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Can someone please explain e = e || x? Why assign e to e?

Can anyone explain what this statement means? e = e || x Specifically, e = e || window.event This appears in a chunk of code I am looking at. I'm not at a complete loss, however My ...
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save array values on reload and retrieve it back

I am pushing some random values in an array every minute. onreloading I want to retrieve back these pushed content and keep pushing some random data every minute? I am using local storage. ...
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yii - how to redirect after 10 seconds

I am new to the yii framework, and I can't see to find any information or forums about how to redirect after 10 seconds has pass on a page. for example after resetting your password, I would like to ...
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breezejs v1.3.6 breaks my application

I've updated my client library and server web api dll to latest version. Now whenever I do an expand on a query, I get that kind of error: unable to locate property: Mandate on type: ...
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How to make an array of objects reactively update on the page when new elements are added to it?

I have an array of objects. Say var sidelist = [ { name:"asdf", id:1234, types:[...] } ]; Every object is turned into a box on the page using this construct ...
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How can I snap javascript generated elements to their nearest possible defined coordinates without overlapping others?

I have an array of elements with percentage coordinates which are positioned on a page by javascript which are positioned absolute and are placed using left and top attributes, with negative ...
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Trigger onmouseover without moving mouse

So here's the deal. I'm making a card-playing framework on a web page. Let's say I have a deck where players can draw cards from, taking turns. When it's your turn, I will add onmouseover, showing a ...
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History.js scripts, .on() etc

I'm playing around with history,js, in fact, I'm using Ajaxify too https://github.com/browserstate/ajaxify So got the basic pages up and running and the scroll back to the top works fine. So I'm ...
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Flat UI Checkbox Styling Not Working

I'm writing a rails application and styling with Flat UI. I'm currently using the flatui-rails gem in conjunction with the twitter-bootstrap-rails gem. Everything is working fine except when ...
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How to track form submission in IE with bootstrap modal window?

I have a form that the user fills out and gets submitted through jquery using $("form").submit(); while the form is submitted I use a modal window from the twitter bootstrap library to disable the ...
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Can I use different js file for different site orientation?

<link rel='stylesheet' media='screen and (orientation:portrait)' href='css/portrait.css' /> I have entirely different layout for portrait and landscape orientation. Could I use a specific ...
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Enabling/disabling legend and its corresponding row onclick in Google charts

My requirement is, After a google chart gets loaded, if I click the legend, the legend should be grayed out and its corresponding value in the graph should be removed. When I click the grayed out ...
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how to edit a js object/function

Hi i am using an api but i should make a patch for it Songapi.prototype.goPlaySong=Songapi.prototype.goPlaySong.toString().replace('["universal","emi","warner"]) !== -1','false'); doesn't work also ...
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Cannot close popup window when a button is pressed using javascript in Google Chrome

I have used to create a a popup window to compose a message and the problem is I want that popup window be closed when a button on that popup window is click. below is the code that I used to close ...
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Apply method to variable

I am trying to add a method to a variable to be used as following; var method = ".wrap"; jQuery('.container')+[method]+("<div>Hello World</div>"); Essentially what it should do is; ...
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How do I add coffeescript generated source maps to eclipse?

I'm using Appcelerator's Titanium Studio which is Eclipse setup to edit and debug JavaScript out of the box. I am also writing CoffeeScript and having the generated files placed into the projects ...
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Click event on select doesn't work on macs

I have a <select> that would like to respond to a click event (using javascript). On MacOS Chrome, no event is fired on click. This is a known problem (e.g. 1, 2, …) Example <select ...
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Works on chrome but not on IE

I have set up a couple pages that link each other. I have one page which is seen as the "product page" made up of a slideshow with images, description and thumbnails using jQuery. Each product has a ...
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Can Pinch Open javascript event be used in Adobe DPS article?

Within an Adobe DPS article, I have a scrollable frame with text. I want to pinch the frame and open an html article that has the same text with javascript formatting options, such as ...
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Angular data in dropdown not set the second time

I've something weird going on here with Angular. I have a details view with an edit button. When I press the edit button, I pass the object to the edit view. On the edit form there are a few dropdown ...
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Backbone.js: smart update of a list of changed attributes

I know this problem have been discussed several times, but I could not find an answer to one of its many aspects, that I'll try to explain here. Model save() keeps sync between client and server. ...
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Instant updating UI elements using javascript

I know maybe this is not possible. I have searched the web but without suceess I have a while loop and I want to do two things: Update a textarea with formatted information Update the width of ...
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Get name of function in javascript

How can I get the function name inside a function in Javascript? Specifically in Dojo, as this doesn't seem to do the job arguments.callee.caller
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remove object from array with just the object's reference

Suppose I have an array of objects called MyArray and that a certain function returns a reference for a particular element within that array; something like this: MyArray = [Object1, Object2, ..., ...
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Difficulty setting focus on newly created object in javascript

So, related to an earlier question, but forgive me for my naive javascript ways. Basically I now want to automatically bring a text input into focus when it is added to the DOM. Part of me thinks that ...
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issues with “jumping” using anchor tags

There seems to be a few subjects on anchor tags but I am missing something on how to use Javascript to use an anchor tag without the jump. So my page is loaded and I have a div that holds 2 charts ( 1 ...
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How can I send parameter to main page in frame?

