script.aculo.us InPlaceEditor highlightColor Option
The script.aculo.us library is a cross-browser library that aims at improving the user interface of a website. The Ajax.InPlaceEditor is used to make elements editable thereby allowing the user to edit content on the page and submit the changes to the server.
The InPlaceEditor highlightColor option is used to specify the color to be used when the user hovers over an editable element. The color must be specified in six hex digits. The default color is a shade of yellow.
Syntax:
{ highlightColor : color }
Parameters: This option has a single value as mentioned above and described below:
- color: This is a string that specifies the color to be used when the user hovers over an editable element. The default color is a shade of yellow.
The below example illustrates the use of this option.
Example:
The below script is required to simulate the saving of data to the server.
PHP
<?php if ( isset( $_REQUEST [ "value" ]) ) { $str = $_REQUEST [ "value" ]; echo $str ; } ?> |
The below script demonstrates this with the example:
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html> < html > < head > < script type = "text/javascript" src = "prototype.js" > </ script > < script type = "text/javascript" src = "scriptaculous.js?load = controls" > </ script > < script type = "text/javascript" > window.onload = function () { // Default InplaceEditor with no // options new Ajax.InPlaceEditor( 'editableElement', 'http://localhost/tmpscripts/inplace.php', ); // InPlaceEditor with a custom color // assigned new Ajax.InPlaceEditor( 'editableElement2', 'http://localhost/tmpscripts/inplace.php', { // Specify the color to // be used to highlight the // element highlightColor: "#00FF00" } ); // InPlaceEditor with a custom color // assigned new Ajax.InPlaceEditor( 'editableElement3', 'http://localhost/tmpscripts/inplace.php', { // Specify the color to // be used to highlight the // element highlightColor: "#FF00FF" } ); } </ script > </ head > < body > < h1 style = "color: green" > w3wiki </ h1 > < h2 >InPlaceEditor highlightColor Option</ h2 > < p > The "highlightColor" option is used to specify the color to be used when the user hovers over the editable element. </ p > < b > This element has the highlightColor as the default one. </ b > < div id = "editableElement" > Hover over this element to see the highlightColor. </ div > < br > < b > This element has the highlightColor set to a custom color. </ b > < div id = "editableElement2" > Hover over this element to see the highlightColor. </ div > < br > < b > This element has the highlightColor set to a another custom color. </ b > < div id = "editableElement3" > Hover over this element to see another highlightColor. </ div > </ body > </ html > |
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