Bob, Thanks!
Should I be embarrassed?, but I just starting playing with html and javascript last week - my attentions so far have been tuned a bit more to learning biophysics (grad student). But I do think I understand your point (and later tim's), and I will play around a little more this weekend. The odds that I will post again are quite high, I think! On 4/22/05, Bob Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Shelley Green wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Is it possible to not only pass a script along ot jmol using the > > jmolradiogroup, but can you nest other javascripts and/or items like > > "onclick= h$1 href etc"? > > no > > > > > I would like to use a series of radio buttons to send rasmol scripts to > > jmol. The radio buttons would be logically connected to a landau plot - and > > the once the user selects one of the values, I would "swap" out the plot > > with one that matched this jmol state - > > http://www.shetlandstudios.com/grant/Sc.html Here, the "load" uses a swap > > image on mouse click. > > great idea! > > > > > I've tried nesting this into the jmolradiogroup with no success. My next > > thought is to use something like <a > > href="javascript:document.jmol.script(approp script here), along with > > the swap image code. > > > > this won't work because the applet name won't be "jmol". > > Shelley, I think you've hit the limitation of jmol.js. It's just not > constructed > to be that flexible. The easiest solution is to adapt jmol.js to your needs. I > recommend just after your > > <script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript" src="../jmol/Jmol.js"> > > tag (by the way, you are missing those language and type parameters) add an > ADAPTED definition of the jmol.js function that writes the radio button. > Because > this is not the actual function you call (note the _ at the beginning) you > cannot just change its parameters. What I've done in this code is introduce a > call another function you will write, doRadioScript(). > > <script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript"> > function _jmolRadio(script, labelHtml, isChecked, separatorHtml, groupName) { > ++_jmol.radioCount; > if (groupName == undefined || groupName == null) > groupName = "jmolRadioGroup" + (_jmol.radioGroupCount - 1); > if (!script) > return ""; > if (labelHtml == undefined || labelHtml == null) > labelHtml = script.substring(0, 32); > if (! separatorHtml) > separatorHtml = ""; > var scriptIndex = _jmolAddScript(script); > return "<input name='" + groupName + > //CHANGE IS IN NEXT LINE > //WAS: "' type='radio' onClick='_jmolClick(" + > /*NOW:*/ "' type='radio' onClick='doRadioScript("+scriptIndex+");_jmolClick(" > + > scriptIndex + _jmol.targetText + > ");return true;' onMouseover='_jmolMouseOver(" + > scriptIndex + > ");return true;' onMouseout='_jmolMouseOut()' " + > (isChecked ? "checked " : "") + _jmol.radioCssText + "/>" + > labelHtml + separatorHtml; > } > > function doRadioScript(index){ > var s=_jmol.scripts[index] > ... > } > > </script> > > Can you see what that is doing? You can now do whatever you want from > information in that local s variable in doRadioScript(), which now contains > your > script. > > OK, now the problem is to know what to do with that script. If these are > simple > scripts, can you know from the script itself what to do about the images? If > not, here's an idea: > > function doRadioScript(index){ > var s=_jmol.scripts[index] > var cmd=s.split("#")[1] > if(cmd)eval(cmd) > } > > That is, you put whatever you want to execute in the script itself, just as > part > of the comment, after the #. For example: > > select *;color red #doSwapImage("test",3) > > Jmol will ignore your extra stuff, because it is after the # sign. > > doRadioScript(index) will load s with the full script. The split("#")[1] > function strips off the stuff before the #, leaving only > doSwapImage("test",3), > which is then evaluated. > > The point is, you don't have to abandon jmol.js, but you do have to adapt it a > bit. This would be my (first attempt at a) solution. > > Bob Hanson > > -- > Robert M. Hanson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], 507-646-3107 > Professor of Chemistry, St. Olaf College 1520 St. Olaf Ave., Northfield, MN > 55057 > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. 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