[Proto-Scripty] Help Needed !

2009-10-29 Thread Siddhartha
i am a newbee to this prototype thing and i am trying to use a Class.create() in an example, but i am not able to figure how to use the classes and their functions. Can anyone here send me a complete working example, which involves creating a class, writing functions in that class, subclassing

[Proto-Scripty] Element.update when an object's toElement method returns DocumentFragment

2009-10-29 Thread sep16
I recently discovered that Element.update/insert automatically call an object's toElement method if it exists, which would be pretty handy...except that when a DocumentFragment is returned, it inserts [ object DocumentFragment ]. Is there any reason this shouldn't work? It seems that if you're

[Proto-Scripty] Ajax.Updater Issue in IE - cache issue - Symfony + Prototype

2009-10-29 Thread Avichal Garg
Hi, I'm using Prototype 1.6.0.3. I spent a lot of time searching the net for solutions to this and found a few good suggestions/hints. The most relevant is the following, which talks about the exact problem I'm having:

[Proto-Scripty] Object Oriented Prototype This keyword Advices

2009-10-29 Thread Cemo
Hi all, I have been using a js library first time, so please forgive me If I ask something very fool. Actually my objective is implementing a reusable component for 1. Returning photo links with AJAX 2. And with the help of back and forward button it should change next or previous photo

[Proto-Scripty] Re: Help Needed !

2009-10-29 Thread T.J. Crowder
Hi, ...i cudnt find a COMPLETE WORKING example. The API docs for Class[1] have one (an Animal class and a Snake class that derives from it), but ignore the links they have to the tutorial on classes and inheritance, it's out of date and misleading if you're using version 1.6. [1]

[Proto-Scripty] Re: New API Doc

2009-10-29 Thread T.J. Crowder
Big block of text that's probably useful, but I want a list of methods that's quick and easy, and always one of the first things I see. Good point. JavaDoc has the same problem and it's bothered me for years. We want there to be robust class-level information; but the index of methods should

[Proto-Scripty] Re: DragDrop performances

2009-10-29 Thread Mattia Locatelli
Hi all, I make some tests, and I see the performance problem I have happen when the table is bigger than the window and so I have the scrollbars (I set the option scroll: window on my draggable but also without i have the same performance issue). I see the prepare function takes a lot fo time to

[Proto-Scripty] Re: Object Oriented Prototype This keyword Advices

2009-10-29 Thread Guille
Ok, i was bored at work :D... So far, this works in my testbench. I get an array of images, initialize the object, bind the methods to click events and change the images forward and backward. I hope this will help you: img src=/images/assets/add.png id=frame/br/ img

[Proto-Scripty] Help me with hashes

2009-10-29 Thread Buda
Help me please, this operation is best I have an object var MyObj:{ obj1:{ ... prop: ['А', 'C', 'D', 'E'] ... }, obj2:{ ... prop: ['B', 'C', 'D', 'E'] ... }, obj3:{ ... prop: ['А', 'E'] ... }, obj4:{ ... prop: ['D', 'E'] ... } } I neet to

[Proto-Scripty] Re: Help me with hashes

2009-10-29 Thread Vladimir Tkach
var MyObj={ obj1:{ prop: ['А', 'C', 'D', 'E'] }, obj2:{ prop: ['B', 'C', 'D', 'E'] }, obj3:{ prop: ['А', 'E'] }, obj4:{ prop: ['D', 'E'] } } var newObj = {} Object.keys(MyObj).each(function(k,v){ MyObj[k].prop.each(function(x,y){ if(typeof

[Proto-Scripty] Re: Help me with hashes

2009-10-29 Thread budarin
Спасибо Владимир, помогло! From: prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com [mailto:prototype-scriptacul...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Vladimir Tkach Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 3:02 PM To: prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com Subject: [Proto-Scripty] Re: Help me with hashes var

[Proto-Scripty] Re: New API Doc

2009-10-29 Thread joe t.
TJ- First, it's great to see there's diligent activity on the docs, which seemed like they went stale for a while there. To the whole team, keep up the great work! Definitely need the quick-look menu of methods (and any other properties) provided by each of the major classes. i have a

[Proto-Scripty] Event....

