Hey guys I was following tutorial I found online on how to make Hangmen game and it was fine until I tested it on mobile. I just can't make virtual keyboard to show on mobile and I've already tried other answers to similar questions on stack. This is part of my code:
$(document).on("click", function() {
$('#dummy').focus();
});
$('#dummy').focus();
#dummy {
position: absolute;
left: -200px;
top: 0px;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="topbar">Todemanija</div>
<div class="spacer"></div>
<div id="gameContent"></div>
So guys is there a way to make this work. Also you can see full code in action here
http://www.wpacademy.nextweb.space/TestingMobile/
You need a text input to focus on to trigger the mobile keypad.
And you can't hide it, because a hidden input just can't be focussed.
But! I just had an idea you could try.
Add this to your function gameScreen(){:
$('#gameContent').append("<input type='text' id='dummy'>");
$("#dummy").css({"position":"fixed","left":"120%"}).focus();
So, the trick is to place the text input outside the viewport.
And you can remove this:
// with this function we add virtual keyboard for mobile users and we do not affect desktop gameplay
$(document).on("click",function() {
$('#dummy').focus();
});
$('#startButton').click(function(e) {
$('#dummy').trigger('click');
});
EDIT
Here is a small addition...
I tried your game after you added the previous answer.
In case the user looses the input focus during the game because of a tap outside the keyboard: add this, but outside function gameScreen() (at global scope):
function keepFocus(){
setTimeout(function(){
$(document).find("#dummy").focus();
},100);
}
At the end of function gameScreen(), to maintain the keyboard active:
$(document).on("touchstart", keepFocus);
At the end of victoryMessage() and function defeatMessage(), to deactivate the keyboard:
$(document).off("touchstart", keepFocus);
$("#dummy").blur();
Also, add this in your start() function:
$(document).on("touchstart", keepFocus);
I have a bootstrap column system, however the way they are stacked, on mobile I would like to move one of the elements to appear before another. I believe this can be done with .append().
Is it possible to move the element I want with append() but only on mobile?
Thanks
You can do it by first checking whether your device's browser supports touch events (e.g. desktop does not, mobile does)
If it does you can execute the append and if not, nothing will happen.
var isMobile = (function() {
try{ document.createEvent("TouchEvent"); return true; }
catch(e){ return false; }
})();
if(isMobile) {
your append action
}
http://detectmobilebrowsers.com/
Here you can get javascript/jquery file with the function based on regex for all the mobile/tablet devices.
If you select some of them and build two separate functions for the mobile/tablet you could do regex for tablet and for the mobile only.
Hope it helps :)
I'm new to JQuery and can't for the life of me figure out why this isn't behaving properly. As the content in my "content" div changes, I want it to fade in and out. I created a generic "load" function to do this:
function loadPage(page, callback) {
if(current_doc != page) {
current_doc = page;
$("#content").fadeOut(400, function() {
$("#content").load(current_doc, function() {
$("#content").hide().fadeIn(400, function() {
if(typeof(callback) == 'function'){ callback(); }
});
});
});
}
}
Is there some sort of glaring mistake that I'm missing?
Thanks.
P.S. - This code works fine in Firefox.
One thing to check in IE, in Internet Options > Advanced, under Multimedia should be a checkbox that says "play animations in webpages". Ensure that is checked.
While I'm not entirely sure why, placing the content div inside another div and fading that instead seems to have done the trick. I would think that that would have been giving me issues only if "content" itself were being deleted, but that isn't the case from my code. Oh well.
I'm pretty new to all this, so apologies if this is a dumb question:
I've got a Magento site located here: http://www.thisisnotavegetable.com It uses responsive design, and when displayed on mobile-width browsers, the topmenu becomes a javascript-enabled dropdown.
This all works fine, except on the home page (where it is loading over a javascript-enabled slider), and only on Chrome for Android. On that browser, the dropdown flickers and link text won't display. I assume this is a jQuery issue, but I'm not advanced enough to figure it out.
Any help is much appreciated!
