Re: [jQuery] Plugin method question

2006-10-31 Thread Klaus Hartl
Ⓙⓐⓚⓔ schrieb: if you really have to validate, and don't want each spec stuffed into the javascript (script tag or onclick), consider putting the spec inside a code class=accordion_snippet tag (which would be hidden in css) and could be extracted as easily as the title attribute! or a special

Re: [jQuery] Plugin method question

2006-10-31 Thread Klaus Hartl
Brandon Aaron schrieb: What is more important than validation is to do whatever makes it easiest to implement and maintain. May I ask you that question again, once you want to start to deliver your XHTML (as XML) to all kind of devices like mobiles other than the typical web browsers? The

Re: [jQuery] Plugin method question

2006-10-31 Thread Ⓙⓐⓚⓔ
is it as bad as using li ul to create menus or using classes for non-css purposes? my $.002 cents! On 10/30/06, Klaus Hartl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ⓙⓐⓚⓔ schrieb: if you really have to validate, and don't want each spec stuffed into the javascript (script tag or onclick), consider

Re: [jQuery] Plugin method question

2006-10-31 Thread Klaus Hartl
Paul McLanahan schrieb: @jake I'm really liking the code tag idea. If I'm understanding you correctly, it would work something like associating a label to an input using the for attribute. I'd just be associating a code tag's contents with a specific DL either by location in the markup or

Re: [jQuery] Plugin method question

2006-10-31 Thread Ⓙⓐⓚⓔ
the only other idea I had was script type=text/x-accordion-parameters but that was too long, On 10/31/06, Ⓙⓐⓚⓔ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: is it as bad as using li ul to create menus or using classes for non-css purposes? my $.002 cents! On 10/30/06, Klaus Hartl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [jQuery] Plugin method question

2006-10-31 Thread Klaus Hartl
is it as bad as using li ul to create menus As a menu is semantically wise a list of links that somehow belong together I don't see a problem there. In XHTML 2 there will even be a navigation list (sic!) element nl. or using classes for non-css purposes? According to the HTML Specs, the

Re: [jQuery] Plugin method question

2006-10-31 Thread Blair McKenzie
Is there any reason not to simply use a _javascript_ snipit in a script tag? There are good reasons to put code at the start of a page or in a separate file, but in this case I would say that putting it at the top of the relevant tag is perfectly reasonable: ul id=list_xyzscript$(#list_xyz).attr(

Re: [jQuery] Plugin method question

2006-10-31 Thread Mark Gibson
Paul McLanahan wrote: @jake I'm really liking the code tag idea. If I'm understanding you correctly, it would work something like associating a label to an input using the for attribute. I'd just be associating a code tag's contents with a specific DL either by location in the markup or

Re: [jQuery] $(document).ready question

2006-10-31 Thread Adrian Sweeney
Question: why would you want to have multiple $(document).ready statements Why not just the following $(document).ready(function(){ //do this initialise functionality // then this DrawScreen functionality // then this AddMouseEvents

Re: [jQuery] $(document).ready question

2006-10-31 Thread Klaus Hartl
Adrian Sweeney schrieb: Question: why would you want to have multiple $(document).ready statements Why not just the following $(document).ready(function(){ //do this initialise functionality // then this DrawScreen functionality // then this

Re: [jQuery] Form plugin: overload serialize no no

2006-10-31 Thread Klaus Hartl
and also because I thought that was the group consensus. One question I posed back then was, Why would you want to serialize form elements in a way that does not correctly utilize the element state? In other words, why submit controls that are not successful[1]? I guess your on-the-fly

Re: [jQuery] Plugin method question

2006-10-31 Thread Olaf Bosch
Michael Geary schrieb: The main reason I'm trying to avoid non-spec attributes is for code longevity. What you think over this: dl dt a rel=accordion:false,showSpeed:'slow',hideAll:true / click me /dt dd to show me /dd /dl

Re: [jQuery] $(document).ready question

2006-10-31 Thread Adrian Sweeney
Thanks that was a very helpful answer. Adrian Sweeney Web Developer Mills Reeve Tel: +44(0)121 456 8236 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mills-reeve.com -Original Message- From: Klaus Hartl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 31 October 2006 09:58 To: jQuery Discussion. Subject: Re:

Re: [jQuery] Plugin method question

2006-10-31 Thread Dragan Krstic
 You can supply atributes with initialization of plugin. Code can be like this: $(document).ready( $("#accordion").accordion_plugin({ accordion: true, show_speed:'slow' }); $("#another_accordion").accordion_plugin({ accordion: true, show_speed:'fast' }) ); Or I'm

Re: [jQuery] Plugin method question

2006-10-31 Thread Klaus Hartl
Olaf Bosch schrieb: Michael Geary schrieb: The main reason I'm trying to avoid non-spec attributes is for code longevity. What you think over this: dl dt a rel=accordion:false,showSpeed:'slow',hideAll:true / click me /dt dd to

Re: [jQuery] Plugin method question

2006-10-31 Thread Krzysztof FF
Blair McKenzie-2 wrote: Is there any reason not to simply use a javascript snipit in a script tag? There are good reasons to put code at the start of a page or in a separate file, but in this case I would say that putting it at the top of the relevant tag is perfectly reasonable: ul

[jQuery] how to stop each iteration under each's function?

