Re: [Jmol-users] How to make a popup help panel in Jmol ?

[Greg E. <ged...@gm...>]

Hi,

Thanks for the help. I got something going with JQuery UI. I was in a bit
of a muddle, trying to make a call from the Jmol.js JavaScript gui
facilities, back into Java Jmol, and out again to JavaScript. Better to
just do it in JavaScript/JQuery. Hard to keep a clear picture of all the
layers sometimes :=)

This seems to be a minimal code to get the job done.

<script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.3/jquery-ui.js"></script>

<style>
  #helpPanel     { font-size: 12px; }
  // Can't suss how to reduce big fat font in titlebar
</style>

<input type="button" id="helpButton" value="Help" title="Help page, via
JQuery UI Dialog" />

<div id="helpPanel" title="Help Panel">
  A page or two of help information ....
  etc etc etc ...
</div>

<script>
  $(function() {
    $("#helpPanel").dialog( { autoOpen: false, width: 1000, height: 550} );
  });

  $('#helpButton').click(function() {
      $("#helpPanel").dialog('open');
      return false;
  });
</script>



On 13 September 2013 08:29, Robert Hanson <ha...@st...> wrote:

> It's not something that Jmol would do, then. It's something your page
> would do. If you want, you can add something to the Jmol menu that would
> trigger a JavaScript function on your page. Or you could just supply some
> sort of Help button.
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 4:42 PM, Greg Edwards <ged...@gm...> wrote:
>
>> Thanks. Sorry I wasn't very clear there. The help will just be a few
>> paragraphs, or page or two, of help about my own app. Scrollable.
>>
>> JQuery does seem to be the answer for most things.
>>
>> I was going to hack the "popup" on the pages like
>> http://chemapps.stolaf.edu/jmol/docs/examples/lighting.htm
>>
>>
>>
>> On 13 September 2013 05:39, Robert Hanson <ha...@st...> wrote:
>>
>>> You are planning to write the help yourself, I presume? JSmol does
>>> implement jQuery, so there are quick ways of doing that, provided you have
>>> the content. If you don't I probably do not, either.... The HELP command
>>> opens http://chemapps.stolaf.edu/jmol/docs
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 3:17 AM, Greg Edwards <ged...@gm...>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>
>>>> I'd like to have a popup help/documentation panel in my Jmol applet.
>>>> This would be triggered from a jmolButton and pop up a panel of adjustable
>>>> size and position (but any reasonable size/position would be ok for now,
>>>> the user can move & stretch it). It would display plain text (eg. Courier
>>>> 12, black on white) at a minimum, or HTML with variable font/size/colour.
>>>>
>>>> I suspect this is very easy and I've missed it in my travels through
>>>> the doco.
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Greg Edwards,
>>>> Port Jackson Bioinformatics
>>>> ged...@gm...
>>>>
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>
> --
> Robert M. Hanson
> Larson-Anderson Professor of Chemistry
> St. Olaf College
> Northfield, MN
> http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr
>
>
> If nature does not answer first what we want,
> it is better to take what answer we get.
>
> -- Josiah Willard Gibbs, Lecture XXX, Monday, February 5, 1900
>
>
>
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> 1. Consolidate legacy IT systems to a single system of record for IT
> 2. Standardize and globalize service processes across IT
> 3. Implement zero-touch automation to replace manual, redundant tasks
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Greg Edwards,
Port Jackson Bioinformatics
ged...@gm...