Alex
Below is the jQuery for the dropdown (I think). The slider is ioSlider. I hope someone can help me without needing to see that jQuery, because it's unformatted and the license says I'm not supposed to post it.
if (jQuery('#categories-accordion').length){
jQuery('#categories-accordion li.level-top.parent ul.level0').before('<div class="btn-cat"><div class="inner"></div></div>');
if(mobileDevice == true){
jQuery('#categories-accordion li.level-top.parent').each(function(){
jQuery(this).on({
click: function (){
if(!jQuery(this).hasClass('touched')){
jQuery(this).addClass('touched closed').children('ul').slideToggle(200);
clearTouch(jQuery(this));
return false;
}
}
});
});
}else{
jQuery('#categories-accordion li.level-top.parent .btn-cat').each(function(){
jQuery(this).toggle(function(){
jQuery(this).addClass('closed').next().slideToggle(200);
},function(){
jQuery(this).removeClass('closed').next().slideToggle(200);
})
});
}
}
Would be great, if you could post the jQuery Code :)
Flickering might be solved by using hardware acceleration. You can force the browser to use hardware acceleration by adding "-webkit-transform: translateZ(0);" into the css class of the mobile menu.
mobileMenu {
...
-webkit-transform: translateZ(0);
}
In IE, the dropdown-list takes the same width as the dropbox (I hope I am making sense) whereas in Firefox the dropdown-list's width varies according to the content.
This basically means that I have to make sure that the dropbox is wide enough to display the longest selection possible. This makes my page look very ugly :(
Is there any workaround for this problem?
How can I use CSS to set different widths for dropbox and the dropdownlist?
Here's another jQuery based example. In contrary to all the other answers posted here, it takes all keyboard and mouse events into account, especially clicks:
if (!$.support.leadingWhitespace) { // if IE6/7/8
$('select.wide')
.bind('focus mouseover', function() { $(this).addClass('expand').removeClass('clicked'); })
.bind('click', function() { $(this).toggleClass('clicked'); })
.bind('mouseout', function() { if (!$(this).hasClass('clicked')) { $(this).removeClass('expand'); }})
.bind('blur', function() { $(this).removeClass('expand clicked'); });
}
Use it in combination with this piece of CSS:
select {
width: 150px; /* Or whatever width you want. */
}
select.expand {
width: auto;
}
All you need to do is to add the class wide to the dropdown element(s) in question.
<select class="wide">
...
</select>
Here is a jsfiddle example.
Creating your own drop down list is more of a pain than it's worth. You can use some JavaScript to make the IE drop down work.
It uses a bit of the YUI library and a special extension for fixing IE select boxes.
You will need to include the following and wrap your <select> elements in a <span class="select-box">
Put these before the body tag of your page:
<script src="http://us.js2.yimg.com/us.js.yimg.com/lib/common/utils/2/yahoo_2.0.0-b3.js" type="text/javascript">
</script>
<script src="http://us.js2.yimg.com/us.js.yimg.com/lib/common/utils/2/event_2.0.0-b3.js" type="text/javascript">
</script>
<script src="http://us.js2.yimg.com/us.js.yimg.com/lib/common/utils/2/dom_2.0.2-b3.js" type="text/javascript">
</script>
<script src="ie-select-width-fix.js" type="text/javascript">
</script>
<script>
// for each select box you want to affect, apply this:
var s1 = new YAHOO.Hack.FixIESelectWidth( 's1' ); // s1 is the ID of the select box you want to affect
</script>
Post acceptance edit:
You can also do this without the YUI library and Hack control. All you really need to do is put an onmouseover="this.style.width='auto'" onmouseout="this.style.width='100px'" (or whatever you want) on the select element. The YUI control gives it that nice animation but it's not necessary. This task can also be accomplished with jquery and other libraries (although, I haven't found explicit documentation for this)
-- amendment to the edit:
IE has a problem with the onmouseout for select controls (it doesn't consider mouseover on options being a mouseover on the select). This makes using a mouseout very tricky. The first solution is the best I've found so far.
you could just try the following...
styleClass="someStyleWidth"
onmousedown="javascript:if(navigator.appName=='Microsoft Internet Explorer'){this.style.position='absolute';this.style.width='auto'}"
onblur="this.style.position='';this.style.width=''"
I tried and it works for me. Nothing else is required.
I used the following solution and it seems to work well in most situations.
