. Here is my code...