FW: [Chameleon] Hidden Text

[Paul Spencer]

thanks.  I have removed the <BR>s from the cvs version.

Cheers,

Paul

Tracy Howlett wrote:

> Thanks to Matt who helped me sort this out - it was the <br> in the
> XMLThemeLegend.Widget, not in the ContextSelector.Widget.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Spencer [mailto:pagameba@magma.ca] 
> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 12:15 PM
> To: thowlett@whistlermuseum.org
> Cc: spencer@dmsolutions.ca; chameleon@lists.maptools.org
> Subject: Re: FW: [Chameleon] Hidden Text
> 
> Tracy,
> 
> I am sure that there are a bunch more things in there that could output 
> text.  We'll try to clean them up for the next release.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Paul
> 
> Tracy Howlett wrote:
> 
> 
>>I was wondering why I hadn't heard anymore about this but I guess it is 
>>because it ended up being a private discussion.  Anyone else come across 
>>this problem?
>>
>> 
>>
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>>*From:* Tracy Howlett [mailto:thowlett@whistlermuseum.org]
>>*Sent:* Saturday, January 03, 2004 1:13 PM
>>*To:* 'jfournier@dmsolutions.ca'
>>*Subject:* RE: [Chameleon] Hidden Text
>>
>> 
>>
>> 
>>
>>Hi Jason,
>>
>> 
>>
>>I tried removing those breaks before your response so I can tell you 
>>that it doesn't work.  Neither did your new file.
>>
>> 
>>
>>I only installed Chameleon about 3 weeks ago so it should have been a 
>>fairly recent build.  I noticed that someone else asked the same 
>>question a while back and I couldn't find a response.  Maybe I'll search 
>>back and send him a note to see if he got it fixed.
>>
>> 
>>
>>Tracy
>>
>> 
>>
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>>
>>*From:* Jason Fournier [mailto:jfournier@dmsolutions.ca]
>>*Sent:* Saturday, January 03, 2004 12:19 PM
>>*To:* thowlett@whistlermuseum.org
>>*Subject:* Re: [Chameleon] Hidden Text
>>
>> 
>>
>>Tracy,
>>
>>If you look in the source of the file you attached (ie, 
>>ContextSelector.widget.php) you'll find a function called 
>>'GetHTMLHiddenVariables()' beginning on line 172.  Inside this function 
>>are all the hidden variables required for this widget.  You'll notice 
>>that there are <BR>'s included at the end of each hidden variable 
>>declaration.  I'm not sure why they are there but you can safely remove 
>>them - they are the cause of the white space.  The lines containing the 
>><BR>'s to remove are as follows:
>>
>>180
>>184
>>188
>>192
>>225
>>230
>>238
>>
>>I have also attached the file you sent modified with these changes.  To 
>>test this file please make a backup of  
>>/chameleon/htdocs/widgets/ContextSelector.widget.php and place the 
>>attached file in that directory.
>>
>>Let me know if that works.  If it does could you please post this 
>>message to the entire list ... others may be encountering this problem.
>>
>>Please note that the current build of Chameleon contains this fix.
>>
>>Thanks!
>>Jay
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Tracy Howlett wrote:
>>
>>Jason, 
>>
>> 
>>
>>If I am using the contextselector widget it is not consciously.  I just
> 
> took
> 
>>the Chameleon sample and built on it.  What is the ContextSelector widget
>>
>>for??  I've checked the source code and it does seem that 22 lines of
>>
>>'hidden' text are being added including references to the contextselector
>>
>>variables.
>>
>> 
>>
>>Here is the link to my application.
>>
>>http://www.chirpwhistler.info/mapping/CHiRP.phtml
>>
>> 
>>
>>And here is my ContextSelector.Widget file.
>>
>> 
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>> 
>>
>>Tracy
>>
>> 
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>
>>From: chameleon-admin@lists.maptools.org
> 
> <mailto:chameleon-admin@lists.maptools.org>
> 
>>[mailto:chameleon-admin@lists.maptools.org] On Behalf Of Jason Fournier
>>
>>Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 11:16 AM
>>
>>To: thowlett@whistlermuseum.org <mailto:thowlett@whistlermuseum.org>
>>
>>Cc: chameleon@lists.maptools.org <mailto:chameleon@lists.maptools.org>
>>
>>Subject: Re: [Chameleon] Hidden Text
>>
>> 
>>
>>Hi Tracy,
>>
>> 
>>
>>Are you, by chance, using the ContextSelector widget?  I did a little 
>>
>>bit of research and found that, in some cases, the ContextSelector 
>>
>>outputted <br>'s after each Hidden Variable it wrote out to the page.  
>>
>>Please view the source of your page and look for the Hidden Variables 
>>
>>(they should be just after the <BODY> tag).  If this is in fact the case 
>>
>>could you please email me the ContextSelector.widget.php file from your 
>>
>>/chameleon/htdocs/widgets/ directory?
>>
>> 
>>
>>Do you have a publicly available URL of your application?  I could take 
>>
>>a look at the output as well.
>>
>> 
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Jason
>>
>> 
>>
>> 
>>
>> 
>>
>>Tracy Howlett wrote:
>>
>> 
>>
>>  
>>
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>I've seen this question posted a couple of times but haven't found an
>>>
>>>   
>>
>>answer
>>
>>  
>>
>>
>>>yet!  I've got my application working fine now but when the page loads
>>>
>>>   
>>
>>there
>>
>>  
>>
>>
>>>is a bunch of space at the top of the page.  I am pretty new to html
>>>
>>>programming but I figure this is because of all the hidden text?  Is there
>>>
>>>   
>>
>>a
>>
>>  
>>
>>
>>>way to make the application load at the top of the page and leave the
>>>
>>>   
>>
>>hidden
>>
>>  
>>
>>
>>>stuff at the bottom?  I've tried moving the code but that doesn't seem to
>>>
>>>make any difference.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Cheers and Happy New Year,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Tracy
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>-- 
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>> --
>>
>> |Jason Fournier
>>
>> |DM Solutions Group
>>
>> |Application Developer
>>
>> |Ottawa, ON
>>
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>>
>> --
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