Region Picker Popup Menu Tutorial

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Region Picker Popup Menu Tutorial

Region Picker Popup Menu Tutorial

Yesterday we left off with …

Am sure some of you are onto tomorrow’s plan, given today’s work?! We’ll see what tomorrow brings!

… and we feel we might have “put the mockers” on ourselves, because, as you may have read, Geo Chart Image Chart is due for deprecation soon. In fact, the regime at the moment is fewer and fewer hours up, and we’ll have to turn our attention to alternatives. But what out there can do those regional views where the map effectively hugs the bounds of the data … brilliant, and we think hard to do with your normal Google Charts suite of software? As well as the image element result, even though we need to try out the “ready event” normal Google Charts “print” way to achieve this. So much more useful than involving Javascript. And more fun to work with too, it being a conduit to HTML canvas usage.

Anyway, here we are late in our day with a window of opportunity, and While You See a Chance, Take It we reckon.

And what yesterday’s Region Picker Double Click Tutorial gave us a good framework for is PHP method=GET and PHP method=POST uses of argument returnxytoparent along with our new GD imagecolorat function friend in the changed image_chart.php Google Chart Image Chart Map Chart interfacer …

  • double click button to create popup window with same look as background image version …
  • but now that call, wraps the URL that it used to call in an encoded returnxytoparent argument guise, using …
    <?php

    if (isset($_GET['returnxytoparent'])) {
    $imgurl=str_replace('+',' ',urldecode($_GET['returnxytoparent']));
    echo "<html>
    <head>
    <style> * { margin:0 0 0 0; padding:0 0 0 0; } </style>
    <scr" . "ipt type=text/javascript>
    var x=0, y=0, isclear=true;

    function filloutform(e) {

    e = e || window.event;
    e.preventDefault();

    if (e.touches) {
    if (e.touches[0].pageX) {
    x = e.touches[0].pageX;
    y = e.touches[0].pageY;
    } else {
    x = e.touches[0].clientX;
    y = e.touches[0].clientY;
    }
    console.log('pos3=' + pos3 + ',pos4=' + pos4);
    } else if (e.clientX || e.clientY) {
    x = e.clientX;
    y = e.clientY;
    } else {
    x = e.pageX;
    x = e.pageY;
    }

    if (x > 0) {
    document.getElementById('ix').value='' + x;
    document.getElementById('iy').value='' + y;
    if (document.getElementById('imode').value == 'click') {
    //document.getElementById('blastcol').click();
    document.getElementById('myform').submit();
    }
    }
    }

    function gmenu(rcodeis, erdescis) {
    var rdescis=decodeURIComponent(erdescis);
    if (rcodeis.trim() != '' && rdescis.trim() != '') {
    var rans=prompt('What do you want to do with region ' + rdescis + '? ' + String.fromCharCode(10) + String.fromCharCode(10) + 'W - Wikipedia look up ' + String.fromCharCode(10) + 'Y - YouTube look up ' + String.fromCharCode(10) + 'G - Google look up ' + String.fromCharCode(10) + String.fromCharCode(10), '');
    if (rans == null) { rans=''; }
    if ((rans + ' ').toUpperCase().substring(0,1) == 'W') {
    window.open('//wikipedia.org/wiki/' + encodeURIComponent(rdescis.replace(/\ \(/g,', ').replace(/\)$/g,'')).replace(/\%20/g,'_'),'_blank','top=10,left=10,width=600,height=600');
    } else if ((rans + ' ').toUpperCase().substring(0,1) == 'Y') {
    window.open('//www.rjmprogramming.com.au/HTMLCSS/karaoke_youtube_api.htm?emoji=on&nokaraoke=y&youtubeid=' + encodeURIComponent(' ' + rdescis.replace(/\ \(/g,', ').replace(/\)$/g,'')),'_blank','top=10,left=10,width=600,height=600');
    } else if ((rans + ' ').toUpperCase().substring(0,1) == 'G') {
    window.open('//www.google.com/search?q=' + encodeURIComponent(rdescis.replace(/\ \(/g,', ').replace(/\)$/g,'')) + '&tbm=isch','_blank','top=10,left=10,width=600,height=600');
    }
    }
    }

