Answer by Walter Rumsby for Calling JS functions from links in IE?
You don't need the javascript: protocol.<a href="#" onclick="foo(); return false">Run Foo</a>is all you need.
View ArticleAnswer by Walter Rumsby for How can I normalise a JavaScript object to a DOM...
To support the same signature as YAHOO.util.Dom.get you could do something like this:var getNode = function(el) { return Y.one('#'+ el) || new Y.Node(el);};Here's an example of the function above in use.
View ArticleHow to test on IE while developing with OS X?
I'm trying to get my head around how I can test that web apps work on Internet Explorer while developing with OS X.The following criteria are all important:I need to be able test IE6, 7, 8 and 9Cost (I...
View ArticleAnswer by Walter Rumsby for Add characters to a string in Javascript
It sounds like you want to use join, e.g.:var text = list.join();
View ArticleAnswer by Walter Rumsby for Function is defined, but Error says.. Function is...
If the only place you need to call the mark function from is your timeout try:setTimeout(function() { alert("This is a test box..");}, 5000);
View ArticleAnswer by Walter Rumsby for How do I fix my css floats on IE 6 & 7? Or how...
What about this?HTML structure: <ul><li class="task"><div class="line"><span class="task-date">Date Created</span><span class="task-title">Task...
View ArticleAnswer by Walter Rumsby for GWT - Create ListBox throw INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR...
The underlying cause is outlined in Invalid Character DOM Exception in IE9 - essentially IE 9 now follows the W3C DOM Level 1 standard in its implementation of document.createElement.Previously you...
View ArticleAnswer by Walter Rumsby for Cross-Browser CSS3 Rule
Compass provides Sass mixins for many CSS3 properties meaning you can write something like:.foo { @include border-radius(4px, 4px);}which will generate the following CSS:.foo { -webkit-border-radius:...
View ArticleSearching for the Ultimate Resizing Textarea
I'm wanting to provide a resizing textarea control for users. I've given this a go and looked at a number of other implementations, but I can't seem to find one that meets all my requirements....
View ArticleAnswer by Walter Rumsby for Highlight label if checkbox is checked
I like Andrew's suggestion, and in fact the CSS rule only needs to be::checked + label { font-weight: bold;}I like to rely on implicit association of the label and the input element, so I'd do...
View ArticleHow to Use Different META-INF/context.xml Files For Development and...
In Tomcat (and some other servlet containers) I can store information about my JDBC DataSource in META-INF/context.xml. This is very useful.However, the settings for my JDBC DataSource can be different...
View ArticleUnderstanding Firebug profiler output
I've been trying to use Firebug's profiler to better understand the source of some JavaScript performance issues we are seeing, but I'm a little confused by the output.When I profile some code the...
View ArticleServlet Filters and the OSGi HttpService
I'm working on an OSGi-based application that uses org.osgi.service.http.HttpService which does not support the use of Servlet Filters.Before I realised that I wouldn't be able to use Servlet Filters I...
View ArticleAnswer by Walter Rumsby for Difference between (function(){})(); and...
Peter Michaux discusses the difference in An Important Pair of Parens.Basically the parentheses are a convention to denote that an immediately invoked function expression is following, not a plain...
View ArticlePolymer: Registering Elements in External Scripts
In most of the examples I've seen for creating elements the script that registers the element is defined in the component's HTML file, e.g.<link rel="import"...
View ArticleDoes PHP Have an Equivalent of Java's RequestDispatcher.forward?
In Java I can write a really basic JSP index.jsp like so:<% request.getRequestDispatcher("/home.action").forward(request, response); %>The effect of this is that a user requesting index.jsp (or...
View ArticleAnswer by Walter Rumsby for TypeScript: What's the "right" `target` for node 11?
Based on Node-Target Mapping on the TypeScript wiki "es2018" is the right mapping for Node 10, "es2019" is the right mapping for Node 12. It seems that non-LTS versions of Node aren't documented, but...
View ArticleAnswer by Walter Rumsby for How to force browsers to reload cached CSS and JS...
Say you have a file available at:/styles/screen.cssYou can either append a query parameter with version information onto the URI, e.g.:/styles/screen.css?v=1234Or you can prepend version information,...
View ArticleIs it possible to sandbox JavaScript running in the browser?
I'm wondering if it's possible to sandbox JavaScript running in the browser to prevent access to features that are normally available to JavaScript code running in an HTML page.For example, let's say I...
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