Programatically handling the Vista Sidebar
Is there an api to bring the vista side bar to the front (Win+Space) programatically and to do the reverse (send it to the back ground). ...
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Firefox Sidebar and Document object of DOM
There is a webpage loaded in the firefox sidebar and another webpage loaded in the main document. Now, how do I ask access the main document object through the Firefox sidebar? An example to do this through Javascript code in the firefox sidebar document to access the main document would be helpful. Thanks for the answers. I have to ref...
Monitoring page load event in selected tab from firefox sidebar
I want to be able to run a function in my firefox sidebar js file when the selected tab in the main content window is reloaded or changed. So the sidebar can change depending on the site the user is looking at. Anyone able to point me in the right direction? ...
Silverlight 2 Sidebar Gadget
How do you display a Silverlight 2.0 application in a Vista Sidebar gadget? Whenever I load a gadget with the standard Silverlight 2 object tag, I get the no-silverlight default content instead of the app. So, what's the trick to allowing it to run? This is how I am currently trying to pull it off: <html> <head> <meta http-equi...
How to create firefox3 sidebar?
Hi I want to create sidebar in Firefox 3 but have no clue how to do this. I find tutorial on MDC (https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Creating_a_Firefox_sidebar) but after installation extension do not work with "not compatible with Firefox 3.0.3" error. Does anybody have any tip or link to some resource about how to make sidebar? ...
How to draw procedural graphics in Vista Sidebar?
How do I draw procedural graphics in a Vista Sidebar gadget? I have a gadget that collects data over time and I want to draw animating graphs. My current approach is to draw the graph with VML that I update from JScript on a timer tick. Is this the best way? Can I return bitmap bits from a DLL function as the srouce to an <IMG>? E...
CSS Ride SideBar needs to Stay Up top
My right side bar isn't staying on top. These are the two pages for example. www.cafecartel.com and www.cafecartel.com.index2.php Currently the way the site is written, the right side bar must be placed like this: body id="Support" div id="container1" div id="container2" div id="header" ?php include("inc/header.inc"); ? h1 Poin...
Get current page URL from a firefox sidebar extension
I'm writing a sidebar extension for Firefox and need a way to get the URL of the current page so I can check it against a database and display the results. How can I do this? ...
Firefox sidebar extension link loaded into a new browser tab. How-To?
I have a friefox sidebar extension. If its opened by clicking on the toolbar icon I load it with a webpage ( that I have authored ). Now, if the user clicks on the link on the webpage ( thats loaded into the sidebar ) I want the linked webpage to open up in a new tab of the main window. I tried with this in my webpage markup: <a target=...
I've got a problem with a toggling sidebar using jQuery.
I'm trying to create a simple toggling sidebar using jquery, where it expands and contracts when a button is pressed. The button also changes to another type of button when pressed. The sidebar will expand, but for some reason, it will not move back to it's original position. You can see a copy of the javascript and html at http://www.j...
How to implement gradient button bar in Cocoa
Some Cocoa applications (for instance, Mail and Automator) have a special control usually in the bottom of their window: Could you share the best practices of making the same action bar with standard images and popup buttons? Thanks. ...
Windows Vista Sidebar will not start
Some months ago I lost my Sidebar. The application is registered for automatic start in the registry. The Sidebar control panel comes up fine. However the Sidebar itsself refuses to display. Task manager reports no sidebar.exe presently running. Tryin to launch sidebar from the start menu or from the command line results in.... noth...
Flex collapsible field group control
Hi! I am trying to make a side panel in a Flex application that would hold a bunch of properties of a selected object. The number of properties may become huge, but they all fall into some certain categories. For that, I am looking for a flex control that would be like a collapsible field group. Or like an accordion that can have multi...
cross-browser sidebar component
I want to create a cross-browser sidebar for a website. With the following features needs to be able to grab URL of main page - ok if only works for the current site hosted on the main website domain require no change to the main website pages themselves (but code could in added to a globally loaded .js file) work in major browsers (eg...
How to enable context menu in firefox sidebar
Hi, I created a firefox extension as a sidebar, this will load a specific url. It is showing fine but the context menu in this sidebar is not showing. What might be the reason? Thanks in advance, Manoj ...
Drupal - showing forums on the left side bar
Using Drupal 6 : Theme is Garland 6.12 How do I add a link for my forums and show it on the left side bar? I have tried the following(and it didn't work) : 1. Moved "Primary Links" block to "Left Sidebar" 2. Added "?q=forum/1" to "Pages:" in "Primary Links" Neither do I see "Primary Links" on my home page, nor do I see a link for fo...
How do you programmatically put folder icons on the Finder sidebar, given that you have to use a custom icon for the folder?
Am currently working on a project, and though I can add sidebar items by adding to the com.apple.sidebarlists.plist file then restarting Finder, I can't seem to know how to make the folder icons show up using its assigned custom icon. Can anyone point me to a link or a solution that would make me do this? Thanks a bunch in advance! ...
How do I create a Sidebar for my application in VC++?
How do I create a Sidebar for my application in VC++? Something similar to the one on Windows Vista or even Google Desktop Sidebar, which can be docked to the desktop window rather than to the application window. ...
How to identify, fix, closure memory leak in Windows Sidebar gadget?
i've written a gadget for Windows Sidebar. This essentially means that it is a miniature web-page, that runs for months on end. After a few weeks the memory usage (working set) of the sidebar.exe process that houses 3rd party gadgets runs into the hundreds of megabytes. Without a way to identify the source of memory leaks, i simply as...
Jquery help, making collapsible sidebar for a vbulletin forum
Hi guys, Im trying to make a sidebar for my vbulletin skin thats expandable/collapsible. Heres my code: jQuery(document).ready(function(){ $(".hide").click(function(){ $("#sidebar").animate({width:"0px", opacity:0}, 500 ); $("#sidebar").animate({padding:"0"}, 500 ); $("#sidebar").css("margin", "0"); $("#sid...