    </scr" . "ipt>
    </head>
    <body onclick=\" document.getElementById('lastcol').value=''; isclear=false; document.getElementById('imode').value='click'; filloutform(event);\" onload=\" if (window.opener) { document.getElementById('myp').innerHTML=window.opener.document.getElementById('myp').innerHTML; document.getElementById('patparent').value=window.opener.document.getElementById('myp').innerHTML; } \">
    <img id=ici onmouseover=\" if (isclear) { document.getElementById('imode').value='mouseover'; filloutform(event); }\" src='" . $imgurl . "' title='Optionally click in relevant region for menu'></img>
    <input title='' id=lastcol value='' type=hidden></input>
    <form id=myform onsubmit=\" return true;\" style=display:none; target=iflastcol method=POST action=./image_chart.php>
    <input name=returnxytoparent id=returnxytoparent value='" . $imgurl . "' type=hidden></input>
    <input name=ix id=ix value='0' type=hidden></input>
    <input name=iy id=iy value='0' type=hidden></input>
    <input name=imode id=imode value='mouseover' type=hidden></input>
    <input name=patparent id=patparent value='' type=hidden></input>
    <input type=submit style=display:none; id=blastcol></input>
    </form>
    <iframe name=iflastcol id=iflastcol style=display:none; src=./image_chart.php></iframe>
    <p id=myp style=display:none;></p>
    </body>
    </html>";
    exit;
    } else if (isset($_POST['returnxytoparent']) && isset($_POST['ix']) && isset($_POST['iy'])) {
    $alp="0123456789ABCDEF"; //=map&chs=600x450&
    //echo "<html><body onload=\" alert('" . str_replace('+',' ',urldecode($_POST['returnxytoparent'])) . "'); \"></body></html>";
    //exit;
    $imgurl='http://chart.googleapis.com/chart?' . str_replace('=map&chld=', '=map&chs=455x350&chld=', explode('?', str_replace('+',' ',urldecode($_POST['returnxytoparent'])))[1]);
    //echo "<html><body onload=\" alert('" . $imgurl . "'); \"></body></html>";
    //exit;
    $im = imagecreatefromstring(file_get_contents($imgurl));
    $tlrgb = imagecolorat($im, $_POST['ix'], $_POST['iy']);
    $topclick='';
    if ($tlrgb) {
    //echo '<html><body onload=" alert(4); "></body></html>';
    //exit;
    $tlr = ($tlrgb >> 16) & 0xFF;
    $tlg = ($tlrgb >> 8) & 0xFF;
    $tlb = $tlrgb & 0xFF;
    $blchex=substr(substr($alp,($tlr / 16)),0,1) . substr(substr($alp,($tlr % 16)),0,1) . substr(substr($alp,($tlg / 16)),0,1) . substr(substr($alp,($tlg % 16)),0,1) . substr(substr($alp,($tlb / 16)),0,1) . substr(substr($alp,($tlb % 16)),0,1);
    $isclick=false;
    if (isset($_POST['patparent']) && isset($_POST['imode'])) {
    $pat=str_replace('+',' ',urldecode($_POST['patparent']));
    if ($_POST['imode'] == 'click') {
    if (strpos(str_replace('+',' ',urldecode($_POST['patparent'])), '#' . strtoupper($blchex)) !== false) {
    $topclick=" parent.document.getElementById('" . explode('"', explode(' id="', explode('#' . strtoupper($blchex), $pat)[0])[-1 + sizeof(explode(' id="', explode('#' . strtoupper($blchex), $pat)[0]))] )[0] . "').click(); ";
    } else if (strpos(str_replace('+',' ',urldecode($_POST['patparent'])), '#' . strtolower($blchex)) !== false) {
    $topclick=" parent.document.getElementById('" . explode('"', explode(' id="', explode('#' . strtolower($blchex), $pat)[0])[-1 + sizeof(explode(' id="', explode('#' . strtolower($blchex), $pat)[0]))] )[0] . "').click(); ";
    }
    }
    }
    echo '<html><body onload=" parent.document.getElementById(' . "'lastcol'" . ').title=' . "'" . $_POST['imode'] . "'" . '; parent.document.getElementById(' . "'lastcol'" . ').value=' . "'" . $blchex . "'" . '; ' . $topclick . ' "></body></html>';
    } //else {
    //echo '<html><body onload=" alert(234); "></body></html>';
    //exit;
    //}
    imagedestroy($im);
    exit;
    }

    ?>
  • to be able to offer, “onclick”, a colour coded region (on the map) piece of functionality

… achieving a Clayton’s image map scenario in the changed “fifth draft” Region Picker.