<style>
select{width:100px}
</style>
<html>
<select onmousedown="if($.browser.msie){this.style.position='absolute';this.style.width='auto'}" onblur="this.style.position='';this.style.width=''">
<option>One</option>
<option>Two - A long option that gets cut off in IE</option>
</select>
</html>
Note: the $.browser.msie does require jquery.
#Thad you need to add a blur event handler as well
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#dropdown").mousedown(function(){
if($.browser.msie) {
$(this).css("width","auto");
}
});
$("#dropdown").change(function(){
if ($.browser.msie) {
$(this).css("width","175px");
}
});
$("#dropdown").blur(function(){
if ($.browser.msie) {
$(this).css("width","175px");
}
});
});
However, this will still expand the selectbox on click, instead of just the elements. (and it seems to fail in IE6, but works perfectly in Chrome and IE7)
There is no way to do it in IE6/IE7/IE8. The control is drawn by the app and IE simply doesn't draw it that way. Your best bet is to implement your own drop-down via simple HTML/CSS/JavaScript if it's that important to have the the drop-down one width and the list another width.
If you use jQuery then try out this IE select width plugin:
http://www.jainaewen.com/files/javascript/jquery/ie-select-style/
Applying this plugin makes the select box in Internet Explorer appear to work as it would work in Firefox, Opera etc by allowing the option elements to open at full width without loosing the look and style of the fixed width. It also adds support for padding and borders on the select box in Internet Explorer 6 and 7.
In jQuery this works fairly well. Assume the dropdown has id="dropdown".
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#dropdown").mousedown(function(){
if($.browser.msie) {
$(this).css("width","auto");
}
});
$("#dropdown").change(function(){
if ($.browser.msie) {
$(this).css("width","175px");
}
});
});
Here is the simplest solution.
Before I start, I must tell you dropdown select box will automatically expand in almost all the browsers except IE6. So, I would do a browser check (i.e., IE6) and write the following only to that browser. Here it goes. First check for the browser.
The code will magically expands the dropdown select box. The only problem with the solution is onmouseover the dropdown will be expanded to 420px, and because the overflow = hidden we are hiding the expanded dropdown size and showing it as 170px; so, the arrow at the right side of the ddl will be hidden and cannot be seen. but the select box will be expanded to 420px; which is what we really want. Just try the code below for yourself and use it if you like it.
.ctrDropDown
{
width:420px; <%--this is the actual width of the dropdown list--%>
}
.ctrDropDownClick
{
width:420px; <%-- this the width of the dropdown select box.--%>
}
<div style="width:170px; overflow:hidden;">
<asp:DropDownList runat="server" ID="ddlApplication" onmouseout = "this.className='ctrDropDown';" onmouseover ="this.className='ctrDropDownClick';" class="ctrDropDown" onBlur="this.className='ctrDropDown';" onMouseDown="this.className='ctrDropDownClick';" onChange="this.className='ctrDropDown';"></asp:DropDownList>
</div>
The above is the IE6 CSS. The common CSS for all other browsers should be as below.
.ctrDropDown
{
width:170px; <%--this is the actual width of the dropdown list--%>
}
.ctrDropDownClick
{
width:auto; <%-- this the width of the dropdown select box.--%>
}
if you want a simple dropdown &/or flyout menu with no transition effects just use CSS... you can force IE6 to support :hover on all element using an .htc file (css3hover?) with behavior (IE6 only property) defined in the conditionally attached CSS file.
check this out.. it's not perfect but it works and it's for IE only and doesn't affect FF. I used the regular javascript for onmousedown to establish IE only fix.. but the msie from jquery could be used as well in the onmousedown.. the main idea is the "onchange" and on blur to have the select box return to normal... decide you're own width for those. I needed 35%.
onmousedown="javascript:if(navigator.appName=='Microsoft Internet Explorer'){this.style.width='auto'}"
onchange="this.style.width='35%'"
onblur="this.style.width='35%'"
BalusC's answer above works great, but there is a small fix I would add if the content of your dropdown has a smaller width than what you define in your CSS select.expand, add this to the mouseover bind:
.bind('mouseover', function() { $(this).addClass('expand').removeClass('clicked');
if ($(this).width() < 300) // put your desired minwidth here
{
$(this).removeClass('expand');
}})
This is something l have done taking bits from other people's stuff.
