I'm trying to bind the background-img: url('') property in a WinJS application.
I've got a view model property which is set to something dynamic like:
'images/' + myObject.name + '.jpg'
But I'm unsure how to use data-win-bind to set said property to the css property background-img: url(''); correctly.
My template is currently set like this:
<div class="item" data-win-bind="style.backgroundImage: backgroundImageUrl">
Where backgroundImageUrl is my view model property, but this does not seem to setting things correctly.
Any ideas as to how to bind to these properties?
Your data-win-bind syntax looks correct. So there could be two possibilities.
First, make sure you've called WinJS.Binding.processAll. That's necessary to set the binding context and set up the bindings described by data-win-bind attributes. Nothing happens without it.
Second, the value of the source's backgroundImageUrl must be a string in the form that CSS expects, that is, "url('')". It can't just be the relative path itself, like you would use with an img.src target.
To do this, either make the source's property in that form, or use a binding initializer/converter to add the url('') part automatically. For more on that, I suggest looking at Chapter 6 of my free ebook, Programming Windows Store Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, 2nd Edition, with the general data-binding discussion starting on page 299 and the initializer stuff starting on page 315.
I have problem with client side in Task list in Sharepoint 2013. I need to distinguish maintask (set the background color for example). I tried to change styles ".ms-listviewtable .ms-itmhover" and ".ms-alternating" in core15v.css, but did not get the expected result. How i can solve this problem?
It's best to leave core15 as is OOTB and add a new stylesheet with your overwrites. Make sure this new stylesheet is called after core15 in the masterpage and use the inspector in your browser to make sure you're getting the entire selector. If you write new properties for .ms-listviewtable but core15 uses #s4-workspace .ms-listviewtable, the one defined in core15 will take precedence as a more specific selector.
This is may be very noobish and a bit embarrassing but I am struggling to figure out how to make checkboxes 'checked' using CSS?
The case is that if a parent has a class setup (for example) I'd like to have all the checkboxes having setup as parent to be checked. I'm guessing this is not doable in pure CSS, correct? I don't mind using JS but am just very curious if I could toggle the state of the checkboxes along with that of their parent (by toggling the class).
Here's a fiddle to play around with.
A checkbox being "checked" is not a style. It's a state. CSS cannot control states. You can fake something by using background images of check marks and lists and what not, but that's not really what you're talking about.
The only way to change the state of a checkbox is serverside in the HTML or with Javascript.
EDIT
Here's a fiddle of that pseduo code. The things is, it's rather pointless.
It means you need to adding a CSS class to an element on the server that you want to jQuery to "check". If you're doing that, you might as well add the actually element attribute while you're at it.
http://jsfiddle.net/HnEgT/
So, it makes me wonder if I'm just miss-understanding what you're talking about. I'm starting to think that there's a client side script changing states and you're looking to monitor for that?
EDIT 2
Upon some reflection of the comments and some quick digging, if you want a JavaScript solution to checking a checkbox if there's some other JavaScript plugin that might change the an attribute value (something that doesn't have an event trigger), the only solution would be to do a simple "timeout" loop that continuously checks a group of elements for a given class and updates them.
All you'd have to do then is set how often you want this timeout to fire. In a sense, it's a form of "long polling" but without actually going out to the server for data updates. It's all client side. Which, I suppose, is what "timeout" is called. =P
Here's a tutorial I found on the subject:
http://darcyclarke.me/development/detect-attribute-changes-with-jquery/
I'll see if I can whip up a jQuery sample.
UPDATE
Here's a jsfiddle of a timeout listener to check for CSS classes being added to a checkbox and setting their state to "checked".
http://jsfiddle.net/HnEgT/5/
I added a second function to randomly add a "checked" class to a checkbox ever couple of seconds.
I hope that helps!
Not possible in pure css.
However, you could have a jQuery event which is attached to all elements of a class, thereby triggering the check or uncheck based on class assignments.
Perhaps like this:
function toggleCheck(className){
$("."+className).each( function() {
$(this).toggleClass("checkedOn");
});
$(".checkedOn").each( function() {
$(this).checked = "checked";
});
}
Hopefully someone can help me, either by telling me it cant be done or pointing me in the right direction.
I am trying to use Watir Ruby written tests to check a CSS element is being applied to my page when a check box is checked.
I can check the checkbox attribute fine and see that it is checked, but a differnt test i have to perform is to check that the image has been highlighted after the checking the checkbox.
Currently i have not been able to find anything useful around after a couple of hours of searching. Has anyone come across a problem liek this you ahve had to overcome, and if so how did you go about it.
Thanks in advance
If you're using vanilla Watir (meaning IE browser on Windows) then it is also possible to get style of the element from win32ole object:
irb(main):001:0> require "watir"
=> true
irb(main):002:0> b = Watir::Browser.new
=> #<Watir::IE:0x4bce118 url="about:blank" title="">
irb(main):003:0> b.goto "google.com"
=> 2.298132
irb(main):004:0> i = b.image(:alt => "Google")
=> #<Watir::Image:0x433fa28 located=false how={:alt=>"Google"} what=nil>
irb(main):005:0> i.style
=> #<WIN32OLE:0x431ca90>
irb(main):008:0> i.style.paddingTop
=> "26px"
This #style method also returns computed style, e.g. styles from CSS and not just from style tag.