Previous relevant Region Picker Double Click Tutorial is shown below.

Region Picker Double Click Tutorial

Region Picker Double Click Tutorial

You might have gleaned from recent blog posts in the thread leading up to yesterday’s Region Picker Hashtag Navigation Tutorial that, regarding web applications/webpages, even though a few years back we’d have been horrified to say it …

  • we like to use the ondblclick event (especially in a multi-purpose button press way) … and in this context …
  • we don’t mind having to use event.stopPropagation() anymore (ie. we used to not get sleep for days worrying about it) (when you want to stop the event bubbling down to a parent element) …
  • we like to use colour coding … and …
  • we don’t mind window.open (with a third argument and so, on non-mobile is a) popup window usage

But that’s just us. We’ll leave it to you to look into all these more, as far as favour, or not, goes with the search engines.

We see the ondblclick event as being in the same line of thinking as the onclick event is (doh!) in the sense that mobile and non-mobile platforms understand it, as distinct from the divide between the touch “gesture” events and the mouse events. And it may be just me, but web browsers seem better with it these days. Maybe just wishful thinking on that last point, for me, though?!

Today, we’ve got another “multipurpose scenario” for an ondblclick event logic coding …


if (sofar != '') {
if (window.self == window.parent && eval('' + screen.width) > 1000) {
document.getElementById('rmore').innerHTML=prebut + '<button id=mychart ondblclick="event.stopPropagation(); dcdomc();" onclick=domc(); style=background-color:' + iccol + ';>Image Chart Map Chart <br><font size=1>(double click uses new window)</font><br> ... showing ...</button><br><br><p id=myp title="' + sofardetail + '">' + sofar.replace(/\|/g, '<br>');
} else {
document.getElementById('subrmore').innerHTML=prebut + '<button id=mychart ondblclick="event.stopPropagation(); dcdomc();" onclick=domc(); style=background-color:' + iccol + ';>Image Chart Map Chart <br><font size=1>(double click uses new window)</font><br> ... showing ...</button><br><br><p id=myp title="' + sofardetail + '">' + sofar.replace(/\|/g, '<br>');
}
}

