Re: openURL makes widget lose window.widget functionality
- Subject: Re: openURL makes widget lose window.widget functionality
- From: "Chris O'Brien" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 19:33:45 +0100
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Oh yeah. You could of course just make it type="button" instead of
submit, so there's no form submission anyway...
On 5/11/05, Chris O'Brien <email@hidden> wrote:
> 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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