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Tag Archives: javascript
Using emojis for easier JavaScript debugging
I normally don’t care much for emojis, but lately I’ve found them to be helpful when working with JavaScript. The JavaScript console may not be the most elegant way to debug, but it’s the quickest and sometimes only reasonable way … Continue reading
Show React dialogs fluently with hooks and promises
Suppose you have a React component that displays a modal dialog and returns the result:
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<Dialog message="Are you sure?" onClose={onCloseDialog}> |
The typical way to use it would be to have a state variable controlling if it should be displayed or not, and a function … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Tutorials
Tagged components, development, dialog, hooks, javascript, modals, promises, react, typescript
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Open a SharePoint list in classic experience if link is missing
The modern list experience in SharePoint is the default by now. But you can still revert to classic experience by clicking the link under the left navigation. But on communication sites the left nav is turned off by design. If … Continue reading
Posted in Tips
Tagged bookmarklet, communication sites, javascript, modern sites, sharepoint, sharepoint lists
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Popup opens as new browser window in Edge and Internet Explorer
Problem: Opening a popup with JavaScript in Edge or Internet Explorer results in a new browser window instead of a popup window. For example:
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var popup = window.open("https://www.duckduckgo.com/", "DDG", "height=640,width=960,toolbar=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,location=no,status=no"); |
Communication between the new window and originating site is not possible either, since both popup (above) … Continue reading
Posted in Development
Tagged development, edge, internet explorer, javascript, popups, programming
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Internet Explorer: ScriptImports is undefined
Today I spent way too much time on hunting down a bug that occurred in Internet Explorer 11 running our intranet solution on SharePoint Online / 2016. The problem showed itself by throwing the following error in the console: The … Continue reading
Posted in Development
Tagged html, internet explorer, javascript, sharepoint, sharepoint 2016, sharepoint online
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Extending the JavaScript console with history recording
The browser JavaScript console is a web developers best friend. Using console.log() is essential for debugging your web apps. But there are a few annoyances. Two things that bother me for a while are: Reloading the page clears the console. … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Tutorials
Tagged browsers, console, edge, internet explorer, javascript, programming
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Heads-up if you use ADAL.JS on a site added to the “Trusted Sites” zone
When working on a SharePoint Online solution that is using the ADAL.JS library for authentication, a customer reported strange problems. In our solution, our site sends the client to the authentication authority (Azure AD), which authenticates the client and forwards … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Tips
Tagged adal.js, authentication, azure ad, cookies, iframe, javascript, security, sharepoint online, trusted sites
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Edit SharePoint property bags with SpPropertyBag.js bookmarklet
SpPropertyBag.js is a drop-in JavaScript for editing SharePoint web properties (the “property bag”). Simply paste the script into the JavaScript console and run it to open a dialog where you can view, edit, add, and remove properties: Even easier is to … Continue reading
Using wildcard matching in any programming language
Most computer savvy persons are familiar with using wildcards when listing files and similar operations. Wildcards are quite easy to understand and use. An asterisk * means match anything, and the lesser known question mark ? matches a single character. … Continue reading
Posted in Development
Tagged c#, coding, javascript, programming, regex, regular expressions, tutorial, wildcards
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