'javascript' Category

• Dynamically populate an element styled with white-space: pre

  Assume:
  $ = document.getElementById;
  pre = $(’pre-text-element’);  //pre-text-element is the ID of my pre tag element
  You cannot use:
  $(’element’).innerHTML = ‘line1\nline2′; //will not work in IE7
  You must do this:
  e = $(’element’);
  while(kid=e.firstChild) { e.removeChild(kid) }  //remove all children in the
  e.appendChild(’line1\nline2′);
  Lame, huh?

  January 22nd, 2008

• Condiments for SWFUpload Initial Release

  I have released a kit which aims to make life a little easier for those of you who want to spruce up the SWFUpload interface with some style. An example using the tango desktop project theme:

  March 28th, 2007

• ‘no element found’ in firebug or firefox javascript console (part 2)

  I was right.  If the server sends a response and the ‘Content-Type’ attribute is ‘text/xml’, you must send at least a root node so the xml parser that is built into Mozilla’s XMLHTTPRequest object doesn’t cak and give you a ‘no element found’ Javascript error.
  This could be an issue for those of us who are […]

  October 27th, 2006

• ‘no element found’ in firebug or firefox javascript console

  I think I figured it out.  I think that the issue crops up if your server sends a response header of ‘Content-Type’ set to ‘text/xml’ and you send no content.  The XMLHTTPRequest object then says ‘oh it’s xml? fine - i’ll just PARSE THIS and store it in the reponseXML property.’  At that point, the […]

  October 27th, 2006

• A Bug in FireBug

  Firebug 0.4.1 and 0.4.0 suffer from a very peculiar bug.  If you create an object with a property called ‘-URL’, you can not use console.log to see the value of the property using the console.
  Steps to reproduce:
  In the console, type
  x = {’-URL’ : ‘foo.pdf’, ‘-Size’ : 100};
  Now type
  x
  Now press enter and click on the […]

  October 25th, 2006