2006-10-31 Thread asterocean
for exzample: $([EMAIL PROTECTED]'text']).each(function(){if (this.value==){alert(error);this.focus();break;}}); but 'break;' won't stop the iteration of each, what should i do? ___ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/

Re: [jQuery] Widget Pack and Magazine Issue 2

2006-10-31 Thread Dan Atkinson
Hey, I think it's tomorrow now. I'm just wondering what you've decided to put together for the widget pack? Cheers wycats wrote: Hey guys, I've made some progress collecting widgets for the Visual jQuery Widget Pack. I will be posting later today with a list of what I've come up with

Re: [jQuery] JQuery Corner Problem

2006-10-31 Thread Truppe Steven
mrkris schrieb: Perhaps I missed this in the docs, but I'm using the corner plugin from http://www.malsup.com/jquery/corner/ The plugin works great, but the moment I assign a height to a class: .foo { height: 150px; } then do: $('.foo').corner() The corners appear 1/2 way down

Re: [jQuery] how to stop each iteration under each's function?

2006-10-31 Thread Mark Gibson
asterocean wrote: for exzample: $([EMAIL PROTECTED]'text']).each(function(){if (this.value==){alert(error);this.focus();break;}}); but 'break;' won't stop the iteration of each, what should i do? There was some discussion on this list of returning false to break the loop - but I'm not

Re: [jQuery] Plugin method question

2006-10-31 Thread Brian Miller
Personally, I'd rather use a div or span for that sort of thing, rather than a code tag. div class=accordion_initaccordion:false,showSpeed:'slow',hideAll:true/div Then, style div.accordion_init to be hidden, and you get the same effect without misusing the code tag. - Brian Which would work

Re: [jQuery] Plugin method question

2006-10-31 Thread Brandon Aaron
I would agree that usually a script tag would suit this just fine. However, for me I don't always want that javascript executed. I only want that javascript executed if it is a supported browser. -- Brandon Aaron On 10/31/06, Krzysztof FF [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Blair McKenzie-2 wrote:

Re: [jQuery] Plugin method question

2006-10-31 Thread Paul McLanahan
I have been looking at the Form Validation plugin created by Jörn Zaefferer (which is excellent btw) and the way he used a special class syntax to indicate validation rules for various form elements. He use some specific stuff like class=$v(required,max:15) to indicate that the field is required

Re: [jQuery] how to stop each iteration under each's function?

2006-10-31 Thread Dave Methvin
but 'break;' won't stop the iteration of each, what should i do? Return false inside the function and it will stop. That was added recently but the docs weren't updated to reflect it. ___ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com

Re: [jQuery] Plugin method question

2006-10-31 Thread Klaus Hartl
Brian Miller schrieb: Personally, I'd rather use a div or span for that sort of thing, rather than a code tag. div class=accordion_initaccordion:false,showSpeed:'slow',hideAll:true/div Then, style div.accordion_init to be hidden, and you get the same effect without misusing the code tag.

Re: [jQuery] $(document).ready question

2006-10-31 Thread jyl
LOL, couldnt find it. As you answered, its essential that things should work this way for composability, and I'm glad they do. As an aside, I don't know why the mailing list software insists on calling me JYL, I'm Jacob Levy and I'm in California :) Nice to meet you all, and as you inferred, I'm

Re: [jQuery] JQuery Corner Problem

2006-10-31 Thread Dave Methvin
The corners appear 1/2 way down the element, it doesn't scale at all. Hope this makes sense. Anyone run into this or know how to fix this? Thanks. I had the same yesterday, the examples on the demo page are using a padding of 20px ... that with the height is not working properly

Re: [jQuery] Plugin method question

2006-10-31 Thread Klaus Hartl
Brian Miller schrieb: Hey listen, I'd love to be able to pack all of the accordion parameters into classes. But, there's just too much information there to make it make-sensical when read by people who are a bit slow on the uptake, as Paul hints might be the case. Another good, but not

[jQuery] Patch: Set Content-Type of an AJAX request

2006-10-31 Thread Mark Gibson
Hi, I'd like to suggest an additional option for $.ajax() to allow an alternative Content-Type, eg: application/json I'd like to send raw JSON data to a PHP script, but PHP requires that a Content-Type other than the usual 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' is set before it allows you to access

