FruitBatInShades Code

Sometimes equal height columns via css can be an absolute nightmare! If you’re using jQuery for other items on the page you can cheat with the following function :

function setEqualHeight(items)
 {
     var highest = 0;
     items.each(
     function(){
        current = $(this).height();
        if(current > highest){
            highest  = current;
        }
     });
     items.height(highest);
 };

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I always seem to forget how to do this so I’m just leaving a note for myself

To convert to string:

Jayrock.Json.Conversion.JsonConvert.ExportToString([object]);

To convert back again

([object])Jayrock.Json.Conversion.JsonConvert.Import(typeof([object]), result);

Coming from a .net background I must admit to missing many of the features that the framework provides like Hastables, Dictionaries and Lists. I've just come up with a really simple dictionary class that I use to hold results from my id parsing routine.

Here is my first freely available jQuery plug-in.  There are a few more to follow soon including a form builder and a file explorer

Overview

I know there are a million calendar selectors out there but I needed one that covered historical dates (1800-2100).  It displays either as a in place calendar in the page or as a drop down aka. combo box style.

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This is the start of a jQuery carousel. I’ve used a few carousels but they require a lot of css editing to get them to change widths etc. I wanted one that could easily adapt to displaying different numbers of items. It accepts a noOfItems config that defines how many items it displays and it adjusts it’s width accordingly. Early days but not bad for a few hours work

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Selectors in JQuery are extremely powerful. This is a simple page to test them and as a quick reminder as to what’s available.