Webmaster Forum / HTML, CSS, Scripts / JavaScript / August 2008

The following cgi generated html page has the following Javascript in
the Body section:-
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
<!-- Begin

In the code sample below, how are arguments a legitimate
argument to Array.slice?
Function.prototype.bind = function(){
var fn = this, args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments), object =

How can the function below be rewritten to prioritize form fields instead of
other objects with the same name?
For example I want getele("title") to retrieve the form field named "title"
instead of document.title - how do I get it to do that?

I am having problems figuring out how to make Firefox behave, and
output the HTML I want it to output.
The thing I want done is actually quite simple. I have a <label> tag,
and inside it, I have a script tag, that document.write's some HTML.

I am teaching myself AJAX, and have now gotten to the point where
syntax errors are removed. I am using Javascript and HTML for now, to
get a dropdown menu.
The failed script follows an example in Steven Holzner's Ajax Bible pp

The code below returns the viewport of the browser window but it does
not work in IE7 because of the document.documentElement.clientHeight:
function pageHeight(){
return window.innerHeight != null ? window.innerHeight :

I jokingly say this is the late entry :)
Okay I have read all the event entry comments from John's Resig's AddEvent
comepition blog :-
       http://ejohn.org/projects/flexible-javascript-events/

Below is my code snippet having only one form,
<form>
<input type ="radio" name="action" value="xyz" checked>xyz
<input type ="radio" name="action" value="zyx">zyx

I need bigger, easier to hit, checkboxes and radios.  If that is not
possible, and it appears not, is there a way to map the inside of a
table cell to 'select'.  Ideas?   I suppose I could use images and
implement the behavior with js.  I'm fishing here.  Thank you for any

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I have this (the name is fixed by the LMS):
var API_1484_11 = (function() {
  // private variables
  // private methods

What is the best practice for removing anonymous functions?
Something like
(function() { doSomething(); arguments.callee = null; })();
seems to work (at least it triggers no errors or exceptions on FF, but

I'm trying to solve a little problem with an uppercase function. It
looks like this:
function uppercase()
{

http://www.frostjedi.com/terra/scripts/demo/onmouseup.html
In Firefox, if I click in the black box and then release, I get a
popup.  If I click, drag the cursor, and then release, I don't.
Similarly, if I click and then release outside of the black box, I

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