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Three times a week (sometimes more) we add a new script or tutorial to our archives and post them on this page, so you can quickly find out what's new at the JavaScript Source.

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Title: JavaScript Shell Command from JDK
Contributor: Dr. Herong Yang
Date Uploaded: July 28, 2008
Description: This tutorial provides introductions and examples on the JavaScript shell command included in the JDK package. Topics include downloading and installing JDK 1.6, ECMAScript engine, running JavaScript code in command line, interactive or batch mode.

Title: A Good Enough addEvent
Contributor: Austin Matzko
Contributor URL: http://www.ilfilosofo.com/
Date Uploaded: July 25, 2008
Description: This function makes it easy to add events without tripping over existing ones. Easy to implement.

Title: Disable Form Buttons
Contributor: Justin Barlow
Contributor URL: http://www.netlobo.com/
Date Uploaded: July 23, 2008
Description: This script will disable your submit button in order to prevent multiple form submissions. Easy to implement.

Title: How to Populate Fields from New Windows
Contributor: Jonathan Fenocchi
Date Uploaded: July 21, 2008
Description: Occasionally, filling out forms can be daunting. Fortunately, some forms display a question mark next to the form field, which opens a popup window containing additional information. In this tutorial you'll learn how to enhance the functionality of those windows.

Title: Focus Slide Menu
Contributor: Steve Chipman
Contributor URL: http://slayeroffice.com/
Date Uploaded: July 18, 2008
Description: Mousing over a list item will cause the bluish green DIV to slide over to that list item. Interesting menu effect. Easily customizable. Degrades very nicely for those with JavaScript turned off.

Title: Multi-Value Drop Down List 2
Contributor: Kiran Pai
Contributor URL: http://www.codecoffee.com/
Date Uploaded: July 16, 2008
Description: This script provides a selection in a dropdown menu, determined by the user's previous selection. Easy to implement and customize. Could be used with other dynamic languages, such as JSP or ASP. The arrays could be created by information fetched from a database.

Title: Collapsible Menu with Memory
Contributor: Sandeep Gangadharan
Contributor URL: http://www.sivamdesign.com/scripts/
Date Uploaded: July 14, 2008
Description: This script creates a collapsible menu. Unlimited nested sub-links can also be added. The script uses a cookie to remember what portion of the menu the visitor has displayed so it will remain open when he returns to the page. The appearance of the menu can be changed to match any site.

Title: Image Rotate with CANVAS
Contributor: Benoit Asselin
Contributor URL: http://www.ab-d.fr
Date Uploaded: July 11, 2008
Description: CANVAS is a new HTML element which can be used to draw graphics using JavaScript. This script will rotate an image a varying amount of degrees: 90, 180, -90, and back to 0. Can be used in many different ways.

Title: Bring Your Forms to Life With JavaScript
Contributor: Kris Hadlock
Date Uploaded: July 9, 2008
Description: This tutorial will show how to prevent errors in your forms and ultimately bring them to life using JavaScript.

Title: Client Window Size
Contributor: Konstantin Jagello
Contributor URL: http://javascript-array.com/
Date Uploaded: July 7, 2008
Description: Use this snippet to obtain the width and height of the visitor's client window. This is a much better method than getting the resolution as this is the actual size of the window displaying the Web page.

Title: so_createDateDropDown
Contributor: Steve Chipman
Contributor URL: http://slayeroffice.com/
Date Uploaded: July 2, 2008
Description: Returns a SELECT element object with dates from the current date either into the past or the future based on the value of the direction argument. Easy to add to any form.

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