As we know, returning false from a DOM event handler will stop the propagation of the event. But I recently discovered that the behavior of different elements varies with respect to this event. For example, consider the following: The surrounding container has a click handler that returns false: Within the div, I can still click on the text box and
Tag: jquery
Best way to create large static DOM elements in JavaScript?
I have many elements that one of my JS widgets needs to create and add to the DOM often. They never change. So one option would be to store the HTML itself as a string in JS and use JQuery to create the elements from the string, then append it to the document: Another option is to write a function
Get the id of input on keyup
I have an input box… When I type in the field, it will go to function lookup(). From there I want to get the id of this input. I tried… but this won’t work. Any suggestions on how I can get the id? Answer Because you are passing this.value to your lookup() function. It’s better to pass this to your
jQuery resizable event does not end
I am making some interactive UI and using jQuery for resize and mouse events. I bind mouseOver and click event for all elements and when I get a click, I remove the click listener (so that it does not interfere with the resizable listeners). This works fine till here, now the selected element can be resized. starting the resize works
Dynamically disable select menu based on text field value
I’d like to be able to disable a select menu on my page when a user starts typing in a text field. This is because the text field is an alternative way to enter the data and disabling the dropdown menu will help make that clearer. I know I could use this: to disable the select permanently, but is there
Verify External Script Is Loaded
I’m creating a jquery plugin and I want to verify an external script is loaded. This is for an internal web app and I can keep the script name/location consistent(mysscript.js). This is also an ajaxy plugin that can be called on many times on the page. If I can verify the script is not loaded I’ll load it using: How
How to SetTimeout to go back to the first div? [closed]
Closed. This question needs debugging details. It is not currently accepting answers. Edit the question to include desired behavior, a specific problem or error, and the shortest code necessary to reproduce the problem. This will help others answer the question. Closed 4 months ago. Improve this question I have three divs on one page, the first div is an html5
Format a number as 2.5K if a thousand or more, otherwise 900
I need to show a currency value in the format of 1K of equal to one thousand, or 1.1K, 1.2K, 1.9K etc, if its not an even thousands, otherwise if under a thousand, display normal 500, 100, 250 etc, using JavaScript to format the number? Answer Sounds like this should work for you:
Does scrollIntoView work in all browsers?
Does scrollIntoView() work in all browsers? If not is there a jQuery alternative? Answer It is supported yes, but user experience is… bad. As @9bits pointed out, this has long been supported by all major browsers. Not to worry about that. The main problem is the way that it works. It simply jumps to a particular element that may as
Remove multiple elements from array in Javascript/jQuery
I have two arrays. The first array contains some values while the second array contains indices of the values which should be removed from the first array. For example: I want to remove the values present at indices 0,2,4 from valuesArr. I thought the native splice method might help so I came up with: But it didn’t work because after