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How to delete an element in jQuery with a specific child?

HTML: <p><br style="clear:both;"></p> I'm using the Wikipedia API for a project, and I'm cleaning up Wikipedia's raw HTML output and I've been struggling with this problem. How ...
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Conditional Assignment for Negation [on hold]

Is there a way to conditionally negate a value or expression without having to use a conditional evaluation? Such as the following: result = (condition) ? value : -value; result = value * ...
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jquery replace not replacing all spaces with -

Why is my jquery not replacing all spaces with a '-'. It only replaces the first space with a '-' $('.modhForm').submit(function(event) { var $this = $(this), action = ...
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from javascript to php to javascript -need correction

im making something and this code isnt working <script src='jq.js'></script> <script> function getURLParameter(name) { return decodeURI( (RegExp(name + '=' + ...
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jQuery Div inside Div

Hi i'm trying to have some photogallery with jQuery.. This is my code : <script> $("#vsetky").click(function(){ $("#obrazky").show(); }); $("#c").click(function(){ ...
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How do assertion libraries such as Chai work without forcing a call to a function?

In Chai, you can do stuff like the following: expect({}).to.exist; exist is not a function call, but this still works in testing frameworks. The opposite (expect({}).to.not.exist) causes tests to ...
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Globalize.js - how to parse date and time rather than just date

Globalize.js allows you to parse a date string based on the current culture applied var date = Globalize.parseDate("17/07/2013"); //Wed Jul 17 00:00:00 PDT 2013 What I would like to do is parse a ...
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Escape special characters when building html code using javascript

Hi I would like to build html code dynamically using javascript. The problem is it gives me an syntax error when I try to specify css class for the table using . I think I need to escape the special ...
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Change popup window to include HTML

I have a popup window triggered by Ajax upon form submission. Currently it works fine, but I want to edit the code so that it will show HTML content (instead of "Added to cart, thank you!", the ...
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grunt-contrib-handlebars output is different from handlebars npm task

My issue is very similar to grunt-contrib-handlebars - Output is different than when I run the handlebars npm task, but no one has answered that question so I thought I'd start my own. I'm trying to ...
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Double backslash on quotes when JSON stringifying an array of strings

I'm trying to stringify a JSON object that contains a string with quotes inside of it: array = ['"foo"'] However, the string is created as: '["\\"wat\\""]' when I was hoping for something more ...
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Why don't image/anchor attributes change correctly in Firefox?

I asked this question trying to find a way around the following behavior. (And I'd still like an answer, if anybody has one.) Note: this behavior only fully applies to Firefox (IE handles it as I ...
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Create JS Object Literal with Uninitialized Members

In JavaScript, is there a way to create object literals with uninitialized instance variables? The purpose would be to allow for iterating through the members using a for-in loop to initialize them ...
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Uncaught TypeError: cannot call method 'cookie' of undefined

Please help!!! I am trying to set this cookie but it is not working. I get an error message that says "Uncaught TypeError: cannot call method 'cookie' of undefined". I dont know why it is saying this. ...
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Running script with onclick event when only inside a particular div element

I'm looking at running this script: $(document).ready(function() { $('a').click(function(e) { var urlyep=(this) e.preventDefault(); ...
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Replacing inner nested quotes in a string using Regular Expression

I have a String: "The name is "Rambo"." I would like to replace the inner quotes with &quot; using regex so the output would look like: "The name is &quotRambo&quot."
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jquery slide menu - better way?

I'm pretty new to javascript/jquery and I just built a simple slide menu. It has 3 menus and each menu has a submenu...everything is working fine, I just want to know if there's a better way to ...
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How to use PDF.js to load file included in web app (not from “file:” URL?

I want to be able to show PDF files within my Chrome app using PDF.js but the documentation is non-existent. I've been unable to find any simple examples or tutorials that show the code to load a PDF ...
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What is an elegant way to force browsers to reload cached CSS/JS files?

I have noticed that some browsers (in particular, Firefox and Opera) are very zealous in using cached copies of .css and .js files, even between browser sessions. This leads to a problem when you ...
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XML http request, document.getelementbyID breaks javascript

I'm very new to XML but even so I managed to get a working script thanks to w3school's site that loads in information from the file, here: http://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_dom.asp . Unfortunately I've ...
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navbar collapses on mobile with chrome/safari on scroll

I am working on a responsive site with my own css not bootstrap. On safari on the iphone and chrome on andriod the navigation is buggy. If you open a category in the menu and try to scroll the menu ...
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Using CSS or JavaScript to limit the page size or limit positioning to prevent overlapping

I would like to add a footer to a page, but I don't want the footer to overlap the text if the user makes the page too small. How do I prevent this from happening without making a large table or a ...
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Insert text inside of a single word. Unique circumstance

I have a very strange out-of-the-box question but there's a good reason for it. If I have a variable such as: var myText = "Select an option, and we'll update you."; I need to change it to: ...
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How to create a html drop down list control with custom styling?

Looking for a solution to create a drop down list control from select tags with custom styling(drop down arrow image and colors). Tried lot of JQuery plugins and CSS manipulations. But nothing is ...
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How do I place an image in a text frame using javascript in Indesign?

