I just wanted to hear on the different general learning paths people embark on when learning a new language/framework. The one I currently use, which is how I learned Bash and am currently learning Python, is: instant hacking tutorial (very short tutorial introducing the basic syntax, variable declaration, loops, data types, etc. and ...
One of the ideas of Python's design philosophy is "There should be one ... obvious way to do it." (PEP 20), but that can't always be true. I'm specifically referring to (simple) if statements versus boolean evaluation. Consider the following: if words: self.words = words else: self.words = {} versus self.words = words or {} ...
I'm using ckeditor version 3 as a text editor to create markup to be sent through email. This means that I have to have all the styles inline and anything that needs to be styled will definitely need the style applied. I'm currently using addStylesSet to generate custom styles that can be applied to elements. The problem I have is that...
Hi, We are starting a new SilverLight 4 Business Application project and are looking for theme. All we can find on the web are Navigation Application themes, which when applied to business application project, don't work. Most even have compilation errors. Is there a place on the web to get theme specifically for that project or is th...
Hi To resolve a jQuery slideDown/Up problem, I had to change one line in the jQuery file. I changed line 5738 from this.elem.style.display = "block"; to this.elem.style.display = "inline-block"; The block attribute messed up my lists when using slideDown/Up/Toggle. slideDown changes my list from display:inline to display:block during ...
I'd like to my Android tabs to look flat and simple like the ones in the official TWitter app. How can I override the default (light) theme and change the background images for the tabs using style/theme definitions? ...
I'm writing a Win32 application using plain C and WinAPI. No MFC or C++ is allowed. To get the controls to draw using the appropriate style, I use a manifest, as described in the corresponding MSDN article. Everything is fine, and when I change the system style, my application changes style as well. But the font used is just ugly. How do...
UPDATE 2: For posterity, this is how I've settled on doing it (thanks to Jorg's input): 100.step(2, -2) do |x| # my code end (Obviously there are plenty of ways to do this; but it sounds like this is the most "Ruby" way to do it; and that's exactly what I was after.) UPDATE: OK, so what I was looking for was step: (2..100).ste...
Following a problem in WPF 4 where the default ProgressBar template has an off-white highlight applied causing it to dull the foreground colour, I decided to extract the template and manually edit the values to white. After doing this, I put the template as a style in App.xaml for global use and the Visual Studio designer began to use i...
Hello I am trying to change the header color and the row color of the datagrid. Apparently, its not a spark component so can't apply skin on it. Anyone knows how to style it? Thanks. ...
Hello guys. I am trying to change the datagrid header color by editing headerColor style. I could change the font size, font family...etc except the headerColor. Would someone help me about it? Thanks a lot. My code Mxml <mx:DataGrid id="dataGrid" creationComplete="dataGrid_creationCompleteHandler(event)" dataProvider="{cityinfoRes...
I've made a time slider in Silverlight. To style it, I've made a control template and modified the style. I've added a text field above the thumb (always centered above the thumb), which should display the time. However, I can't find any way to access the slider information (e.g. current value) or find another way to pass any informatio...
I have a ListBox that is bound to a list of CustomerViewModel-objects, that each has two dependency properties: - Name (string) - Description (string) - IsVisible (bool) (the IsVisible property is True by default and is reversed via the ToggleVisibility Command on the CustomerViewModel) I would like to display the Name and Descriptio...
I'm not getting any effect out of DOM.setElementAttribute, am I doing something wrong? class MyListBox extends com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.ListBox { .... protected void setHoverAutoWidth() { addDomHandler(new MouseOverHandler() { public void onMouseOver(MouseOverEvent event) { DOM.setElementAttribute(getElement()...
Hi Friends, I am new to Android app. development. I need to change the existing style at runtime or can create new styles at runtime and I need to apply it for my buttons and textviews.. Can any one suggest me? ...
using c# 2008 winforms. I may be missing something obvious here, but can anyone help me out with using tablelayout style in a toolstrip. I was expecting it would be similar to using a tablelayout control in the designer, and being able to use the desinger to assign controls in the toolstrip to a grid tablelayout of some kind, but none o...
I executed but only FF and chrome moves the textarea 0px from top and 0px from left but in IE textarea is in default position. Here is my code: public class MyGWT implements EntryPoint { TextArea ta= TextArea.wrap(DOM.getElementById("t")); public void onModuleLoad() { ta.getElement().setAttribute("style", "position:absolu...
Hi everybody! I've describe properties of my objects (nevermind what is the objects) in styles.xml. I would like to change these properties dinamically in styles.xml. Anybody know how can I do that? ...
Is there a jquery tooltip plug-in or a self-made solution where the tooltip appears in the style / colors of the jquery ui theme in use? Perhaps by "abusing" the jquery ui dialog? ...
Hello. Here's what I'm trying to do: <Style x:Key="TreeViewItemStyle"> <Setter Property="TreeViewItem.ContextMenu" Value="{StaticResource ContextMenu}" /> <Style.Triggers> <Trigger Property="TreeViewItem.ContextMenu.IsOpen" Value="True"> <Setter Property="TreeViewItem.BitmapEf...