Re: [jQuery] Plugin method question

2006-10-31 Thread Dave Methvin
Then, style div.accordion_init to be hidden, and you get the same effect without misusing the code tag. Poor people that have to use a text browser, a screenreader, or simply have switched of CSS... ... Here's another solution that may be suitable for you: Do not put all options into the

Re: [jQuery] Plugin method question

2006-10-31 Thread Brian Miller
Hey listen, I'd love to be able to pack all of the accordion parameters into classes. But, there's just too much information there to make it make-sensical when read by people who are a bit slow on the uptake, as Paul hints might be the case. Another good, but not very semantic solution, was to

Re: [jQuery] JQuery Corner Problem

2006-10-31 Thread Mike Alsup
mrkris, Steven, Wow, believe it or not I never noticed that. I guess I don't use fixed height divs too often. I'm working on a fix for that but am having a hard time with IE6 (surprise, surprise). I may need to call in the big guns (aka, Dave Methvin). Mike The corners appear 1/2 way down

[jQuery] Don't forget accessibility

2006-10-31 Thread Dave Methvin
The recent discussion about the merits of putting code into hidden parts of the document brings up the accessibility issue. Accessibility is not just about totally blind or deaf people. It's also about the person who is color-blind, has limited motor skills, or just prefers using a keyboard.

Re: [jQuery] Plugin method question

2006-10-31 Thread Klaus Hartl
Paul McLanahan schrieb: I have been looking at the Form Validation plugin created by Jörn Zaefferer (which is excellent btw) and the way he used a special class syntax to indicate validation rules for various form elements. He use some specific stuff like class=$v(required,max:15) to

[jQuery] Function to enumerate the querystring?

2006-10-31 Thread Chris W. Parker
Hello, Is there a jQuery function to enumerate the key/value pairs in a querystring? I wasn't able to find one with the Visual jQuery website and instead of reinventing the wheel I thought I'd query the list. Thanks, Chris. ___ jQuery mailing list

Re: [jQuery] Oooh! These are pretty!

2006-10-31 Thread Alex Cook
There are tons of scripts out there for this type of functionality.  Flash can talk to _javascript_ and vice versa quite well nowadays, so getting a flash object (such as a compass) to follow your mouse via JS updating the flash object isnt hard, but why? This is something thats really

Re: [jQuery] jQuery API and docs

2006-10-31 Thread Alex Cook
BIG thumbs up here... a few hours were spent trying to figure out what the hell some of these functions expected... good stuff Jorn... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jörn Zaefferer Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 2:22 AM To:

Re: [jQuery] Plugin method question

2006-10-31 Thread Paul McLanahan
@Klaus and DaveI do like that. Adding an even further layer of abstraction to the mix would be even cleaner for the non-technical to implement. We could have 3 or 4 sets of useful defaults which could be chosen via the second class, or even by an underscore separated single class name where

Re: [jQuery] Plugin method question

2006-10-31 Thread Ⓙⓐⓚⓔ
code, div full javascript each have problems Everybody (well almost) likes the idea of putting scripting in script tags. script tags don't have to be coded as type=text/javascriptm as we know from vb and other abominations. let's just use the informal type text/x-jquery-json that contains 1 js

Re: [jQuery] Reusing a single XmlHttpRequest object

2006-10-31 Thread Jörn Zaefferer
Mike Stenhouse schrieb: Hi all I've been using jQuery for a while but I'm just about to do my first serious bit of Ajax with it and there's a piece of functionality I need. I want to reuse a single XmlHttpObject to avoid content coming back out of order, or I want to be able to cancel an

Re: [jQuery] Ant task: with_plugins working?

2006-10-31 Thread Jörn Zaefferer
Klaus Hartl schrieb: Yehuda Katz schrieb: Jorn made some modification to make it possible (I believe) to choose specific plugins. I think you need to use with_plugins as an optional MODIFIER now, so you could do ant docs with_plugins, or ant pack with_plugins. I could be wrong though.

Re: [jQuery] Function to enumerate the querystring?

2006-10-31 Thread Chris W. Parker
On Tuesday, October 31, 2006 10:46 AM Luke Lutman said: Have a look at this recent thread :-) http://www.nabble.com/method-plugin-for-getting-query-string-vars--tf248 1232.html#a6919130 I read through this and tried to implement your first suggestion but I notice that everything takes

Re: [jQuery] Access to flash object

2006-10-31 Thread Luke Lutman
You make a good point about mobile devices, etc. Klaus -- point taken. I'm still not convinced about using object / though -- for me it's got a number of cons: * It's messy -- you need different code for different browsers. All the browsers support object /, but IE wants a different object /