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create a contextmenu with javascript & prototypejs in seconds

Did you ever wanted to build a context menu like google does it? I have figured out an easy and quick way to achieve this with a small amount of CSS and 3 lines of javascript.

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Library with extensions for prototypejs and script.aculo.us

prototype extensions library Today i have found scripteka.com which is an awesome resource for prototype and scriptaculous extensions. It offers one of the best extensions around on a very clear and web2ish site. Currently they offer 88 extensions which include javascript calendars, password strength meters, reflection generators, image croppers, faders, …. Go to scripteka.com and look yourself what they offer. Its good stuff which is based on one of the best libraries out there.

ajaxed: Calling server side VBScript procedures from client side (equivalent to PHP xajax)

My last post (about an ASP RSS component) included a demonstration which made use of a cool ajax technique simply called “ajaxed”. See the demonstration here again. If you play around you will recognize that there is no conventional postback and AJAX is up in here ;) I have developed a small “library” which easily allows you to call server side ASP VBScrtipt procedures from the client side. No low-level Ajax knowledge is required… Continue reading ‘ajaxed: Calling server side VBScript procedures from client side (equivalent to PHP xajax)’ »

Web 2.0 balloon tooltip with prototype and scriptaculous

A very nice balloon tooltip from BeauScott.com is another gift of the web 2.0 era. Look at the stylish appearance and enjoy…

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FormWalker – walking through form fields with the enter key

In conventional business applications users are used to navigate through form fields just by using the “enter” key rather than using the “tab” key. Especially on forms where they bung in a lot of numeric data (e.g. sales) it’s more common to use the numeric block (numlock) and therefore the “enter” key is more convenient to use … cause there is no tab key. I’ve just written a short javascript snippet which solves this problem. I call it FormWalking. Continue reading ‘FormWalker – walking through form fields with the enter key’ »