I am making a scripted community directory, and I am using script labels to find text boxes and fill them with appropriate information from a JSON file. The problem I am having is that I cannot figure ...
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Create a route using a list of coordinates in Google Maps

I have a list of lat,lon coordinates as result of tracking a bus. I'm showing the route using PolyLine to create a line to connect "the dots" but because of the accuracy these dots aren't exactly by ...
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Browsers Storage - physical Location?

According to : localStorage.setItem( key , value ); // global - not per session sessionStorage.setItem("username", "John"); //per session question : where does it actually save the storage ...
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Stacked Bar Chart using d3.js stack layout; the bar sections not always in correct place

Please see it in action here: http://jsfiddle.net/marrok/2fRBS/2/ (full code below) I was adapting Mike Bostock's excellent stacked bar chart example: http://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/3943967 The Y ...
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create three circles using D3

I just started learning D3. From a tutorial website, I found the following code: <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script type="text/javascript" ...
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Jquery , how append field value to id

Using $("#input_text").appendTo("#somediv") Appends the text field itself, I want to append it's value entered by user not itself. Or if there a way to just use something like ...
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how to combine extjs graphical elements and easelJs elements

I want to combine an extjs app that creates a window and an easelJS canvas but when I try to load them at the same time the window's get completely screwed up :( here is my code. is there a conflict ...
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How to validate if multiselect array is empty in javascript?

How can i validate if the multiselect array is empty?(fallos[]) heres my code : <tr><td>Fallos reportados: </td><td><select name="fallos[]" size="6" multiple="multiple" ...
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Trying to understand the concepts behind javascript event handlers

As a beginner in javascript, one is slightly confused with the addEventListener() function, as opposed to the use of variable.onclick Here is the code that I am testing it with /* * ...
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How to put superscript google chart title?

I have the next code var title = 'hello<sup>2</sup>'; Now I'm using google charts and I want the 2 appear as a superscript. I get hello<sup>2</sup> the code on the ...
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html5 select camera in tablet

I am developing a web application to work specifically on tablets. In the tablet (in my case Samsung Galaxy Tab 2) I installed the Chrome browser and enable WebRTC for me to recognize html5 syntax to ...
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Full screen iFrame load with ajax

Do you know any script which can help to achieve effect like on whis website: http://www.julianabicycles.com/ When you clik on any bike, you can see lightbox sizing effect, but most important is that ...
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Can Dictionary accept duplicate keys?

I have a Dictionary, and I want to search in this Dictionary by value, not by keys :-). I want to do it this way because Dictionary in JS doesn't have duplicate keys. I need to allow my program to ...
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Redirect to any page and submit form details

I'm looking to submit form details using method="POST" to an external URL, then redirect the user to a 'Thank you' page after successfully completing the form. My sample HTML/Javascript is as ...
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Bind variables to callback function

I have a few functions in my controller which call some database functions. All of these database functions do "error callbacks", meaning that if a database error occur they do a separate callback ...
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Why doesn't using the search method to find a . work the way I expect in JavaScript?

In my js code, I'm trying to validate an email address. var validateEmail = function () { var email = $("email").value; var symbol = email.search("@"); var domain = ...
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Google Charts not showing in IE 8

Hi I've got a basic chart that isn't showing in IE 8 or 9. Works in IE 10. The space is just blank. Here's the code: var data = google.visualization.arrayToDataTable([['Month', ...
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Is there a way to check document.ready() if jQuery is not available? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: $(document).ready equivalent without jQuery I know you can use the window.onload event to make functions run, but is there a way for a script to query if the document is ...
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“Current” tab in tabbed content will not show when “all tabs” are toggled

Fiddle I'm trying to create a jQuery script that allows for two events to occur: Create tabbed content, where only the first tab's content (.current) is shown when the page is loaded Create a ...
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How to change ExtJS ToolTip text in runtime?

According to number of questions and articles the simple tip.html = 'new value'; should work but for some reasons it's not the case for me. Here I have created a demo to demonstrate that tip.html ...
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How do you use a texture atlas in cocos2d-javascript?

I'm crash coursing cocos2d-javascript with an extremely tight deadline and am finding very few javascript specific examples to draw from. Currently I'm drawing sprites, moving them, then removing ...
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jQuery / JS - get input file image in base64 encoded

<input type="file" id="asd"/> i would like to get the image in base64 once the user choosed that (before ssubmitting upload form) So somenthing like : $(input).on('change',function(){ var ...
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OSM output from call

I'm going to develop a map-based site with mapquest. I'm trying to get the array with coordinates of this callback.Any idea how to get this output? thank you in advance ...
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CodeMirror HTML mode not working

I'm trying to style code samples with CodeMirror, but it works partially - it applies the selected theme to the textarea but the syntax is not highlighted. There is my page: <textarea ...
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Memory leak in Firefox with jQuery, AJAX, and HTML5 canvas

I'm polling my server using jQuery's ajax function and then using that data to update a canvas. I poll the server once each second (this is not done using setInterval(), in case you're wondering... I ...

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