… calling new …


function dcdomc() {
// <img data-onload="canvit(this);" onclick="if (atstart) { normalcall=false; ask(null); normalcall=true; atstart=false; } else { ask(event); }" title="Google Chart Image Chart " +="" cname="" '="" image="" ...="" to="" modify,="" please="" click'="" id="myvenn" width="455" height="350" data-style="display:block;width:455px;height:743px;background:url(//www.rjmprogramming.com.au/ITblog/455/350/?cht=map&chld=AU-NT%7CAU-NSW%7CAU-SA%7CNZ%7CIN&ufr=_4179574);background-size:cover;" src="//www.rjmprogramming.com.au/ITblog/455/350/?cht=map&chld=AU-NT%7CAU-NSW%7CAU-SA%7CNZ%7CIN&chco=B3BCC0|5781AE|FF0000|FFC726|885E80|518274|A3BCC0|4781AE|EF0000|EFC726|785E80|418274&ufr=_4179574" usemap="#mymap">
//var x=prompt('www.rjmprogramming.com.au/ITblog/455/350/?cht=map&chld=' + encodeURIComponent(sofar) + '&chco=B3BCC0|5781AE|FF0000|FFC726|885E80|518274|A3BCC0|4781AE|EF0000|EFC726|785E80|418274', 'www.rjmprogramming.com.au/ITblog/455/350/?cht=map&chld=' + encodeURIComponent(sofar) + '&chco=B3BCC0|5781AE|FF0000|FFC726|885E80|518274|A3BCC0|4781AE|EF0000|EFC726|785E80|418274');
if (document.getElementById('mychart')) {
document.getElementById('mychart').style.backgroundColor='orange';
iccol='orange';
}
if (document.getElementById('mychchart')) {
document.getElementById('mychchart').style.backgroundColor='orange';
jccol='orange';
}
var theurlis='//www.rjmprogramming.com.au/ITblog/455/350/?cht=map&chld=' + encodeURIComponent(sofar) + '&chco=' + enough('B3BCC0|5781AE|FF0000|FFC726|885E80|518274|A3BCC0|4781AE|EF0000|EFC726|785E80|418274',sofar);
dbwo=window.open(theurlis,'_blank','top=50,left=50,width=600,height=600');
document.getElementById('tdleft').style.backgroundImage='URL("' + theurlis + '")';
document.getElementById('tdleft').style.backgroundRepeat='no-repeat';
if (window.self == window.parent && eval('' + screen.width) > 1000 || document.URL.indexOf('?right=') != -1) {
document.getElementById('tdleft').style.backgroundPosition='right top';
} else {
document.getElementById('tdleft').style.backgroundPosition='center top';
}
document.getElementById('tdleft').title='Double click for new window version of ...' + String.fromCharCode(10) + String.fromCharCode(10) + sofardetail.replace(/\|/g, String.fromCharCode(10));
document.getElementById('tdleft').style.backgroundRepeat='no-repeat';
opacitytoggling(1.0, 0.1);
setTimeout(function(){ opacitytoggling(1.0, -0.1); }, 2100);
if (!dbdone) {
dbdone=true;
//document.getElementById('tdleft').ondblclick=function(){ window.open(document.getElementById('tdleft').style.backgroundImage.split('URL("')[1].split('"')[0],'_blank','top=50,left=50,width=700,height=600'); };
//document.getElementById('tdleft').oncontextmenu=function(){ window.open(document.getElementById('tdleft').style.backgroundImage.split('URL("')[1].split('"')[0],'_blank','top=50,left=50,width=700,height=600'); };
//document.body.oncontextmenu=function(){ window.open(document.getElementById('tdleft').style.background.split('URL("')[1].split('"')[0],'_blank','top=50,left=50,width=700,height=600'); };
}
window.scrollTo(0,0);
}

… in the changed “fourth draft” Region Picker, where we are building up a menu system tailored to region/country lookups.

Am sure some of you are onto tomorrow’s plan, given today’s work?! We’ll see what tomorrow brings!

Previous relevant Region Picker Geo Chart Integration Tutorial is shown below.

Region Picker Geo Chart Integration Tutorial

Region Picker Geo Chart Integration Tutorial

We’re tickled pink with our integration of yesterday’s Region Picker Primer Tutorial …

  • Region Picker web application … into …
  • Geo Chart interfacer

… in that we’ve done better than the natural Geo Chart navigation without the Region Picker, which navigates to a new URL slapped onto the same web browser tab. With our integration we have …

  • Geo Chart interfacer parent “base layer” (with as little as one prompt window required) … and if called upon “above this” …
  • Region Picker web application nested in an “overlay iframe” (with large CSS z-index value covering the whole screen) … asks (for as little as) one more verifying prompt window question … and that same tab window content becomes the final …
  • Geo Chart interfacer result web page

And seeing the country regional codes in play, the possibilities mount up here! The user just includes …

&regionpicker

… in a prompt window answer to start using Region Pickers in their user inputs.

Codewise we needed …

  • to change “second draft” Region Picker … might ask that one verifying prompt window in …

