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Toggle display:none style with JavaScript

I want to change the style (second line below) to remove the display: none; part when the user clicks on the “Show All Tags” link. If the user clicks the “Show All Tags” link again, I need the display: none; text added back in to the “style…” statement. I’ve sea…

Which events are the most intensive?

Which events are the most resource intensive to have attached? Is a mouseover “worst” than a click? Are there any events that are known to be really harsh on the browser? I have my sights on IE7 mainly, as we are seeing performance issues there. We use event delegation where we can. Or, how can I …

Stop Chrome Caching My JS Files

I will make a change to my JS files but it won’t really change in the browser, I have to rename the files every time so that it reloads it. Is there some sort of .htaccess command I can add or something to make it stop caching? It is even caching my html pages hard core. I need to reopen

Catch scrolling event on overflow:hidden element

Any insights on how to catch a scrolling event on a element that has overflow:hidden? I would like to scroll in a column without showing a scrollbar to the user. Answer This is actually a somewhat indepth process. What I do is set global flags when users mouse enters and leaves the element that you want to sc…

How to make a text flash in html/javascript?

I know flashing text is banned at many places but still as my client requires it, I need to flash one line of text using HTML, JavaScript which ever is feasible. I would like the text to appear and disappear within seconds and continue this cycle. I know text-decoration:blink in CSS can do this but it only wo…

How can I hide the Android keyboard using JavaScript?

I would like to hide the Android virtual keyboard in JavaScript. Someone suggested doing this: But this doesn’t work if the keyboard is already visible. Is this something that can be done? Answer What you need to do is create a new input field, append it to the body, focus it and the hide it using displ…

Backbone and jQuery events

I have a simple task – retrieve click listener function from DOM element. I’ve fased two problems: I have no idea how to obtain event listener, that was set via addEventListener function $(element).data(‘events’) is always empty Talking about first problem – I think it’s no…