$(document).ready(function () {
if (document.all) {
$('#<%=cboDisability.ClientID %>').mousedown(function () {
$('#<%=cboDisability.ClientID %>').css({ 'width': 'auto' });
});
$('#<%=cboDisability.ClientID %>').blur(function () {
$(this).css({ 'width': '208px' });
});
$('#<%=cboDisability.ClientID %>').change(function () {
$('#<%=cboDisability.ClientID %>').css({ 'width': '208px' });
});
$('#<%=cboEthnicity.ClientID %>').mousedown(function () {
$('#<%=cboEthnicity.ClientID %>').css({ 'width': 'auto' });
});
$('#<%=cboEthnicity.ClientID %>').blur(function () {
$(this).css({ 'width': '208px' });
});
$('#<%=cboEthnicity.ClientID %>').change(function () {
$('#<%=cboEthnicity.ClientID %>').css({ 'width': '208px' });
});
}
});
where cboEthnicity and cboDisability are dropdowns with option text wider than the width of the select itself.
As you can see, l have specified document.all as this only works in IE. Also, l encased the dropdowns within div elements like this:
<div id="dvEthnicity" style="width: 208px; overflow: hidden; position: relative; float: right;"><asp:DropDownList CssClass="select" ID="cboEthnicity" runat="server" DataTextField="description" DataValueField="id" Width="200px"></asp:DropDownList></div>
This takes care of the other elements moving out of place when your dropdown expands. The only downside here is that the menulist visual disappears when you are selecting but returns as soon as you have selected.
Hope this helps someone.
this is the best way to do this:
select:focus{
min-width:165px;
width:auto;
z-index:9999999999;
position:absolute;
}
it's exactly the same like BalusC solution.
Only this is easier. ;)
A full fledged jQuery plugin is available. It supports non-breaking layout and keyboard interactions, check out the demo page: http://powerkiki.github.com/ie_expand_select_width/
disclaimer: I coded that thing, patches welcome
http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/examples/button/button-menu-select.html#
The jquery BalusC's solution improved by me. Used also: Brad Robertson's comment here.
Just put this in a .js, use the wide class for your desired combos and don't forge to give it an Id. Call the function in the onload (or documentReady or whatever).
As simple ass that :)
It will use the width that you defined for the combo as minimun length.
function fixIeCombos() {
if ($.browser.msie && $.browser.version < 9) {
var style = $('<style>select.expand { width: auto; }</style>');
$('html > head').append(style);
var defaultWidth = "200";
// get predefined combo's widths.
var widths = new Array();
$('select.wide').each(function() {
var width = $(this).width();
if (!width) {
width = defaultWidth;
}
widths[$(this).attr('id')] = width;
});
$('select.wide')
.bind('focus mouseover', function() {
// We're going to do the expansion only if the resultant size is bigger
// than the original size of the combo.
// In order to find out the resultant size, we first clon the combo as
// a hidden element, add to the dom, and then test the width.
var originalWidth = widths[$(this).attr('id')];
var $selectClone = $(this).clone();
$selectClone.addClass('expand').hide();
$(this).after( $selectClone );
var expandedWidth = $selectClone.width()
$selectClone.remove();
if (expandedWidth > originalWidth) {
$(this).addClass('expand').removeClass('clicked');
}
})
.bind('click', function() {
$(this).toggleClass('clicked');
})
.bind('mouseout', function() {
if (!$(this).hasClass('clicked')) {
$(this).removeClass('expand');
}
})
.bind('blur', function() {
$(this).removeClass('expand clicked');
})
}
}
You can add a style directly to the select element:
<select name="foo" style="width: 200px">
So this select item will be 200 pixels wide.
Alternatively you can apply a class or id to the element and reference it in a stylesheet
So far there isn't one. Don't know about IE8 but it cannot be done in IE6 & IE7, unless you implement your own dropdown list functionality with javascript. There are examples how to do it on the web, though I don't see much benefit in duplicating existing functionality.
We have the same thing on an asp:dropdownlist:
In Firefox(3.0.5) the dropdown is the width of the longest item in the dropdown, which is like 600 pixels wide or something like that.