2009-10-29 Thread Alex Mcauley
Is there a way to spoof the window event ... Basically i have script where the core relies on event being passed to it to work some stuff out but in one particular script i cant pass the event object because it goes to a server side script then back again... is it possible to spoof it - or even

[Proto-Scripty] Re: Help me with hashes

2009-10-29 Thread Vladimir Tkach
nop but answer in english please thanks 2009/10/29 budarin budari...@gmail.com Спасибо Владимир, помогло! *From:* prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com [mailto: prototype-scriptacul...@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Vladimir Tkach *Sent:* Thursday, October 29, 2009 3:02 PM *To:*

[Proto-Scripty] Re: Event....

2009-10-29 Thread Alex McAuley
Sorry - disregard The function before the one called (the callee) has an event so i just did window.lastEvent=event instead so i can now access it Alex Mcauley http://www.thevacancymarket.com - Original Message - From: Alex Mcauley webmas...@thecarmarketplace.com To: Prototype

[Proto-Scripty] Re: Ajax.Request with JSON response

2009-10-29 Thread Lapis
I think I'd do it more like this, if i just wanted JSON as the response: On the server: set the response type to application/json, something to the equivalent of = response.setContentType(application/json) Then print your json object to the response (java stylee again):

[Proto-Scripty] Forms

2009-10-29 Thread Russell Keith
Ok, maybe I'm just being dense, but I am reading the API for forms and I am getting nothing from it. What is proper use of the $F utility and what can it do for me? I have read the Form.Element.getValue and it means nothing to me. I have this form: form name=createPDF

[Proto-Scripty] Re: Forms

2009-10-29 Thread Richard Quadling
2009/10/29 Russell Keith russell.ke...@aacreditunion.org: Ok, maybe I’m just being dense, but I am reading the API for forms and I am getting nothing from it. What is proper use of the $F utility and what can it do for me?  I have read the Form.Element.getValue and it means nothing to me.

[Proto-Scripty] Re: Ajax.Request with JSON response

2009-10-29 Thread michael
What would my json response look like (syntax-wise) in this case? On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:28:43 -0700 (PDT), Lapis petter.env...@gmail.com wrote: I think I'd do it more like this, if i just wanted JSON as the response: On the server: set the response type to application/json, something to

[Proto-Scripty] Re: Forms

2009-10-29 Thread Richard Quadling
2009/10/29 Richard Quadling rquadl...@googlemail.com: 2009/10/29 Russell Keith russell.ke...@aacreditunion.org: Ok, maybe I’m just being dense, but I am reading the API for forms and I am getting nothing from it. What is proper use of the $F utility and what can it do for me?  I have read

[Proto-Scripty] Re: Forms

2009-10-29 Thread Walter Lee Davis
Try giving your form elements IDs to match their NAME property. I have always needed the ID to be set in order to get a value out of $F. Walter On Oct 29, 2009, at 11:08 AM, Russell Keith wrote: Ok, maybe I’m just being dense, but I am reading the API for forms and I am getting nothing

[Proto-Scripty] Re: Forms

2009-10-29 Thread Russell Keith
Then how is $F() any different than $()? Also, any idea why I can't get my form to submit. I have been all over Google and can't figure it out. -Original Message- From: prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com [mailto:prototype-scriptacul...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Walter Lee

[Proto-Scripty] Re: Forms

2009-10-29 Thread Kevin Smith
You need to give the input tags an id, as follows: form name=createPDF action=/pdf/pdf_process.php method=POST input type=hidden id=A_NAME name=A_NAME value=John / input type=hidden id=APPLY_DATE name=APPLY_DATE value=?=date(m/d/Y)? / input type=hidden id=A_BIRTH_DATE name=A_BIRTH_DATE

[Proto-Scripty] Re: Forms

2009-10-29 Thread Russell Keith
Well, the issue was with my function name not the form. I changed my function name when I couldn't even get alert('test') to work. It all appears to be working now. -Original Message- From: prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com [mailto:prototype-scriptacul...@googlegroups.com] On

[Proto-Scripty] Re: Forms

2009-10-29 Thread Alex McAuley
because it gets values from anything (selects that can have multiples aswell) ... Where as value on a multiple select would not.!! Alex Mcauley http://www.thevacancymarket.com - Original Message - From: Russell Keith russell.ke...@aacreditunion.org To:

[Proto-Scripty] Re: Effect.move speed issue + tooltip suggestions?