You can check out all the possible style ole methods from msdn at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms535870(v=vs.85).aspx under styles properties.
How do you apply the CSS element to image after checking the checkbox? If you add the class attribute for highlighting, I guess checking class attribute is the simplest way.
for example
browser.image.class_name =~ /foobar/
If using style attribute, I think you might need to check HTML itself, like
browser.image.html =~ /style=\"?foobar\"?/
Is it possible to prevent an asp.net Hyperlink control from linking, i.e. so that it appears as a label, without actually having to replace the control with a label? Maybe using CSS or setting an attribute?
I know that marking it as disabled works but then it gets displayed differently (greyed out).
To clarify my point, I have a list of user names at the top of my page which are built dynamically using a user control. Most of the time these names are linkable to an email page. However if the user has been disabled the name is displayed in grey but currently still links to the email page. I want these disabled users to not link.
I know that really I should be replacing them with a label but this does not seem quite as elegant as just removing the linking ability usings CSS say (if thats possible). They are already displayed in a different colour so its obvious that they are disabled users. I just need to switch off the link.
This sounds like a job for JQuery. Just give a specific class name to all of the HyperLink controls that you want the URLs removed and then apply the following JQuery snippet to the bottom of your page:
$(document).ready(function() {
$('a.NoLink').removeAttr('href')
});
All of the HyperLink controls with the class name "NoLink" will automatically have all of their URLs removed and the link will appear to be nothing more than text.
A single line of JQuery can solve your problem.
I'm curious on what it is you which to accomplish with that. Why use a link at all?
Is it just for the formatting? In that case, just use a <span> in HTML and use stylesheets to make the format match the links.
Or you use the link and attach an onClick-Event where you "return false;" which will make the browser not do the navigation - if JS is enabled.
But: Isn't that terribly confusing for your users? Why create something that looks like a link but does nothing?
Can you provide more details? I have this feeling that you are trying to solve a bigger problem which has a way better solution than to cripple a link :-)
A Hyperlink control will render as a "a" "/a" tag no matter what settings you do. You can customize a CSS class to make the link look like a normal label.
Alternatively you can build a custom control that inherits from System.Web.UI.WebControls.HyperLink, and override the Render method
protected override void Render(HtmlTextWriter writer)
{
if (Enabled)
base.Render(writer);
else
{
writer.RenderBeginTag(HtmlTextWriterTag.Span);
writer.Write(Text);
writer.RenderEndTag(HtmlTextWriterTag.Span);
}
}
}
Could be a bit overkill, but it will work for your requirements.
Plus I find is usefull to have a base asp:CustomHyperlink asp:CustomButton classes in my project files. Makes it easier to define custom behaviour throughout the project.
If you merely want to modify the appearance of the link so as not to look like a link, you can set the CSS for your "a" tags to not have underlines:
a: link, visited, hover, active {
text-decoration: none;
}
Though I would advise against including "hover" here because there will be no other way to know that it's a link.
Anyway I agree with #pilif here, this looks like a usability disaster waiting to happen.
If you mean to stop the link from activating, the usual way is to link to "javascript:void(0);", i.e.:
foo
This should work:
onclick="return false;"
if not, you could change href to "#" also. Making it appear as a rest of text is css, e.g. displaying arrow instead of hand is:
a.dummy {
cursor:default;
}
Thanks for all the input, it looks like the short answer is 'No you can't (well not nicely anyway)', so I'll have to do it the hard way and add the conditional code.
If you are using databind in asp.net handle the databinding event and just don't set the NavigateUrl if that users is disabled.
Have you tried just not setting the NavigateUrl property? If this isn't set, it may just render as a span.
.fusion-link-wrapper { pointer-events: none; }
Another solution is apply this class on your hyperlink.
.avoid-clicks {
pointer-events: none;
}
CSS solution to make tags with no href (which is what asp:HyperLink will produce if NavigateURL is bound to null/empty string) visually indistinguishable from the surrounding text:
a:not([href]), a:not([href]):hover, a:not([href]):active, a:not([href]):visited {
text-decoration: inherit !important;
color: inherit !important;
cursor: inherit !important;
}
Unfortunately, this won't tell screen readers not to read it out as a link - though without an href, it's not clickable, so I'm hoping it already won't be identified as such. I haven't had the chance to test it though.
(If you also want to do the same to links with href="", as well as those missing an href, you would need to add pointer-events:none as well, since otherwise an empty href will reload the page. This definitely leaves screen readers still treating it as a link, though.)
In the OP's use case, if you still have the href being populated from the database but have a boolean value that indicates whether the link should be a 'real' link or not, you should use that to disable the link, and add a:disabled to the selector list above. Then disabled links will also look like plain text rather than a greyed-out link. (Disabling the link will also provide that information to screen readers, so that's better than just using pointer-events: none and a class.)
A note of caution - if you add these sorts of rules globally rather than for a specific page, remember to watch out for cases where an tag has no (valid) href, but you are providing a click handler - you still need those to look/act like links.