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Javascript hiding and showing dynamic content of a div

Currently I hide and show the content of a div like this:
var header = null;
var content = null;
var mainHolder = null;
var expandCollapseBtn = null;
var heightValue = 0;
header = document.getElementById("header");
content = document.getElementById("content");
mainHolder = document.getElementById("mainHolder");
expandCollapseBtn = header.getElementsByTagName('img')[0];
heightValue = mainHolder.offsetHeight;
header.addEventListener('click', handleClick, false);
mainHolder.addEventListener('webkitTransitionEnd',transitionEndHandler,false);
function handleClick() {
if(expandCollapseBtn.src.search('collapse') !=-1)
{
mainHolder.style.height = "26px";
content.style.display = "none";
}
else
{
mainHolder.style.height = heightValue + "px";
}
}
function transitionEndHandler() {
if(expandCollapseBtn.src.search('collapse') !=-1)
{
expandCollapseBtn.src = "expand1.png";
}
else{
expandCollapseBtn.src = "collapse1.png";
content.style.display = "block";
}
}
This is fine if the content is static, but I'm trying to populate my div dynamically like so.
This is called from an iphone application and populates the div with a string.
var method;
function myFunc(str)
{
method = str;
alert(method);
document.getElementById('method').innerHTML = method;
}
I store the string globally in the variable method. The problem I am having is now when I try expand the div I have just collapsed there is nothing there. Is there some way that I could use the information stored in var to repopulate the div before expanding it again? I've tried inserting it like I do in the function but it doesn't work.
Does anyone have any ideas?
to replicate:
Here is the jsfiddle. jsfiddle.net/6a9B3 If you type in text between
here it will work fine. I'm not sure
how I can call myfunc with a string only once in this jsfiddle, but if
you can work out how to do that you will see it loads ok the first
time, but when you collapse the section and attempt to re open it, it
wont work.
If the only way to fix this is using jquery I dont mind going down that route.

is it working in other browsers?
can you jsfiddle.net for present functionality because it is hard to understand context of problem in such code-shoot...
there are tonns of suggestions :) but I have strong feeling that
document.getElementById('method')
returns wrong element or this element not placed inside mainHolder
update: after review sample in jsfiddle
feeling about wrong element was correct :) change 'method' to 'info'
document.getElementById('method') -> document.getElementById('info')

I think you want to use document.getElementById('content') instead of document.getElementById('method') in myFunc.

I really see nothing wrong with this code. However, a guess you could explore is altering the line
content.style.display = "none";
It might be the case that whatever is displaying your html ( a webview or the browser itself) might be wiping the content of the elemtns, as the display is set to none

Safari print with Javascript produces blank when printing an Iframe

I have read up on all issues regarding Safari and blank printing. It seems that a white flash happens, re-rendering the page, and content of the iframe is lost before a print dialog can grab it.
Here is my javascript - It works in all browsers except safari. It brings up the dialog, but prints a blank page.
function PrintPopupCode(id) {
framedoc = document;
var popupFrame = $(framedoc).find("#" + id + '\\!PopupFrame');
var icontentWindow = popupFrame[0].contentWindow || popupFrame[0].contentDocument;
icontentWindow.focus();
icontentWindow.print();
}
function PrintPopup(id) {
setTimeout(function () { PrintPopupCode(id) }, 3000);
}
I have set a timeout, i previously read it would help if the transfer of content took sometime, but it has not helped.
I have also tried with printElement() function on the icontentWindow variable, but it does not support this method.
Print Element Method
This is all in a .js file, and not on the page. I have tried on the page, but the same thing happens.
Help?

