It sounds a lot more complicated than it really is. So in Perl, you can do something like this: foreach my $var (@vars) { $hash_table{$var->{'id'}} = $var->{'data'}; } I have a JSON object and I want to do the same thing, but with a javascript associative array in jQuery. I've tried the following: hash_table = new Array(); $.eac...
I'm trying to read the contents of the clipboard using Javascript. With Internet Explorer it's possible using window.clipdData.getData("Text") Is there a similar way of reading the clipboard in Firefox, Safari and Chrome? ...
I'm trying to dynamically add some textboxes (input type=text) to a page in javascript and prefill them. The textboxes are coming up, but they are coming up empty. What is the proper way to pre-fill a textbox. Ideally I'd love to use the trick of creating a child div, setting the innerhtml property, and then adding that div to the par...
I'm working on a project that combines .NET with some legacy ASP code via COM interop. The legacy ASP is written in JScript - files look like this helloworld.asp example. <%@Language="JScript"%> <html> <head> <title>Jscript ASP Page</title> </head> <body> <h1>JScript ASP</h1> <p>This is JScript ASP at <%=new Date()%></p> <% va...
I am trying to link to a file that has the '#' character in via a window.open() call. The file does exist and can be linked to just fine using a normal anchor tag. I have tried escaping the '#' character with '%23' but when the window.open(myurl) gets processed, the '%23' becomes '%2523'. This tells me that my url string is being esca...
I have an array i've create in Javascript. The end result comes out to element1,element2,,,element5,element6,,,element9.... etc Once passed to coldfusion, it removes the null elements, I end up with element1,element2,element5,element6,element9 I need to maintain these spaces, any ideas? My problem may begin before this, to explain in...
I have a rails app that has picked up a bit of traction, but I have a serious headache to deal with. It's a basic sort of asset manager application - users upload their photos, .pdfs, videos, etc., and the system allows them to manage how that asset is presented. I started with a fairly standard rails view - just what gets generated by...
Hello All, I am looking for reference documentation for designMode in Firefox 2/3 and IE 6/7/8. Does anyone have links to good references? ...
Which algorithm does the JavaScript Array.sort() function use? I understand that it can take all manner of arguments and functions to perform different kinds of sorts, I'm simply interested in which algorithm the vanilla sort uses. ...
Hi I have lots of mp3s on my site that I want my friends to be able to play only- but I don't want them all downloading as soon as the page opens and would prefer them to only start downloading into the buffer if someone wants to play it- is this possible with the embed tag? I can't seem to find anything on Google so I am wondering if i...
I am building a Flex Application that calls a .aspx page on the same webserver which builds a PDF report using SQL Reporting Services. When the report is built it prompts the user to open or save the PDF. We are trying to find a way to display a Progress Bar to let the user know that the report they requested is being built, and then de...
When debugging JavaScript in Visual Studio 2008 and I use the ? command in the command window to list a JavaScript object's members I always get that ellipses {...}. Example: >? Page_Validators {...} [0]: {object} [1]: {object} [2]: {object} [3]: {object} [4]: {object} [5]: {object} length: 6 I'm assuming...
Hello Javascript experts Today I had a discussion with a colleague about nested functions in Javascript: function a() { function b() { alert('boo') } var c = 'Bound to local call object.' d = 'Bound to global object.' } In this example, trials point out that b is not reachable outside the body of a, much like c is. ...
Finding out what's selected in real browsers is as simple as: var range = { start: textbox.selectionStart, end: textbox.selectionEnd } But IE, as usual, doesn't understand. What's the best cross-browser way to do this? ...
Using jQuery, how would you show() every div.foo on a page in a random order, with a new one appearing every X milliseconds? Clarification: I want to start with all these elements hidden and end with all of them showing, so it wouldn't make sense to show() the same element twice. I originally thought I'd make an array listing all the e...
I have a script that slides a div down from behind the menu, when people click on the tab. However its in jquery and I want to use mootools (lots of reasons I wont go into here). However im stuck with mootools 1.1 at present. But for some reason my attempt is not working :( The html print("code sample"); <div id="panel"> <form a...
I am working on a web page that is using jQuery. I have an ajax call that gets data from the server an updates a div. Inside that data there is a jQuery function; however, the function is not being called after the data is loaded into the page. I have the proper js files include in the page already. This is what is returned from the aja...
Why do some sites (or advertisers that give clients javascript code) employ a technique of splitting the <script> and/or </script> tags up within document.write() calls? I noticed that Amazon does this as well, for example: <script type='text/javascript'> if (typeof window['jQuery'] == 'undefined') document.write('<scr'+'ipt type="te...
I am playing around with MVC and have started setting up an existing site we have built in standard .Net Forms. I am only including a JS file and as all the requests are being routed via .Net it is trying to compile it. It is the standard compilation error you would see with invalid c#: CS1012: Too many characters in character literal...
<?php function toconv(string) { $gogo = array("a" => "b","cd" => "e"); $string = str_replace( array_keys( $gogo ), array_values( $gogo ), $string ); return $string; } ?> How can I implement that in JavaScript? ...