    function gcdomc() {
    var clauses='', popularity='Popularity', extras='';
    // <img data-onload="canvit(this);" onclick="if (atstart) { normalcall=false; ask(null); normalcall=true; atstart=false; } else { ask(event); }" title="Google Chart Image Chart " +="" cname="" '="" image="" ...="" to="" modify,="" please="" click'="" id="myvenn" width="455" height="350" data-style="display:block;width:455px;height:743px;background:url(//www.rjmprogramming.com.au/ITblog/455/350/?cht=map&chld=AU-NT%7CAU-NSW%7CAU-SA%7CNZ%7CIN&ufr=_4179574);background-size:cover;" src="//www.rjmprogramming.com.au/ITblog/455/350/?cht=map&chld=AU-NT%7CAU-NSW%7CAU-SA%7CNZ%7CIN&chco=B3BCC0|5781AE|FF0000|FFC726|885E80|518274|A3BCC0|4781AE|EF0000|EFC726|785E80|418274&ufr=_4179574" usemap="#mymap">
    //var x=prompt('www.rjmprogramming.com.au/ITblog/455/350/?cht=map&chld=' + encodeURIComponent(sofar) + '&chco=B3BCC0|5781AE|FF0000|FFC726|885E80|518274|A3BCC0|4781AE|EF0000|EFC726|785E80|418274', 'www.rjmprogramming.com.au/ITblog/455/350/?cht=map&chld=' + encodeURIComponent(sofar) + '&chco=B3BCC0|5781AE|FF0000|FFC726|885E80|518274|A3BCC0|4781AE|EF0000|EFC726|785E80|418274');
    if (document.getElementById('mychchart')) {
    document.getElementById('mychchart').style.backgroundColor='orange';
    jccol='orange';
    }
    if (gwl == '' && document.URL.indexOf('?') != -1) {
    gwl='//www.rjmprogramming.com.au/PHP/GeoChart/geo_chart.php?' + document.URL.split('?')[1].split('#')[0].replace(/\&data\=$/g, '');
    if (document.URL.indexOf('popularity=') != -1) {
    popularity=decodeURIComponent(document.URL.split('popularity=')[1].split('&')[0].split('#')[0]);
    }
    }
    var agwl=gwl.split('&');
    for (var iig=1; iig<agwl.length; iig++) {
    if (iig == 1) { clauses=String.fromCharCode(10); }
    if (agwl[iig] != 'data=' && agwl[iig].indexOf('regionpicker') == -1) {
    clauses+='&' + agwl[iig] + String.fromCharCode(10);
    }
    }
    //if (clauses != '') { clauses+=String.fromCharCode(10); }
    gwocont=sofar;
    if (gwocont != '') {
    var xgwocont=null;
    if (1 == 1) {
    var setstuff='';
    if (gwl.indexOf('&data=') == -1) { setstuff='&data='; } else { extras=' (if &data= change prefix that in below appropriately)'; }
    var plis=('' + gwocont).split('|');
    for (var iplis=0; iplis<plis.length; iplis++) {
    if (setstuff == '') {
    setstuff='%20[~' + plis[iplis] + '~,2]';
    } else {
    setstuff+='%20,%20[~' + plis[iplis] + '~,2]';
    }
    }
    try {
    xgwocont=prompt('Please amend as necessary where each of those 2 values are what we have so far assigned for the ' + popularity + ' value for each region/country. As necessary add in any amended ' + clauses + ' ideas too' + extras + '.', setstuff);
    } catch(hjgdf) { xgwocont=null; }
    }
    if (xgwocont == null) { lastgwcont=gwocont; xgwocont=''; }
    gwocont=xgwocont;
    if (xgwocont != '') {
    //alert('gwl=' + gwl);
    var lateragwl=xgwocont.replace(/\ /g, '%20').split('&');
    for (var jig=1; jig<lateragwl.length; jig++) {
    if (gwl.indexOf('&' + lateragwl[jig].split('=')[0] + '=') != -1) {
    gwl=gwl.replace('&' + lateragwl[jig].split('=')[0] + '=' + gwl.split('&' + lateragwl[jig].split('=')[0] + '=')[1].split('&')[0].split('#')[0], '');
    }
    }
    lhref=ourtoolong(gwl + xgwocont.replace(/\ /g, '%20'));
    if (lhref != '') {
    location.href=lhref;
    }
    }
    }
    document.getElementById('tdleft').style.backgroundImage='URL("//www.rjmprogramming.com.au/ITblog/455/350/?cht=map&chld=' + encodeURIComponent(sofar) + '&chco=' + enough('B3BCC0|5781AE|FF0000|FFC726|885E80|518274|A3BCC0|4781AE|EF0000|EFC726|785E80|418274',sofar) + '")';
    document.getElementById('tdleft').style.backgroundRepeat='no-repeat';
    if (window.self == window.parent && eval('' + screen.width) > 1000 || document.URL.indexOf('?right=') != -1) {
    document.getElementById('tdleft').style.backgroundPosition='right top';
    } else {
    document.getElementById('tdleft').style.backgroundPosition='center top';
    }
    document.getElementById('tdleft').title='Double click for new window version of ...' + String.fromCharCode(10) + String.fromCharCode(10) + sofardetail.replace(/\|/g, String.fromCharCode(10));
    document.getElementById('tdleft').style.backgroundRepeat='no-repeat';
    if (!dbdone) {
    dbdone=true;
    //document.getElementById('tdleft').ondblclick=function(){ window.open(document.getElementById('tdleft').style.backgroundImage.split('URL("')[1].split('"')[0],'_blank','top=50,left=50,width=700,height=600'); };
    //document.getElementById('tdleft').oncontextmenu=function(){ window.open(document.getElementById('tdleft').style.backgroundImage.split('URL("')[1].split('"')[0],'_blank','top=50,left=50,width=700,height=600'); };
    //document.body.oncontextmenu=function(){ window.open(document.getElementById('tdleft').style.background.split('URL("')[1].split('"')[0],'_blank','top=50,left=50,width=700,height=600'); };
    }
    window.scrollTo(0,0);
    }