Maybe you should try this:
function PrintPopupCode(id) {
framedoc = document;
var popupFrame = $(framedoc).find("#" + id + '\\!PopupFrame');
var icontentWindow = popupFrame[0].contentWindow || popupFrame[0].contentDocument;
icontentWindow.focus();
setTimeout(icontentWindow.print, 3000);
}
function PrintPopup(id) {
PrintPopupCode(id);
}

display message javascript while a calculation is being made

I have been looking around and I cannot seem to figure out how to do this, although it seems like it would be very simple.(mobile development)
What I am trying to do is display a message (kind of like an alert, but not an alert, more like a dialog) while a calculation is being made. Simply like a Loading please wait. I want the message to appear and stay there while the calculation is being done and then be removed. I just cannot seem to find a proper way of doing this.
The submit button is pressed and first checks to make sure all the forms are filled out then it should show the message, it does the calculation, then hides the message.
Here is the Calculation function.
function scpdResults(form) {
//call all of the "choice" functions here
//otherwise, when the page is refreshed, the pulldown might not match the variable
//this shouldn't be a problem, but this is the defensive way to code it
choiceVoltage(form);
choiceMotorRatingVal(form);
getMotorRatingType();
getProduct();
getConnection();
getDisconnect();
getDisclaimer();
getMotorType();
//restore these fields to their default values every time submit is clicked
//this puts the results table into a known state
//it is also used in error checking in the populateResults function
document.getElementById('results').innerHTML = "Results:";
document.getElementById('fuse_cb_sel').innerHTML = "Fuse/CB 1:";
document.getElementById('fuse_cb_sel_2').innerHTML = "Fuse/CB 2:";
document.getElementById('fuse_cb_result').innerHTML = "(result1)";
document.getElementById('fuse_cb_res_2').innerHTML = "(result2)";
document.getElementById('sccr_2').innerHTML = "<b>Fault Rating:</b>";
document.getElementById('sccr_result').innerHTML = "(result)";
document.getElementById('sccr_result_2').innerHTML = "(result)";
document.getElementById('contactor_result').innerHTML = "(result)";
document.getElementById('controller_result').innerHTML = "(result)";
//Make sure something has been selected for each variable
if (product === "Choose an Option." || product === "") {
alert("You must select a value for every field. Select a Value for Product");
**************BLAH************
} else {
//valid entries, so jump to results table
document.location.href = '#results_a';
******This is where the message should start being displayed***********
document.getElementById('motor_result').innerHTML = motorRatingVal + " " + motorRatingType;
document.getElementById('voltage_res_2').innerHTML = voltage + " V";
document.getElementById('product_res_2').innerHTML = product;
document.getElementById('connection_res_2').innerHTML = connection;
document.getElementById('disconnect_res_2').innerHTML = disconnect;
if (BLAH) {
}
else {
}
populateResults();
document.getElementById('CalculatedResults').style.display = "block";
} //end massive else statement that ensures all fields have values
*****Close out of the Loading message********
} //scpd results
Thank you all for your time, it is greatly appreciated

It is a good idea to separate your display code from the calculation code. It should roughly look like this
displayDialog();
makeCalculation();
closeDialog();
If you are having trouble with any of those steps, please add it to your question.

Computers are fast. Really fast. Most modern computers can do several billion instructions per second. Therefore, I'm fairly certain you can rely on a a setTimeout function to fire around 1000ms to be sufficient to show a loading message.
if (product === "Choose an Option." || product === "") {
/* ... */
} else {
/* ... */
var loader = document.getElementById('loader');
loader.style.display = 'block';
window.setTimeout(function() {
loader.style.display = 'none';
document.getElementById('CalculatedResults').style.display = "block";
}, 1000);
}
<div id="loader" style="display: none;">Please wait while we calculate.</div>

You need to give the UI main thread a chance to render your message before starting your calculation.
This is often done like this:
showMessage();
setTimeout(function() {
doCalculation();
cleanUp()
}, 0);
Using the timer allows the code to fall through into the event loop, update the UI, and then start up the calculation.

You're already using a section to pop up a "results" page -- why not pop up a "calculating" page?
Really, there are 4,000,000 different ways of tackling this problem, but why not try writing a "displayCalculatingMessage" function and a "removeCalculatingMessage" function, if you don't want to get all object-oriented on such a simple thing.
function displayCalculatingMessage () {
var submit_button = getSubmitButton();
submit_button.disabled = true;
// optionally get all inputs and disable those, as well
// now, you can either do something like pop up another hidden div,
// that has the loading message in it...
// or you could do something like:
var loading_span = document.createElement("span");
loading_span.id = "loading-message";
loading_span.innerText = "working...";
submit_button.parentElement.replaceChild(loading_span, submit_button);
}
function removeCalculatingMessage () {
var submit_button = getSubmitButton(),
loading_span = document.getElementById("loading-message");
submit_button.disabled = false;
loading_span.parentElement.replaceChild(submit_button, loading_span);
// and then reenable any other disabled elements, et cetera.
// then bring up your results div...
// ...or bring up your results div and do this after
}
There are a billion ways of accomplishing this, it all comes down to how you want it to appear to the user -- WHAT you want to have happen.

