Zen Coding – VS Studio Plugin

by Bill Beckelman 28. November 2009 12:13
Last week I saw an article on Ajaxian about Zen Coding which is a way to generate html markup and css from css selectors. Something like div#Dialog>fieldset>ol>li*3>label + a hotkey will create: Code Snippet <div id="Dialog">     <fieldset> ... [More]

Use jQuery to Show a Link’s Address After its Text When Printing In IE6 and IE7

by Bill Beckelman 16. February 2009 22:10
I found a cool trick in a post by Remy Sharp that appends the address of a hyperlink to the end of the link’s text when the page is printed. Unfortunately the trick only works in browsers that support the CSS2 pseudo selector :after. Firefox, Safari, Chrome*, Opera and now IE8 all support the select... [More]

Tags:

ASP.NET | CSS | jQuery

More jQuery Alert Dialogs Demo

by Bill Beckelman 14. January 2009 06:48
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about Cory S.N. LaViska’s new jQuery Alert Dialogs Plugin. Since then I have used it quite a bit and have been really happy with its ease of use and simplicity. At the end of the my first post about the plugin I said I would try and show you a way to setup an alert from... [More]

Tags:

ASP.NET | jQuery | CSS

Use CSS and jQuery to let User Choose to Print in Black and White or Color

by Bill Beckelman 23. September 2008 19:58
I have some reports on our intranet that look great in color on the screen, but if someone lucky enough to have a color inkjet sitting on their desk prints them it's pretty likely they have no idea how to change the print settings to black and white to save their color ink if they want to. Today I w... [More]

Tags:

ASP.NET | CSS | jQuery

Override Chrome's Automatic Border Around Active Fields Using CSS

by Bill Beckelman 15. September 2008 10:49
There might be a time when you don't want Chrome's automatic border around active fields or you want to change its color or something. Its pretty easy to change using CSS if you need to.Demo To remove the border for all fields you can use the following: *:focus {outline: none;} To remove the borde... [More]

Tags:

Chrome | CSS

Powered by BlogEngine.NET 1.4.5.7
Theme by Mads Kristensen


About Me

I live and work in Salt Lake City, Utah. My background is in aviation. I have a degree in Aeronautical Science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, AZ. I have worked as a commercial airline pilot and most recently as a technical advisor for a charter airline.