Stefan Gabos web developer extraordinaire
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Aug
2011
Zebra_Form 2.7.2 and Zebra_DatePicker 1.1.1 are now available!
A bug was fixed in the DatePicker's source, regarding event delegation, a bug that would crash the script in certain scenarios; thanks to Sebi Popa for spotting it!
Aug
2011
Zebra_DatePicker, version 1.1 now available
Zebra_Datepicker is a small, compact and highly configurable date picker plugin for jQuery built using the fabulous jQuery Plugin Boilerplate.
In version 1.1 a bug was fixed where trying to re-initialize the date picker would attach an extra calendar icon and an extra date picker to the element; the "direction" property was enhanced and now can also be an array where the first value indicates the starting date and the direction of calendar, and the second value is the number of selectable days; week numbers can now also be shown using the show_week_number property; if the readonly_element property is set to true (default), the date picker is also shown when the user clicks the input field; pressing the ESC key will now close the date picker; examples are now also available in the downloadable package;
Aug
2011
Zebra_Dialog, version 1.1 now available
Zebra_Dialog is a small (4KB minified), compact (one JS file, no dependencies other than jQuery 1.5.2+) and highly configurable dialog box plugin for jQuery, meant to replace JavaScript's "alert" and "confirmation" dialog boxes. Can also be used as a notification widget – when configured to show no buttons and to close automatically – for updates or errors, without distracting users from their browser experience by displaying obtrusive alerts.
In version 1.1 a bug was fixed where the message's text color was inherited - now it is set from the CSS file; the last button of the dialog box will now have the focus, once the dialog box is open - previously, for any dialog boxes other than notifications, if the user pressed the ENTER key, it re-triggered the event and more dialog boxes were shown one on top of the other; it is now possible to add a custom class to the dialog box making it easy to switch between styles at run-time; also, examples are now available also in the downloaded package;
Aug
2011
Zebra_TransForm, version 2.0.1 is now available
Zebra_TransForm is a tiny (4KB minified) jQuery plugin for styling the appearance of checkboxes, radio buttons and select boxes without sacrificing functionality and accessibility: the elements preserve their tabindex order, give visual feedback when having the focus, can be accessed by using the keyboard, and look and behave in the same way in all major browsers.
In version 2.1 a bug was fixed in the update method - thanks to Michael.



I am a 32 year old web developer working from Bucharest, Romania. I am coding since I was 14 and I am extremely passionate about it. For the server side of things I use PHP/MySQL while on the front-end I write valid HTML 5, nice CSS and lots of JavaScript code using jQuery.