Some of us do know just a little bit of JavaScript, thanks. For example, I
know enough to see that your code won't actually do what Neil wanted, ie
make the first letter bold.
Nick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Dawes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 6:07 PM
Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] OT: JS Bold first letter
> Please learn JavaScript!! All of you! Get Danny Goodman's JavaScript Bible
> and put it on the shelf on your desk after reading it cover to cover. Do
> yourselves a favour. Nearly all scripting languages (including CFSCRIPT
and
> Action script) are based closely on JavaScript... JSB is a dictionary for
> JavaScript - ie you can look up what you want quickly and easily.
>
> I got so frustrated watching you try to use styles in Internet Explorer
that
> I felt sorry for you and wrote these two scripts. If you haven't worked
out
> by now that IE is NOT standards compliant, then you need to wake up and
> smell the coffee!! IE5+ is the new NS4, that is the bain of everyone's
> existence; an over-patched piece of poo!
>
> <gets off soapbox>
>
> Here's the old fashioned way... ( ie: without using Regex ) I've made it
> easy to read so that you can learn a little more about Javascript.
>
> The first function sets the first letter ONLY and the second function sets
> the first letter of each word.
>
> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
>
> function firstLetterCaps(string) {
> partOne = string.substring(0,1);
> partTwo = string.substring(1,string.length);
> return partOne.toUpperCase() + partTwo.toLowerCase();
> }
>
> function firstCaps (string) {
> lastSpace = -2;
> outputString = "";
> for ( a=0; a<string.length; a++) {
> thisLetter = string.substring(a,a+1);
> if ( thisLetter == " " ) {
> lastSpace = a;
> }
> alert(a + " : " + thisLetter );
> if ( a==0 || a == lastSpace+1 ) {
> outputString += thisLetter.toUpperCase();
> }
> else {
> outputString += thisLetter.toLowerCase();
> }
> }
> return outputString ;
> }
>
> </SCRIPT>
>
> <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="thisField" VALUE="sweet" onBlur="this.value =
> firstCaps(this.value);">
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX)
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, 17 August 2004 11:26 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] OT: JS Bold first letter
>
> Yeah the caps works but it looks like its impossible to embolden the first
> letter in an input field...
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 17 August 2004 12:09
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] OT: JS Bold first letter
>
>
> the first one definitely works fine for me. never used the other one
> before, so don't know why it doesn't work.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX)"
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To:
> "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> dexpo.com> cc:
>
> Subject: RE: [
> cf-dev ] OT: JS Bold first letter
> 17/08/2004 12:06
>
> Please respond to dev
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Neither seem to work....?
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 17 August 2004 12:00
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] OT: JS Bold first letter
>
>
> this will capitalise the first letter of each word:
> <input type="text" style="text-transform:capitalize">
>
> I expect you could also use Mark's suggestion:
> <input type="text" style="first-letter {font-weight: bold;}">
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX)"
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To:
> "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> dexpo.com> cc:
>
> Subject: RE: [
> cf-dev ] OT: JS Bold first letter
> 17/08/2004 11:58
>
> Please respond to dev
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Erm, don't think so, it's in a form field (more than one on the page)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Smyth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 17 August 2004 11:52
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] OT: JS Bold first letter
>
> Can you use css?
> E.g.
> <style>
> p:first-letter {font-weight: bold;}
> </style>
> </head>
>
> <body>
> <p>
> This is a test
> </p>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX)
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 17 August 2004 11:47
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: [ cf-dev ] OT: JS Bold first letter
>
>
> Got a bit of a brain fuzz, anyone got any JS which will embolden the first
> letter of a string being typed into a text field?
>
> N
>
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