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asp.net output data from DB without any html markup

I'm new to jquery and asp.net so please forgive if this is an obvious question. I'm using a jquery autocomplete plugin which requires that the page it looks up asynchronously for data is in this format as pure text only: product1|price1 product2|price2 product3|price3 WITHOUT ANY OTHER HTML MARKUP. Any other html tags seems to cause pr...

Unobtrusive Javascript rich text editor?

We've used the no-longer-supported RichTextBox control as part of our (ASP.NET-based) CMS for a long time, and we'd like to replace it with something lighter-weight and with better cross-browser support. We were originally looking at various ASP.NET components, but I'm wondering if we'd be better off just using an open-source, all-Javasc...

Implementing jQuery's jgGrid with ASP.Net and JSON formatting

Has anyone been able to implement the JQuery grid plugin, jqGrid? I'm trying to implement the JSON paging, and I feel like I'm getting close, but that I am also being swamped by inconsequential details. If anyone could post some sample code, I would greatly appreciate it. ...

What is the most stable modal dialog implementation across browsers to use from javascript for a web app?

I'm using a lot of JQuery in a web application that I am building for a client and I want to find an javascript implementation of a modal dialog that is reasonably stable across the following browser set. IE 7+ FF 2+ Chrome and Safari I've tried a couple of jQuery plugins but there always seems to be artifacts in one of these browsers....

Is there a way to reference an existing CSS style from another CSS style using CSS or javascript?

If I have a style defined .style1 { width: 140px; } can I reference it from a second style? .style2 { ref: .style1; } Or is there a way via javascript/jQuery? --- Edit To clarify the problem, I am trying to apply whatever style is defined for a #x and #c to .x and .c without altering the CSS as the CSS is going to have update...

Web App to best Add, Delete and Edit rows without refreshing the page

I am writing a Time Sheeting web application that involves users entering their tasks for the week. I would like not to have the page refresh so I am exploring ways to add/delete/edit tasks using JavaScript on the client browser. Currently I am using ASP.NET-MVC, Ajax, JQuery and LiveValidation and I am make steady (if slow) progress. ...

jQuery Tips and Tricks

Miscellaneous Creating an HTML Element and keeping a reference, Checking if an element exists, Writing your own selectors by Andreas Grech The data function - bind data to elements by TenebrousX The noConflict function - Freeing up the $ variable by Oli Check the index of an element in a collection by redsquare The jQuery metadata plug...

How to get a reference to a table row with a specific value in jQuery

I'm trying to highlight just one specific row in a table using jQuery. The row will have an 'active' status. I have seen plenty of examples online which show how to do zebra striping for alternate row styling. Does anyone know of a jQuery expression which will get a element based on the value of a element in a specific column? ...

How do I Update a GridView from a Page Method from code behind?

How do I update a Gridview on a aspx page from a webmethod? Here is my code. [WebMethod] public static string GetDate() { return DateTime.Now.ToString(); } I can't use the "findcontrol" or the "this" methods so I need some help. ...

Making my ajax updated div fade in.

I have this code that performs an ajax call and loads the results into two duplicate divs every time a dropdown is changed. I want the results to be faded into the div, to give a more obvious indication that something has changed, as its so seamless its sometimes hard to notice the change! print("$('.ajaxdropdown').change(function(){ ...

Does the Microsoft JSON object serialization differ from the "normal" serialization?

I recall hearing that the way Microsoft had to implement the JSON serialization for their AJAX framework was different than most other libraries out there. Is this true? And, if so, how is it different? ...

Stripping out a link in jQuery

I have a bit of html like so: <a href="#somthing" id="a1"><img src="something" /></a> <a href="#somthing" id="a2"><img src="something" /></a> I need to strip off the links so I'm just left with a couple of image tags. What would be the most efficient way to do this with jQuery? ...

jQuery tabs - getting newly selected index

I've previously used jquery's tabs extension to load page fragments via ajax, and to conceal or reveal hidden divs within a page. Both of these methods are well documented, and I've had no problems there. Now, however, I want to do something different with tabs. When the user selects a tab, it should reload the page entirely - the re...

How to select a range of elements in jQuery.

<div id="myDiv"> <a>...</a> <a>...</a> <a>...</a> <a>...</a> <a>...</a> <a>...</a> </div> If you wanted to select the 2nd, 3rd and 4th a tags in the above example, how would you do that? The only thing I can think of is: $("#myDiv a:eq(1), #myDiv a:eq(2), #myDiv a:eq(3)") But that doesn't look to be ver...

Is it possible to print a DIV that is hidden by jQuery's "slideUp" function.

Hi, I have a simple "accordion" type page containing a list of H3 headers and DIV content boxes (each H3 is followed by a DIV). On this page I start with all DIVs hidden. When a H3 is clicked the DIV directly below (after) is revealed with jQuery's "slideDown" function while all other DIVs are hidden with the "slideUp" function. The ...

Where in JavaScript is the request coming from?

I am debugging a large, complex web page that has a lot of JavaScript, JQuery, Ajax and so on. Somewhere in that code I am getting a rouge request (I think it is an empty img) that calls the root of the server. I know it is not in the html or the css and am pretty convinced that somewhere in the JavaScript code the reqest is being made...

How to reimplement jQuery's default helper in a custom helper

I'm creating a custom drag helper (in jQuery): $('.dragme', element).draggable({ appendTo: 'body', helper : custom_drag_helper, opacity : 0.5 }); I'm doing this because I want to sometimes clone and sometimes do the default functionality, i.e. drag the original element. function custom_drag_helper() { if (/*criteria...

jQuery CSS selectors in IE

The following works in Firefox, but breaks in IE7 & 8: $("#my-first-div, #my-second-div").hide(); so I have to do this: $("#my-first-div").hide(); $("#my-second-div").hide(); Is this normal? EDIT: ok, my actual real-life code is this: $("#charges-gsm,#charges-gsm-faq,#charges-gsm-prices").html(html); and my error is this ( IE...

jQuery sortables

I'm using the sortable function in jquery to sequence a faq list. Needless to say, i'm new to this concept. Anybody have any good examples of the backend for this. I have the front working fine, but updating the sequence in the database is another story. My backend is ColdFusion btw. Thanks in advance ...

Why does JQuery keydown work for window but not textbox?

Why does this work: $(window).keydown(function(event){ alert(event.keyCode); }); but not this: $('#ajaxSearchText').keydown(function(event){ alert(event.keyCode); }); I'm testing with Firefox 3. Interestingly, neither of them work in IE7. ...