2009-10-29 Thread Eric
Hi Peder, You can adjust indirectly the speed of the effect with the duration parameter, which is the effect duration (from start to end). In your case, you may change: new Effect.Move(caroImgs[imgIdx], {x: newLeft, y:0, mode: 'absolute'}); by: new Effect.Move(caroImgs[imgIdx], {x: newLeft,

[Proto-Scripty] Re: Help me with hashes

2009-10-29 Thread Buda
Thanks, it works! On 29 окт, 15:33, Vladimir Tkach tea...@gmail.com wrote: nop but answer in english please thanks 2009/10/29 budarin budari...@gmail.com  Спасибо Владимир, помогло! *From:* prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com [mailto:

[Proto-Scripty] Re: Ajax.Request with JSON response

2009-10-29 Thread Lapis
From a Java horizon it would be: writer.print({success : true, message : 'good'}); or writer.print({success : false, message : 'bad'}); (writing to the response's PrintWriter) Hoping I am not misinterpreting your question right now. /L On Oct 29, 4:19 pm, mich...@haston.name wrote: What

[Proto-Scripty] $$ is a violation of Model-View-Controller

2009-10-29 Thread JoJo
Is it poor practice to use $$? $$('#grandparent #parent tag.class'); I've been using $$ quite a lot because it has sped up DEVELOPMENT, but now I have realized that it will slow down MAINTENANCE. Recently, my boss asked me to move a whole div to another part of the page. Since I was

[Proto-Scripty] Re: Forms

2009-10-29 Thread Rick . Wellman
$F() gets the *value* of the form element (i.e. a dropdown's value, the text in a text box, etc.) $() just gets the DOM element itself (so would return the dropdown, the text box, etc. respectively). [so also, using $F() on a non-form element is fairly pointless] -Original Message- From:

[Proto-Scripty] Re: New API Doc

2009-10-29 Thread T.J. Crowder
Hi Joe, I think you've gotten the wrong impression -- I'm not in charge (or control) of the new doc stuff, that's Tobie Andrew with some help from a couple of other people. All I've done is try to merge in (and update) the old API docs content into the new stuff, since it hadn't been done.

[Proto-Scripty] Re: New API Doc

2009-10-29 Thread T.J. Crowder
Forgot to say: Great. But the natural impulse (mine, at least) to get back to that list of methods is to use the browser's Back action. Gotcha! The location bar returns back, but the browser window doesn't. I *thought* I'd seen that the other day and was irritated by it, glad to know it's

[Proto-Scripty] Re: $$ is a violation of Model-View-Controller

2009-10-29 Thread Rick . Wellman
Though I consider javascript/prototype to be one of my weaker web app skills (which is why I like Prototype in the first place), I feel compelled to add to this discussion in that: While I certainly agree with the Use Case that you are describing (and the one referenced in the response) I

[Proto-Scripty] Re: Ajax.Request with JSON response

2009-10-29 Thread Michael Haston
Didn't seem to work for me. I might have it wrong. Code ... function ajaxRequest2(){ var url = /cgidev2p/r_chgpwd.pgm; var pars = 'v_current=' + escape($F('v_current')) + 'v_new=' + escape($F('v_new')) + 'v_confirm=' +

[Proto-Scripty] Finding the Absolute Position of an Element

2009-10-29 Thread Jonathan Rosenberg
Seems like this should be easy, but I can't come up with a solution. What I want to do is to use Effect.Move to move an element to another element's position. Seems like I need to find the target element's absolute position to do this. So, how do I find an element's absolute position? Or is