Javascript

Example scripts and howtos for Javascript

Javascript is a programming or scripting language primarily used for client-sided programming in web browsers. It can also be used as a server-side programming language but this is generally used less often. Javascript was originally created by Netscape for their browser Netscape Navigator, and is now an implementation of the ECMAScript standard. It is typically used in web browsers for form validation, floating navigation, AJAX and other nifty things to make web pages more interactive.

Multi line strings with Javascript

This post shows how to do multi line strings with Javascript. Please note that it is likely the method presented here is not part of the Javascript/ECMA standard but it does work (and has been tested … [Read more...] about Multi line strings with Javascript

Target links to _top with jQuery

Amazingly some people still use <frameset> and <frame> tags around the web, as I discovered the other day when someone linked my Running Calendar website into their frameset website. A … [Read more...] about Target links to _top with jQuery

Open a jQuery Facebox dialog programatically

A few days ago I showed a basic example using the jQuery Facebox plugin to open dialog windows where particular links are made to open in a Facebox dialog. I was then asked in a comment how to open a … [Read more...] about Open a jQuery Facebox dialog programatically

jQuery: set title of anchor tags to the href for offsite links

Over a year ago I posted how to use jQuery to make all offsite links open in a new window. I recently received a comment on that page asking how to make the title attribute of all anchor tags on a … [Read more...] about jQuery: set title of anchor tags to the href for offsite links

Write content into a dynamic Javascript popup from FCKEditor

In response to a question asked on my "Count the words in an FCKeditor instance with Javascript" post about how to get the content from an FCKEditor instance and load it into a popup window, I posted … [Read more...] about Write content into a dynamic Javascript popup from FCKEditor

Write content into a dynamic Javascript popup

I've posted a few articles about the Facebox lightbox dialog recently but sometimes a quick and dirty write of content into a regular window.open popup is all that is required. This post shows how to … [Read more...] about Write content into a dynamic Javascript popup