Another gmail feature..

**krembo** · 10-09-2006, 07:23 AM

ok kids, that's enough...
stop the ie vs opera vs firefox stupied wars. they don't bring us anywhere. they are just a bunch of browsers, nothing more, nothing less. for me it's the same if the NYT and the WashingtonPost has fought over their paper and printing technique.

Anyway, a good javascript to use on gmail pages is as follows:

javascript:window.clipboardData.setData('Text', window.frames[0].frames[3].document.body.innerHTML).

Since gmail builds their pages with ajax and JS this will bring you the output of the page after all the functions.
The idea is taken from the gmail skin:
http://persistent.info/archives/2004...gmail-skinning

And now back to the topic - does anyone has any idea how to use a link in order to open a browse dialog and to keep this dialog value ok so the form will submit it?

**tech_support** · 10-09-2006, 07:27 AM

stop the ie vs opera vs firefox stupied wars. they don't bring us anywhere. they are just a bunch of browsers, nothing more, nothing less.

FireFox is more secure.
Internet Explorer is not.

FireFox is cool.
Internet Explorer is lame.

And since when did I mention Opera?

Edit: And check out Twey's sig - You might find more reasons to avoid IE there

**djr33** · 10-09-2006, 07:58 AM

Heh. I'm with Tech on this.
However, yes, we're off topic.

Note: gmail was invitation only for the longest time, but now it lets you sign up, but only with a cell phone, which is kinda a pain.

And, sorry, I really have no idea about the browse question. Someone may in a bit. We'll see. I'm curious now.

**tech_support** · 10-09-2006, 08:20 AM

btw: is it possible to change the label on the brose button from "browse.." to something else?

No you can't.

**tech_support** · 10-09-2006, 08:24 AM

G-Mail doesn't require a cell phone number now.

Look at the source:

HTML Code:

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>Gmail</title>
<link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Gmail Atom Feed" href="feed/atom" />
<script src="?view=page&amp;name=browser&amp;ver=o9cia6293i3x"></script>
</head>
<noscript><font face=arial>JavaScript must be enabled in order for you to use Gmail in standard view. However, it seems JavaScript is either disabled or not supported by your browser. To use standard view, enable JavaScript by changing your browser options, then <a href="">try again</a>. <p>To use Gmail's basic HTML view, which does not require JavaScript, <a href="?ui=html&zy=n">click here</a>.</p></font><p><font face=arial>If you want to view Gmail on a mobile phone or similar device <a href="?ui=mobile&zyp=n">click here</a>.</font></p></noscript>
<script>
<!--

var fs_time=(new Date()).getTime();




function wfs() {


try {
if (parent!=window && parent.wfs) {
return false;
}
}catch(e){}



if (top.location.href.indexOf('nocheckbrowser')!=-1) {
return true;
}




if (!is_browser_supported) {
top.location="?ui=html\x26zy=j";
return false;
}


var testcookie='jscookietest=valid';
document.cookie=testcookie;
if (document.cookie.indexOf(testcookie)==-1) {
top.location="html\x2Fnocookies.html";
return false;
}

document.cookie=testcookie+';expires=Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT';


var agt=navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();


if (agt.indexOf('msie')!=-1 && document.all &&
agt.indexOf('opera')==-1 && agt.indexOf('mac')==-1) {


eval('var c=(agt.indexOf("msie 5")!=-1)?"Microsoft.XMLHTTP":"Msxml2.XMLHTTP";try{new ActiveXObject(c);}catch(e){top.location="html\x2Fnoactivex.html";}');
}


return true;

}

function lj() {

js.location.replace("?view=page\x26name=js\x26ver=bvgw6s37bz2k");

}




if (wfs()) {


document.write('<frameset onload=lj() rows="100%,*" border=0><frame name=main src="?view=page&amp;name=loading&amp;ver=h606kb6zstq1" frameborder=0 noresize scrolling=no><frame name=js src="?view=page&amp;name=loading&amp;ver=h606kb6zstq1" frameborder=0 noresize></frameset>');
}
-->
</script>
</html>

Can you believe that theres no DOCTYPE?

**djr33** · 10-09-2006, 08:42 AM

Ha. Gmail is better than a doctype.

**krembo** · 10-09-2006, 09:04 AM

Any JavaScript guru around?

**tech_support** · 10-09-2006, 09:31 AM

Try this:

HTML Code:

<html>

<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<title>Attach File&nbsp; Remove</title>
<script>
function toggleElement(elementId,mode)	{

	element = document.getElementById(elementId)
	element.style.display = mode
}
</script>
</head>

<body>
<div id="attach">
<a href="javascript:toggleElement('browseFile','block');javascript:toggleElement('removeLink','block')">Attach File</a><br />
<input type="file" style="display:none" id="browseFile"><span id="removeLink" style="display:none"> <a href="javascript:toggleElement('browseFile','none');toggleElement('removeLink','none')">Remove</a></span>

</div></body>

</html>

**krembo** · 10-09-2006, 09:58 AM

tech_support, if this was the answer, i would never ask the question :-)
I don't want to show and hide a div. this is a trick for beginners.
What google does is that they launch the browse dialog box when pressing the link. This can be done by using the

onclick="FileFieldID.click();"

but again, the value it stores is erased immidiently as you press the submit form button since the user did not manually clicked the button himself.

Google has managed to sort this problem somehow, and the question is - HOW??!

**tech_support** · 10-09-2006, 10:03 AM

I don't know what you mean

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