This seems to work with IE6 and doesn't appear to break others. The other nice thing is that it changes the menu automatically as soon as you change your drop down selection.
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#dropdown").mouseover(function(){
if($.browser.msie) {
$(this).css("width","auto");
}
});
$("#dropdown").change(function(){
if ($.browser.msie) {
$("#dropdown").trigger("mouseover");
}
});
});
The hedgerwow link (the YUI animation work-around) in the first best answer is broken, I guess the domain got expired. I copied the code before it got expired, so you can find it here (owner of code can let me know if I am breaching any copyrights by uploading it again)
http://ciitronian.com/blog/programming/yui-button-mimicking-native-select-dropdown-avoid-width-problem/
On the same blog post I wrote about making an exact same SELECT element like the normal one using YUI Button menu. Have a look and let me know if this helps!
Based on the solution posted by Sai, this is how to do it with jQuery.
$(document).ready(function() {
if ($.browser.msie) $('select.wide')
.bind('onmousedown', function() { $(this).css({position:'absolute',width:'auto'}); })
.bind('blur', function() { $(this).css({position:'static',width:''}); });
});
I thought I'd throw my hat in the ring. I make a SaaS application and I had a select menu embedded inside a table. This method worked, but it skewed everything in the table.
onmousedown="if(navigator.appName=='Microsoft Internet Explorer'){this.style.position='absolute';this.style.width='auto'}
onblur="if(navigator.appName=='Microsoft Internet Explorer'){this.style.position=''; this.style.width= '225px';}"
So what I did to make it all better was throw the select inside a z-indexed div.
<td valign="top" style="width:225px; overflow:hidden;">
<div style="position: absolute; z-index: 5;" onmousedown="var select = document.getElementById('select'); if(navigator.appName=='Microsoft Internet Explorer'){select.style.position='absolute';select.style.width='auto'}">
<select name="select_name" id="select" style="width: 225px;" onblur="if(navigator.appName=='Microsoft Internet Explorer'){this.style.position=''; this.style.width= '225px';}" onChange="reportFormValues('filter_<?=$job_id?>','form_values')">
<option value="0">All</option>
<!--More Options-->
</select>
</div>
</td>
I've had to work around this issue and once came up with a pretty complete and scalable solution working for IE6, 7 and 8 (and compatible with other browsers obviously).
I've written a whole article about it right here: http://www.edgeoftheworld.fr/wp/work/dealing-with-fixed-sized-dropdown-lists-in-internet-explorer
Thought I'd share this for people who are still running into this problem, as none of the above solutions work in every case (in my opinion).
I tried all of these solutions and none worked completely for me. This is what I came up with
$(document).ready(function () {
var clicknum = 0;
$('.dropdown').click(
function() {
clicknum++;
if (clicknum == 2) {
clicknum = 0;
$(this).css('position', '');
$(this).css('width', '');
}
}).blur(
function() {
$(this).css('position', '');
$(this).css('width', '');
clicknum = 0;
}).focus(
function() {
$(this).css('position', 'relative');
$(this).css('width', 'auto');
}).mousedown(
function() {
$(this).css('position', 'relative');
$(this).css('width', 'auto');
});
})(jQuery);
Be sure to add a dropdown class to each dropdown in your html
The trick here is using the specialized click function (I found it here Fire event each time a DropDownList item is selected with jQuery). Many of the other solutions on here use the event handler change, which works well but won't trigger if the user selects the same option as was previously selected.
Like many of the other solutions, focus and mousedown is for when the user puts the dropdown in focus, blur is for when they click away.
You may also want to stick some kind of browser detection in this so it only effects ie. It doesn't look bad in other browsers though
Its tested in all version of IE, Chrome, FF & Safari
JavaScript code:
<!-- begin hiding
function expandSELECT(sel) {
sel.style.width = '';
}
function contractSELECT(sel) {
sel.style.width = '100px';
}
// end hiding -->
Html code:
<select name="sideeffect" id="sideeffect" style="width:100px;" onfocus="expandSELECT(this);" onblur="contractSELECT(this);" >
<option value="0" selected="selected" readonly="readonly">Select</option>
<option value="1" >Apple</option>
<option value="2" >Orange + Banana + Grapes</option>