    … and …
  • to change geo_chart.php Geo Chart interfacer … calls on the Region Picker in this new Javascript function …
    <?php echo ”

    function winopen(oneurl, twotarget, threerest) {
    var hmore='';
    if (gwl != '' && gwl.indexOf('?') != -1 && oneurl.indexOf(gwl) == -1 && oneurl.indexOf('?') != -1) {
    //alert(oneurl + '&' + gwl.split('?')[1]);
    if (decodeURIComponent(('' + location.hash)).indexOf('title=') != -1) {
    hmore='&' + decodeURIComponent(('' + location.hash).replace(/^\#/g, '')).replace(/\ /g,'%20');
    if (hmore.indexOf('&width=') == -1) { hmore+='&width=556'; }
    if (hmore.indexOf('&height=') == -1) { hmore+='&height=347'; }
    if (hmore.indexOf('&country=') == -1) { hmore+='&country=Country'; }
    if (hmore.indexOf('&popularity=') == -1) { hmore+='&popularity=Popularity'; }
    if (hmore.indexOf('&data=') == -1) { hmore+='&data='; }
    }
    document.getElementById(twotarget).src=oneurl + '&' + gwl.split('?')[1] + hmore;
    } else if (decodeURIComponent(('' + location.hash)).indexOf('title=') != -1) {
    hmore='&' + decodeURIComponent(('' + location.hash).replace(/^\#/g, '')).replace(/\ /g,'%20');
    if (hmore.indexOf('&width=') == -1) { hmore+='&width=556'; }
    if (hmore.indexOf('&height=') == -1) { hmore+='&height=347'; }
    if (hmore.indexOf('&country=') == -1) { hmore+='&country=Country'; }
    if (hmore.indexOf('&popularity=') == -1) { hmore+='&popularity=Popularity'; }
    if (hmore.indexOf('&data=') == -1) { hmore+='&data='; }
    document.getElementById(twotarget).src=oneurl + hmore;
    } else {
    document.getElementById(twotarget).src=oneurl;
    }
    return document.getElementById(twotarget);
    }

    “; ?>

Previous relevant Region Picker Primer Tutorial is shown below.

Region Picker Primer Tutorial

Region Picker Primer Tutorial

All the Geo Chart and Image Chart Map Chart work recently, along with Wikipedia ISO-3166 regional and country coding help (thanks), has set us on the road towards a …


Region Picker

… online tool, which we envisage will …

  • initially be a standalone HTML webpage … and later be …
  • integrated into the user input phase of the Geo Chart interfacer

So here we are today with the “first draft” standalone version, where we’ve used Pulldown Menus, you can read more about at HTML/CSS/Javascript Pulldown Menus Javascript Tutorial, to construct a Region/Country ISO code vertical bar delimited list of regions/continents that you can display in an Image Chart Map Chart …

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