How to force web-browser to navigate to Gmail and create (if logged in) new letter with filled in field ‘To’ on click on mailto:SomeMail@blabla.example? Answer There’s a Greasemonkey script. The compose URL is: https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&to=email@domain.example
How do I create bit array in Javascript?
What is the best way of implementing a bit array in JavaScript? Answer Here’s one I whipped up: UPDATE – something about this class had been bothering me all day – it wasn’t size based – creating a BitArray with N slots/bits was a two step operation – instantiate, resize. U…
Changing the order of the Object keys….
This is a sample object which i am getting from back end, now i want to change the order of the object. I don’t want to sort by name or size… i just want to manually change the order… Answer if you want to manually reorder. simply create new object and assign values using old object.
How to encrypt data that needs to be decrypted in node.js?
We are using bcrypt for hashing passwords and data that never needs to be decrypted. What should we do to protect other user information that does need to be decrypted? For example, let’s say that we didn’t want a user’s real name to be in plain text in case someone was to obtain access to t…
Sending Javascript Object to PHP via Ajax
I’m learning Ajax by failure and have hit a wall: I have an array (if it matters, the array is storing number id’s based on what checkboxes the user checks) that is written in Javascript. I have a function that is called when the user clicks the ‘save’ button. The function is as follow…
javascript focus() not working on Firefox and IE?
I’m trying to appear a form and focus it, for some reason it only works on Chrome. How can I make it work across browsers? You can see it not working in here: http://jsfiddle.net/CCxrp/1/ What can I do to make it work? Thanks Answer You just need to swap the order of things: The divs have to be in the
Is it possible to chain setTimeout functions in JavaScript?
Is it possible to chain setTimout functions to ensure they run after one another? Answer Three separate approaches listed here: Manually nest setTimeout() callbacks. Use a chainable timer object. Wrap setTimeout() in a promise and chain promises. Manually Nest setTimeout callbacks Of course. When the first on…
In javascript how can I dynamically get a nested property of an object
If I want ‘foo’ vs ‘bee’ I can just do arr[variable] – that’s easy, and the function does that. But what if I want to get arr.bar.baz AKA arr[bar][baz]? What can I pass to the getter function that will let me do that, (and of course also let me get non-nested properties usi…
How to convert a bookmarklet into a Greasemonkey userscript?
Is there a easy way to do this. And is there anything that needs to be changed due to differences in how it is ran? Answer The easiest way to do this: Run the bookmarklet code through a URL decoder. so that javascript:alert%20(‘Hi%20Boss!’)%3B, for example, becomes: javascript:alert (‘Hi Bos…
Mouse cursor disaappears on keypress event in Jquery
I am using arrow keys to move an object in my code. Everything works fine except that the mouse cursor disappears when I press any of the arrow keys. How can I make the cursor stay visible? I am using this code check for arrow keys pressed. Answer That’s browser behavior (maybe even OS behavior!), you p…