http://www.akxl.net/labs/ Akxl Labs Source Code and Articles Feed. Akxl Labs articles discuss programming concepts and techniques in ASP.NET, C#, JavaScript, CSS, AJAX, and other web technologies. http://www.akxl.net/images/akxllabs_dark.gif http://www.akxl.net/labs/ http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/handling-events-in-javascript---from-basics-to-best-practices/ A few simple tips and tricks to create more robust JavaScript event handlers with better performance and fewer interactions. Learn how to subscribe multiple functions to the same event, prevent event flicker, and pass parameters to event handlers. http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/16/#Feedback Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:28:16 GMT http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/a-javascript-to-change-the-style-of-html-entities-by-fading-between-colors/ ColorChanger is a custom JavaScript object that can transition any style property of an HTML entity from any one color to another by calculating intermediate colors. http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/15/#Feedback Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:07:55 GMT http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/text-wrapped-drop-caps-in-css-using-the-first-letter-selector/ Examples and code describe how to create a cross-broswer text-wrapped drop cap in CSS using the first-letter selector. Includes a solution to Internet Explorer's line alignment problem. http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/14/#Feedback Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:33:06 GMT http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/use-javascript-to-change-or-fade-opacity-or-transparency-of-html-entities/ How to use CSS and JavaScript to dynamically alter the opacity of an item on a web page, including animated fade-in and fade-out of an element. http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/13/#Feedback Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:08:14 GMT http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/scrollbars-made-from-javascript-and-css/ An HTML/JavaScript/CSS based scrollbar that provides a more powerful, style-able, and smaller alternative to regular scrollbars. Dragging and the mouse wheel are both supported. http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/12/#Feedback Thu, 29 Mar 2007 02:42:36 GMT http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/creating-a-tag-cloud---a-better-approach/ Presents a graphical explanation of an algorithm to create a Tag Cloud, with an example .NET User Control in ASP.NET C# that you can use on your website. http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/11/#Feedback Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:24:59 GMT http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/imagebuttons-that-automatically-generate-their-button-images/ Never make a graphical button again, let your ASP.NET button controls do it for you. CustomImageButton combines a graphical button maker with an ImageButton control, to create an ASP.NET (C#) tool that makes it's own buttons on demand. http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/10/#Feedback Sun, 18 Feb 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/asp.net-automated-negative-captcha-user-control-v2/ A no-user-interaction, accessible CAPTCHA that is invisible to visitors - it makes spam-bots identify themselves instead. http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/9/#Feedback Sun, 18 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/creating-a-tag-cloud/ Scale and bound font sizes in a tag cloud using a natural-log curve fitting. http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/8/#Feedback Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/asp.net-automated-negative-captcha-user-control/ A no-user-interaction, accessible CAPTCHA that is invisible to visitors - it makes spam-bots identify themselves instead. http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/7/#Feedback Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/converting-a-hexadecimal-color-to-a-system.drawing.color-object/ How to convert a web-style hex color (#FFFFFF) to a Color struct instance in C#. http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/6/#Feedback Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/asp.net-c-sharp-instant-messenger-status-determination/ A dotnet pluugin to display the status of an IM user on your website. Determine or Display your Status on AIM, Yahoo, MSN, ICQ, Jabber, or Skype. http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/5/#Feedback Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/links-with-dashed-underlines/ A method for adding link unerline styles that's better than CSS borders. http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/4/#Feedback Sat, 07 Oct 2006 22:54:00 GMT http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/the-coffee-counter/ How much coffee does a college student need? http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/3/#Feedback Sat, 07 Oct 2006 22:22:00 GMT http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/creating-the-xmlhttprequest-object-for-ajax-postbacks/ A hybrid method for creating a cross-browser compatible XMLHTTPRequest object for AJAX transactions. http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/2/#Feedback Sat, 07 Oct 2006 22:07:00 GMT http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/ajax-and-the-www-problem/ Got an AJAX Script stuck in readyState 2? You've probably got a WWW conflict. http://www.akxl.net/labs/articles/1/#Feedback Sat, 07 Oct 2006 19:21:00 GMT