It's because you're submitting the form, and as with normal
submissions on a web page, it goes to another 'page'. Or so it
seems... It's the same thing as when you call reload(), where it loses
its sense of widgetness.
put event.preventDefault() before the submit function.
e.g.
<input type="submit" onclick="event.preventDefault(); getSearch()"
value="Search" id="mysearch">
I haven't tested, so it might be that you need to handle it through
the forms onsubmit() instead of the onclick event of the button.
Chris.
On 5/11/05, John Louch <email@hidden> wrote:
> > oops! that would make sense, sorry.
> >
> > here is the HTML code that is launching the widget.openURL, it is a
> Sorry I meant the unix tool "sample". I.e. Use Activity Monitor.app to get
> the pid of your process and then:
>
> sample <pid> 3
>
> >From a terminal window.
>
> Thanks,
> jl
>
> > basic form used to search my site.
> >
> > <form name="SearchForm">
> > <input type="search"
> > id="searchText">
> > <input type="submit" onclick="getSearch()"
> > value="Search" id="mysearch">
> >
> > </form>
> >
> >
> > and this is the javascript that handles everything.
> >
> > function getSearch () {
> > if(window.widget)
> > {
> >
> > getUser();
> > var theURL = "http://www.mysite.com/
> > file_search.php?action=file&text=" + document.getElementById
> > ("searchText").value;
> > widget.openURL(theURL);
> > }
> > }
> >
> > function wrapURL (theURL) {
> > if (window.widget) {
> > theURL = "javascript:widget.openURL('" + theURL + "');";
> > }
> > return theURL;
> > }
> >
> > function getUser ()
> > {
> > if(window.widget)
> > {
> > widget.setPreferenceForKey(document.getElementById
> > ("username").value, "username");
> > widget.setPreferenceForKey(document.getElementById
> > ("password").value, "password");
> > }
> >
> > document.getElementById("feedcontainer").innerHTML = " ";
> > if(window.widget){
> > if(widget.preferenceForKey("username")){
> > document.getElementById('getinfo').style.display = 'block';
> > document.getElementById
> > ('enterPassword').style.display='none';
> > document.getElementById
> > ('feedcontainer').style.display='block';
> > var url = 'http://www.mysite.com/
> > user_data_dashboard.php?username=' + widget.preferenceForKey
> > ("username") + '&password=' + widget.preferenceForKey("password");
> > importXML(url,'parseRSS');
> >
> > } else {
> > document.getElementById
> > ('enterPassword').style.display='block';
> > document.getElementById
> > ('feedcontainer').style.display='none';
> > }
> > }
> > }
> > if(window.widget)
> > {
> > widget.onfocus = getUser;
> > }
> > if(window.widget)
> > {
> > widget.onshow = getUser;
> > }
> >
> > var flipShown = false;
> > var animation = {duration:0, starttime:0, to:1.0, now:0.0, from:0.0,
> > firstElement:null, timer:null};
> > function mousemove (event)
> > {
> > if (!flipShown)
> > {
> > if (animation.timer != null)
> > {
> > clearInterval (animation.timer);
> > animation.timer = null;
> > }
> >
> > var starttime = (new Date).getTime() - 13;
> >
> > animation.duration = 500;
> > animation.starttime = starttime;
> > animation.firstElement = document.getElementById ('flip');
> > animation.timer = setInterval ("animate();", 13);
> > animation.from = animation.now;
> > animation.to = 1.0;
> > animate();
> > flipShown = true;
> > }
> > }
> > function mouseexit (event)
> > {
> > if (flipShown)
> > {
> > // fade in the info button
> > if (animation.timer != null)
> > {
> > clearInterval (animation.timer);
> > animation.timer = null;
> > }
> >
> > var starttime = (new Date).getTime() - 13;
> >
> > animation.duration = 500;
> > animation.starttime = starttime;
> > animation.firstElement = document.getElementById ('flip');
> > animation.timer = setInterval ("animate();", 13);
> > animation.from = animation.now;
> > animation.to = 0.0;
> > animate();
> > flipShown = false;
> > }
> > }
> > function animate()
> > {
> > var T;
> > var ease;
> > var time = (new Date).getTime();
> >
> >
> > T = limit_3(time-animation.starttime, 0, animation.duration);
> >
> > if (T >= animation.duration)
> > {
> > clearInterval (animation.timer);
> > animation.timer = null;
> > animation.now = animation.to;
> > }
> > else
> > {
> > ease = 0.5 - (0.5 * Math.cos(Math.PI * T /
> > animation.duration));
> > animation.now = computeNextFloat (animation.from,
> > animation.to, ease);
> > }
> >
> > animation.firstElement.style.opacity = animation.now;
> > }
> > function limit_3 (a, b, c)
> > {
> > return a < b ? b : (a > c ? c : a);
> > }
> > function computeNextFloat (from, to, ease)
> > {
> > return from + (to - from) * ease;
> > }
> >
> > function enterflip(event)
> > {
> > document.getElementById('fliprollie').style.display = 'block';
> > }
> >
> > function exitflip(event)
> > {
> > document.getElementById('fliprollie').style.display = 'none';
> > }
> >
> >
> > // Perform the flip from front to back.
> >
> > function showPrefs()
> > {
> > var front = document.getElementById('front');
> > var back = document.getElementById('back');
> >
> > if (window.widget)
> > widget.prepareForTransition('ToBack'); // freezes the
> > widget so that you can change it without the user noticing
> >
> > front.style.display='none'; // hide the front
> > back.style.display='block'; // show the back
> >
> >
> > if (window.widget)
> > setTimeout ('widget.performTransition();', 0); // and
> > flip the widget over
> > }
> >
> > // Perform the flip from back to front, refresh content under the
> > assumption
> > // that the configuration has changed.
> >
> > function hidePrefs()
> > {
> > var front = document.getElementById('front');
> > var back = document.getElementById('back');
> > var flipcircle = document.getElementById('fliprollie');
> > if (window.widget)
> > widget.prepareForTransition('ToFront'); // freezes
> > the widget and prepares it for the flip back to the front
> >
> > flipcircle.style.display='none';
> > back.style.display='none'; // hide the back
> > front.style.display='block'; // show the front
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > if (window.widget)
> > setTimeout ('widget.performTransition();', 0); // and
> > flip the widget back to the front
> >
> > getUser();
> > }
> >
> >
> >
> > a little long winded, but basically ive narrowed it down to something
> > happening when the getSearch function is called.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Andy
> >
> > On 11-May-05, at 11:42 AM, John Louch wrote:
> >
> >> You would need to sample the widget for us to tell what is happening.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> jl
> >>
> >>
> >>> i have a widget that displays some xml data from a website.
> >>> everything works
> >>> fine, until i leave the widget using widget.openURL . when you
> >>> return to the
> >>> widget it seems to lose all javascript functionality that used the
> >>> widget.
> >>> object.
> >>>
> >>> widget.openURL no longer works, the flip transitions no longer
> >>> work, and my
> >>> preference keys are gone. basically all functions that use
> >>> widget.anything no
> >>> longer work.
> >>>
> >>> anyone have any idea what is happening?
> >>>
> >>> andy
> >>>
> >>>
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