Comments for Neil's Place http://www.xulplanet.com/ndeakin Wed, 14 May 2008 08:46:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 Comment on Scriptable IO by Michael http://www.xulplanet.com/ndeakin/item/3#comment-457 Michael Sun, 20 Apr 2008 03:02:46 +0000 http://www.xulplanet.com/ndeakin/item/3#comment-457 This would be cool if they actually did it. I have my own collection of functions the I carry around to handle all my file.io stuff since I hate having to write it all the time. Just nice and simple fileGetContents(nsiFile) filePutContents(nsiFile,data) getUrlContents(aURL) and askForFile() It would be good if Firefox/Mozilla came with it by default. This would be cool if they actually did it. I have my own collection of functions the I carry around to handle all my file.io stuff since I hate having to write it all the time. Just nice and simple fileGetContents(nsiFile) filePutContents(nsiFile,data) getUrlContents(aURL) and askForFile()

It would be good if Firefox/Mozilla came with it by default.

]]> Comment on About those labels by Michael http://www.xulplanet.com/ndeakin/item/12#comment-456 Michael Sun, 20 Apr 2008 02:47:43 +0000 http://www.xulplanet.com/ndeakin/item/12#comment-456 If I remember right Jorge this might be because there is no width set for its parent in which case that just expands. It has been a while thought, so I might be wrong. If I remember right Jorge this might be because there is no width set for its parent in which case that just expands.

It has been a while thought, so I might be wrong.

]]> Comment on Future of XULPlanet by rvj http://www.xulplanet.com/ndeakin/item/8#comment-439 rvj Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:55:08 +0000 http://www.xulplanet.com/ndeakin/item/8#comment-439 as a non-techie, I value examples almost more important than documentation - its a way of getting started some kind of database that maybe can suggest a list of examples? eg how do I style the selected item in tree and listbox elements ps big thanks for past efforts as a non-techie, I value examples almost more important than documentation - its a way of getting started

some kind of database that maybe can suggest a list of examples?

eg how do I style the selected item in tree and listbox elements

ps big thanks for past efforts

]]> Comment on Future of XULPlanet by .jon http://www.xulplanet.com/ndeakin/item/8#comment-437 .jon Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:37:06 +0000 http://www.xulplanet.com/ndeakin/item/8#comment-437 I always loved XULPlanet. But I am all for having all in one place. Under one premise: All the docs from XULPlanet go to MDC and not just a subset of it. Also, please keep the emelref.xml (forgot exact name) alive and downloadable. Thanks! I always loved XULPlanet. But I am all for having all in one place. Under one premise:

All the docs from XULPlanet go to MDC and not just a subset of it. Also, please keep the emelref.xml (forgot exact name) alive and downloadable. Thanks!

]]> Comment on About those labels by Jorge http://www.xulplanet.com/ndeakin/item/12#comment-432 Jorge Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:18:15 +0000 http://www.xulplanet.com/ndeakin/item/12#comment-432 I wrote a post related to this a long time ago, due to a lot of suffering experienced when handling text + templates: http://xulsolutions.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-to-handle-text-and-keep-your.html The textbox solution was the best I could find when dealing with templates that may have breaking text. I tried with textnode, only to find that the text wouldn't break. I wrote a post related to this a long time ago, due to a lot of suffering experienced when handling text + templates:
http://xulsolutions.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-to-handle-text-and-keep-your.html
The textbox solution was the best I could find when dealing with templates that may have breaking text. I tried with textnode, only to find that the text wouldn’t break.

]]> Comment on About those labels by Aaron Leventhal http://www.xulplanet.com/ndeakin/item/12#comment-419 Aaron Leventhal Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:28:47 +0000 http://www.xulplanet.com/ndeakin/item/12#comment-419 Please use the control attribute! This associates each label or description with a form control. If the description applies to an entire container such as a groupbox or panel, then associate it with the id for that. This makes the label and description text get spoken at appropriate times by screen readers. <em>No, only label supports the control attribute. - Neil</em> Please use the control attribute!

This associates each label or description with a form control. If the description applies to an entire container such as a groupbox or panel, then associate it with the id for that.

This makes the label and description text get spoken at appropriate times by screen readers.

No, only label supports the control attribute. - Neil

]]> Comment on About those labels by Neil http://www.xulplanet.com/ndeakin/item/12#comment-418 Neil Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:28:12 +0000 http://www.xulplanet.com/ndeakin/item/12#comment-418 I guess we can't trust the author of XULPlanet any more ;-) I guess we can’t trust the author of XULPlanet any more ;-)

]]> Comment on Speaking of which… by Gomita http://www.xulplanet.com/ndeakin/item/9#comment-353 Gomita Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:30:44 +0000 http://www.xulplanet.com/ndeakin/item/9#comment-353 Hi, Thanks for the update. I recently found that XULPlanet's XPCOM references lack some informations compared with the original IDL comments. For example, the reference of nsIWebBrowserPersist lacks "No special persistence behaviour.", which is the description of "PERSIST_FLAGS_NONE". For more details, please compare: http://www.xulplanet.com/references/xpcomref/ifaces/nsIWebBrowserPersist.html http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/embedding/components/webbrowserpersist/public/nsIWebBrowserPersist.idl If this problem will be fixed, XULPlanet's reference would be perfect! Hi,

Thanks for the update.
I recently found that XULPlanet’s XPCOM references lack some informations compared with the original IDL comments.
For example, the reference of nsIWebBrowserPersist lacks “No special persistence behaviour.”, which is the description of “PERSIST_FLAGS_NONE”.

For more details, please compare:
http://www.xulplanet.com/references/xpcomref/ifaces/nsIWebBrowserPersist.html
http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/embedding/components/webbrowserpersist/public/nsIWebBrowserPersist.idl

If this problem will be fixed, XULPlanet’s reference would be perfect!

]]> Comment on Speaking of which… by Ian McKellar http://www.xulplanet.com/ndeakin/item/9#comment-341 Ian McKellar Sat, 09 Feb 2008 18:43:09 +0000 http://www.xulplanet.com/ndeakin/item/9#comment-341 You're my hero! :) Ian You’re my hero! :)

Ian

]]> Comment on Speaking of which… by davide ficano http://www.xulplanet.com/ndeakin/item/9#comment-340 davide ficano Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:26:57 +0000 http://www.xulplanet.com/ndeakin/item/9#comment-340 Very useful, thanks :-) Very useful, thanks :-)

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