This is something I developed for Train, The PM system requires that the user type in the username of the intended recipient , this is a perfect place to use Auto Completetion.
After a bit of searching i discovered that you can do auto completetion in rails, but it uses prototype, which aside from being obtrusive [...]
In this article i will show you how to create a simple javascript editor that inserts some content into a text area, in my case bbcode. Its sole purpose its to make using bbcode easier for the end user. It isnt a WYSIWYG Editor!
The first and most important part is the text area, this is [...]
Overlay boxes are poping up all over the place now, the most common use ive seen is to display a bigger version of an image when you click on a thumbnail.
They arent hard to create, all you need is 2 or 3 divs and a few lines of javascript, for a basic one. There are [...]