prototype

'$.fn' is null or not an object

Problem 1 Error: Microsoft JScript runtime error: '$.fn' is null or not an object Error area: $.fn.apply=function(item,content,header){ $(".featureBox"+item).css('z-index', "1000"); $("img.featureBox" + item +"top").attr("src",basepath + "box-big-top.jpg"); $("img.featureBox" + item +"imgcut").attr("src",b...

Prototype Selector : simple examples

Hi, i'm just starting prototype, i was on jquery before. I can't find easy examples on the internet about how : Selecting all elements having the same id on a page (i'm doing this but it only works for the first element : $('mydiv').hide() ) Selecting a div that is contained in another div by their id. hiding all elements that have...

Prototype.js shortcut for getting value of an element ?

I didn't use Prototype.js before, when I use jquery, I can get an element value like $("#inputA").val(); Is there an equivalent method in prototype like this? I use $("inputA").getAttribute('value');, which is very verbose. ...

Show/Hide divs on radio selection

I have 3 divs that contain radio with labels and beneath each radio button I would like to show/hide a form based on whether the radio is selected or not. Code idea: <div id="radio1"></div> <div id="form1"></div> <div id="radio2"></div> <div id="form2"></div> <div id="radio3"></div> <div id="form3"></div> Using prototype does anyon...

How to make simple example to explain jQuery.noConflict() with prototype?

How to make simple working (only if i remove/comment prototype) example to explain jQuery.noConflict() with prototype? <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"&gt; <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt; <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-...

Firing a click event with Prototype

Hello, currently working on magento and managed to remove certain sections from the check out process that are not needed. Anyway the last section I want to remove is the order review so essentaly instead of Billing Address > Review > Comfirmation. I just want Billing > Comfirmation. Anyway with in JS I can do this? My current idea is t...

Check if a anchor exists in the url Prototype JavaScript

A bit of a basic question but how may I check if a anchor is in the url when I load the page? For example www.mysite.com/mypage#show And then in the JavaScript I can go if #show exists do this Thanks. ...

Prototype hide/show

Hi, I am a Javascript/jQuery/Prototype newcomer and I have a page that has a Prototype function to get info from a database and put it into some input fields. This was made before I came to work on this site and now I've been asked to add a hide/show div function. I tried it in jQuery and there were clashes with the two frameworks, (as ...

jQuery .noconflict with prototype not working in (you guessed it) IE.

On my new customer page, I have successfully implemented a jQuery show/hide toggle alongside a Prototype script using jQuery's .noconflict. (Thanks to all for answers!) But as the world of the net is, IE's not playing ball. <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javas...

Working with multiple jQuery libraries and Prototype.

Ok, i saw some other posts about this sort of thing, but not exactly related. This is not what I want to do, but need to do unfortunately. We have in this order right now Prototype 1.6 jQuery 1.2.6 with noConflict on jQuery with j I need to add jQuery 1.4.2 in that mix as well. It will always be the last one loaded. No option. I...

using Control.tabs for prototype.js in Rails

Hey everyone, I've been trying to use http://livepipe.net/control/tabs to get some javascript tabs up and running on my rails up. I'm really just trying to figure out how to install this... and I don't see how I'm running into any issues at all. Here are the steps I've taken: put tabs.js in my scripts folder made sure the layout is...

What is the best way to get an element's tag name in JS?

I want to get the name of a certain tag (to tell whether it is a div/input/span/p/so on) I found that there are 3 different attributes that give me the tag name: tagName, nodeName, and localName My question is: Which one is the most supported in all browsers? And/or is there a method to get the tag name in Prototype (I looked but coul...

How to call a prototyped function from within the prototyped "class"?

function FakeClass(){}; FakeClass.prototype.someMethod = function(){}; FakeClass.prototype.otherMethod = function(){ //need to call someMethod() here. } I need to call someMethod from otherMethod, but apparently it doesn't work. If i build it as a single function (not prototyped), i can call it, but calling a prototyped does not ...

What would you use for auto completion in Rails app?

I want to use auto-completion in a number of fields (5-7) in my forms. There is a screencast on auto-completion with Prototype library by Ryan Bates ( http://railscasts.com/episodes/102-auto-complete-association). On the other hand, I have noticed that quite many guys suggest jQuery for this task ( http://jquery.bassistance.de/autocomple...

How to detect what Library is behind the $ function?

I am developing some JavaScript that should work with either Prototype.js or JQuery, thus I need some way to identify what is the primary library in use. How can I do that? ...

How to display an activity loader automatically with all ajax requests?

I am working on Ruby on Rails application, with Prototype. I want to display a loading div automatically with every ajax request and hide it on completion, without writing code for every ajax request in my application. Is there anyway to do this. <div id="loader">Loading...</div> ...

Drag and drop: jQuery UI or Scriptaculous?

Dear all, I am in the middle of the road whether to use jQuery UI or Scriptaculous for drag and drop. I am using Ruby on Rails, and Scriptaculous support in Ruby on Rails is superb with the existence of scriptaculous_helper.rb. But I have already use jQuery for the ajax and DOM manipulation. I do not mind to use scriptaculous since we c...

Is it possible to extend the DOM of a new window opened using window.open without loading prototypeJS in the new window?

Hi! Is it possible to extend the DOM of a new window that I opened, using something like this: var newWindow = window.open('about:blank', 'testWindow', ''); Element.extend(newWindow); I thought Element.extend would work.. But I done see any refference to prototype in the DOM. Any ideas? Thank you! Morten ...

C++ Virtual Constructor, without clone()

I want to perform "deep copies" of an STL container of pointers to polymorphic classes. I know about the Prototype design pattern, implemented by means of the Virtual Ctor Idiom, as explained in the C++ FAQ Lite, Item 20.8. It is simple and straightforward: struct ABC // Abstract Base Class { virtual ~ABC() {} virtual ABC * clo...

Prototype JS: Can't get Element.update to work on element with a class

I am trying to add the ajax response text, to a div that has a class on it, and not an id. I try the following: var notice = $$('.testdiv'); Element.update(notice, transport.responseText) This doesn't work but if I change it to update an element that has an ID on it, it works. var notice = $('testdiv'); Element.update(notice, transpo...