I have an element E and I’m appending some elements to it. All of a sudden, I find out that the next element to append should be the first child of E. What’s the trick, how to do it? Method unshift doesn’t work because E is an object, not array. Long way would be to iterate through E’s…
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How to delay the .keyup() handler until the user stops typing?
I’ve got a search field. Right now it searches for every keyup. So if someone types “Windows”, it will make a search with AJAX for every keyup: “W”, “Wi”, “Win”, “Wind”, “Windo”, “Window”, “Windows”. I want to have a delay, so it only searches when the user stops typing for 200 ms. There is no option for this…
How do I get just the visible text with jQuery (or Javascript)?
I have website that converts Japanese Kanji into Romaji (roman letters): and the output shows and hides with CSS what the user needs to see depending on their input criteria. For example: <div id=”output”><span class=”roman”>watashi</span> <span class=”englis…
Single quotes in string with jQuery ajax
I have run into a problem where the user enters data and if there are single quotes at all, the script errors out. What’s the best way to handle single quotes that users enter so it doesn’t interfere with the jquery/javascript? UPDATE: I’m sending it through ajax to a database. here is the d…
Is there an event that fires on changes to scrollHeight or scrollWidth in jQuery?
I’m using JQuery to design an application where the user can drag elements inside of a div that automatically adds scrollbars and expands the scrollHeight/scrollWidth as needed. I need to fire off an even when the scrollHeight and scrollWidth of the container div are changed. No, don’t want to use…
How can I remove an attribute with jQuery?
I can’t seem to get removeAttr to work, I’m using the example I saw on the jQuery site. Basically onclick I add the attribute to disable a field (which works just fine) but when the user clicks again it should enable the field in question. I used alerts to make sure the else block is being fired, …
jQuery: Possible to wait for $.get to finish loading before continuing?
The folowing script does not wait for $.get to finish loading the page before continuing with the loop: data is a JSON object Any ideas or comments will be greatly appreciated. Answer That should do it. Old docs 2021 docs
Ctrl + Enter using jQuery in a TEXTAREA
How do I trigger something when the cursor is within TEXTAREA and Ctrl+Enter is pressed? I am using jQuery. Answer You can use the event.ctrlKey flag to see if the Ctrl key is pressed. Something like this: Check the above snippet here.
How to get a DOM Element from a jQuery selector?
I’m having an impossibly hard time finding out to get the actual DOMElement from a jQuery selector. Sample Code: and in another piece of code I’m trying to determine the checked value of the checkbox. And please, I do not want to do: That gets me around the checkbox, but other times I’ve nee…
e.which ENTER key enabled only if input field focus
I am using a e.which of jquery for running a function on press of ENTER, but I want this function to be called only if the particular input field is focused (where the cursor is blinking). My current jquery function. I want that $(“#search”).click(); to be called only if the #search_text is focuse…