Javascript - How to disable the print dialog after first show?

On one of our pages the user has the option to print a selected list of html pages. This is how it is at the moment
var rowcount = FrmMain.RowCount;
var frame = FrmMain.Frame;
for(i=1;i<=rowcount;i++)
{
var obj = FrmMain.elements("chk_" + i);
if(obj.checked)
{
frame.src = FrmMain.elements("hpath" + i).value;
window.frames[frame.id].focus();
window.frames[frame.id].print();
}
}
Now this works fine. The problem is that on each loop the print dialog box is displayed and the user has to click print.
Basically, what I'm asking is whether that is a way to supress this dialog. It must appear at the first time but hide thereafter. Some thing like below
var show = true;
...
{
...
{
...
if(show)
{
window.frames[frame.id].focus();
window.frames[frame.id].print();
show = false;
}
else
{
window.frames[frame.id].focus();
window.frames[frame.id].printwithoutdialog();
}
}
}
I hope I've been clear. Thanks in advance.

For security / privacy reasons, this is impossible.
Otherwise, ads would automatically print their brochures.
Instead, you can combine all of the pages into a single frame.

Some browsers have an option bypass the dialog, but it can't be done in javascript.

Get control properties with javascript in firefox

I'm trying to access control's properties and although it works great in IE6, in FF3, it fails. I'm doing:
alert(document.getElementById(gridViewCtlId).style.display);
alert(document.getElementById(gridViewCtlId).style);
And the first one shows a blank popup while the second shows 'undefined'.
I do
alert(document.getElementById(gridViewCtlId).id);
and I get the proper ID of the box along with:
alert(document.getElementById(gridViewCtlId));
and I get that in an HTML table.
This works perfectly in IE but not FF. What do I need to do to get this functioning?
Edit: gridViewCtlId is defined as:
var gridViewCtlId = '<%=GridView.ClientID%>';
Here is the full code:
var itemVisible= '<%=ItemVisible.ClientID%>';
function onGridViewRowSelected(rowIdx)
{
alert(document.getElementById(gridViewCtlId).style.display);
alert(document.getElementById(gridViewCtlId).style);
if (document.getElementById(gridViewCtlId).disabled == false)
{
alert("hi1");
var selRowCCA = getSelectedRow(rowIdx);
if (curSelRow != null)
{
alert("hi2");
var previousRow = getSelectedRow(previousRowIndx);
var CountIdx = previousRowIndx % 2;
if (document.getElementById(itemVisible) == null)
{
if (CountIdx == 0)
{
alert("hi");
previousRow.style.backgroundColor = 'Silver';
}
else
{
previousRow.style.backgroundColor = 'White';
}
}
}
if (null != selRow)
{
alert("new");
previousRowIndx = rowIdx;
curSelRow = selRow;
selRow.style.backgroundColor = 'Red';
}
}
}
It's pretty much an onClick where I have to call that function to turn it back to its original color (using alternating color rows). IE, this works fine. If i do the first alert
alert(document.getElementById(gridViewCtlId).disabled);
I would get either true or false.
The reason it's like this is because someone is going to enter something in a text box and the first gridview is going to populate depending on whats in that textbox. Then when someone selected something in the first gridview, that gridview is going to become disabled and then populate a second. So i'm having an issue checking for the disabled part of the gridview.

<div id="test">
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var gridViewCtlIdCCA = 'test';
alert(document.getElementById(gridViewCtlIdCCA).style);
</script>
Alerts [object CSSStyleDefintion] in Firefox 2 and 3.
If .style where undefined, .style.display would produce an error, not alert an empty dialog (unless you are capturing window.onerror).
Can you create an SSCCE that demonstrates the problem. More information about SSCCE available here.