I want to send parameter in frame to main page.I use javascript. Thanks.
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Setting baseUrl for img tag in HTML fragment

I retrieve, with an ajax call, an HTML fragment which include some tags. These tags have a relative src URL and I want to set, for these tag only a base URL, different from the base path of my page. ...
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Modify pseudo element from field value with jQuery/JS?

I know that jQuery cannot directly manipulate CSS pseudo elements, and I've already read a bunch of posts here that don't answer my question. I need to modify the CSS of a pseudo element with the ...
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knockout mapping JSONP server

I have installed knockout and I would like to mapping elements using Jsonp. function showEmailsUsers() { var dataToSend = { pinNumber : pinNumber }; $ .jsonp({ url : ...
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Best method for preventing flooding of comments

I have a commenting system that I build which is similar to typical social media like Facebook. The user can post a comment beneath a thread. As it stands, someone could type something and hit enter ...
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URL parameters with PHP

Are there ways to pass variables in a URL similarly to GET data? For example, with slashes? I currently have a single .php file which reloads a div with different content using javascript to navigate ...
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jVector map resetting region colors (initial, hover, selected) after initializing

I need to change the region colors in my map after initialization, which I've initialized as : stateMap = new jvm.WorldMap({ container: stateMap.$map, map: 'us_nji_en', zoomOnScroll: false, ...
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Minimalistic play() and pause() audio solution

I found a little code snippet within another question, playing an mp3 just with jquery play() and pause(): <a href="#" rel="http://www.uscis.gov/files/nativedocuments/Track%2093.mp3" ...
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How do I get the current NotesDocument using Javascript?

In a Lotus Notes Project it's simple to access the current document automatically in the QueryOpen method for example, extracting it from NotesUIDocument, which is a parameter. Sub Queryopen(Source ...
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ScriptDb.getSize() returning incorrectly in an object

I have a Apps Script function that makes a generic ScriptDb call based on queries passed to it and returns an object containing a count for the query and the ScriptDbResult object itself: function ...
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Javascript solution for notifying user that their browser is unsupported [on hold]

We have a bespoke web application for which we only support (from a business perspective) a pre-defined list of browsers. Although the application, may function correctly, I need to provide users ...
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Facebook explicit sharing using Javascript api?

I recently received approval for explicit sharing on an openGraph action. All the examples on FB and everywhere that I have seen use CURL to pass the explictly_shared parameter curl -X POST ...
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Get star rating from number using jquery

Here I have code to convert number(rating) into stars using http://wbotelhos.com/raty, http://wbotelhos.com/raty/lib/jquery.raty.min.js I create an jsfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/3SXKe/4/ // mocking ...
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Accessing Selected Value from a Pulldown menu

I am having trouble in accessing the selected value from a dropdown menu. When I try to access the value selected in the javascript function displayPhoto, no value is being accessed at all (I tried to ...
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JQuery add pagebreak (like Google Docs or MS Word) and go to next page

Hi i need to create function to add pagebreaks like Ms Word with header and footer: This is my code: <script> $(document).ready(function(){ var page = function({ ...
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Using jQuery's ajax method to retrieve images as a blob

I recently asked another (related) question, which lead to this follow up question: Submitting data instead of a file for an input form Reading through the jQuery.ajax() documentation ...
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Enabling PayPal buttons with a checkbox

Im kinda of a nooobie when it comes to coding, but here it goes, hope someone can help. I was asked to set up a payment page using two paypal buttons. When you first arrive at the page the buttons ...
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Providing a Protected Global API to Third-Party Widgets

I am creating a Web Application which provides a global Javascript-based API (in the variable System) and it includes methods that will be provided by frameworks (stored in System.Frameworks[name]). ...
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Browser Details from javascript without using ActiveX controls

If i am using "window.navigator.userAgent" or "$.browser" then these are asking me to allow to run the ActiveX controls But My application should not use any of ActiveX controls. Can anyone help me to ...
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How to move functions outside a loop

JSHint is screaming that functions should be declared outside the loop, I'm just confused on how to do this? The specific part: self.onchange = function () {...} Here's the loop: for ( var j = 0; j ...
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Custom styled checkbox not working properly

Currently I'm using multiple blocks of the following code as my custom styled checkbox: <div class="row-fluid"> <div class="span12 card card-even"> <div> ...
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Validate inputs with a certain name using JavaScript

I want to get the inputs inside my form that has a name starting with this_form_. I have a loop creating my inputs so I don't know how many they are. And I have other inputs in the form that's not ...
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How to add class for all parents of one siblings element with jQuery

I have this markup: <li class="parent"> <span class="button"></span> <li class="parent"> <span class="button"></span> <li class="parent"> ...
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Get value from JSON string from Google calculator api

I found this SO post about currency convertions. I am new to JSON so my question is how to send and get the result from this url into variables? ...

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