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leatherlips
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A neat little dictionary script... - 8/5/2005 20:06:14
I found what I think is a great little dictionary script. It can be found at The Free Dictionary.
Here is the script:
Place this in the head:
<script src="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dict.js"></script>
Modify the body tag:
<body ondblclick="dictionary()">
You're done!
What it does is allows a user to double click on any word that is not a link and it will bring up a box that has the definition of that word. It even has an audio clip that pronounces the word!
I tested it on my site on this page.
If you have a technical page with a lot of terms this could be a useful script. I am a teacher and plan on using it on pages that can help my students.
What do you think?
< Message edited by leatherlips -- 8/5/2005 20:24:03 >
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RE: A neat little dictionary scritp... - 8/5/2005 20:21:34
Pretty neat! I have no need for it, currently, but can definitely understand how you could use it being a teacher. Nice find.
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RE: A neat little dictionary scritp... - 8/6/2005 0:45:55
Okay, since I thought this was a pretty cool thing, then Bobby made a good point, I thought I would modify the code. So, if you are interested you can just place this in your own page.
<SCRIPT Language="JavaScript">
//don't forget to add <body ondblclick="dictionary()">
function dictionary() {
if (navigator.appName == "Netscape") {
t = document.getSelection();
opennewdictwin(t);
}
else {
t = document.selection.createRange();
if(document.selection.type == 'Text' && t.text != '') {
document.selection.empty();
opennewdictwin(t.text);
}
}
}
function opennewdictwin(text) {
while (text.substr(text.length-1,1)==' ')
text=text.substr(0,text.length-1)
while (text.substr(0,1)==' ')
text=text.substr(1)
if (text > '') {
var newwin = window.open('http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q='+escape(text), 'dictionary', 'width=760,height=500,resizable=yes,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,status=no,titlebar=yes,toolbar=no,location=yes,personalbar=yes');
}
}
status='double-click any word - get its instant definition in the dictionary.'
document.ondblclick=dictionary //works for IE only. For NS add <body ondblclick="dictionary()">
</SCRIPT>
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RE: A neat little dictionary script... - 8/6/2005 13:18:36
Great idea! I also was not keen on the ads. However, I am also not too fond of dictionary.com either. You can't hear their pronunciations. So I went with your script change and decided on the following:
//don't forget to add <body ondblclick="dictionary()">
function dictionary() {
if (navigator.appName == "Netscape") {
t = document.getSelection();
opennewdictwin(t);
}
else {
t = document.selection.createRange();
if(document.selection.type == 'Text' && t.text != '') {
document.selection.empty();
opennewdictwin(t.text);
}
}
}
function opennewdictwin(text) {
while (text.substr(text.length-1,1)==' ')
text=text.substr(0,text.length-1)
while (text.substr(0,1)==' ')
text=text.substr(1)
if (text > '') {
var newwin = window.open('http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va='+escape(text), 'dictionary', 'width=760,height=500,resizable=yes,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,status=no,titlebar=yes,toolbar=no,location=yes,personalbar=yes');
}
}
status='double-click any word - get its instant definition in the dictionary.'
document.ondblclick=dictionary //works for IE only. For NS add <body ondblclick="dictionary()">
I would like to remove the address bar as well, but don't know the proper command. I've tried addressbar=no and address=no, but neither of them work. Any ideas?
Incidentally, you can save the above as a .js file and store it in your own directory. You can then use the small code in my original post to call it up. Just be sure to refer to the place where you store the .js file in the head of the page where you want the script to work.
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RE: A neat little dictionary script... - 8/6/2005 13:28:13
try location = no
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RE: A neat little dictionary script... - 8/6/2005 14:09:36
Dan,
Do you know how to onload the script for when you use the onclick, without having to insert <body ondblclick> in the html code?
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RE: A neat little dictionary script... - 8/6/2005 14:25:20
Thanks,
location=no worked. It was already in the script but didn't notice it.
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RE: A neat little dictionary script... - 8/10/2005 11:36:43
Can you give me an example of how this works?
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RE: A neat little dictionary script... - 8/10/2005 13:00:16
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ORIGINAL: leatherlips
I tested it on my site on this page.
I think the above link is a good example..
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RE: A neat little dictionary script... - 8/26/2005 17:08:16
I love this little script. I worked on a web site for a doctor in my local area. We used lots of little external JavaScript files to do cool things. This really comes in handy for her when she puts out her electronic newsletter. You know those doctors always use terms that make us run for our dictionary. Now we can all just double click on the word and figure it out quickly.
Thanks for the tip.
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RE: A neat little dictionary script... - 2/28/2006 2:33:43
Greetings everyone,
I was looking for a dictionary script, and found this thread... This is what I have been looking for, to enable a glossary on a website, but with one difference... I would like it to work in conjunction with a script that can be found here:
http://ascripts.com/products/aims.shtml (this is free, and also uses a js file to call the popup windows -- with one difference: each occurrence of each word, so it can popup the definition, must be html hardcoded by hand, for each single page!...)
The GREAT thing here with what you people did is of course that one does not need to hardcode each word... And if, as BobbyDouglas asks, "Do you know how to onload the script for when you use the onclick, without having to insert <body ondblclick> in the html code?" this would be even better...
What I need, is to use my own database of words, etc. so I believe the script you guys have been working on would have somehow to be adapted... I am not a programmer... so I am lost here... but since you people seem interested in this, maybe someone would also be interested in this possibility, and be able/willing to make this work?... although I am not a programmer, I think there my be a need to do something like having a file being parsed, where for each word there will be one or more ID numbers, or comma delimited possible entries? (Does this go into changing the CGI itself?)...
Thanks in advance for any feedback/help.
Warm regards,
Joa1
The glossary.js this script is using, looks like this:
... START...
var serverPath, wWidth, wHeight,newWindow;
serverPath="http://www.mysite.net/cgi-bin/glossary/";
wWidth=320;
wHeight=380;
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// (c) 2001 ASCRIPTS.COM // do not remove! //
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
function showhelp(helpID)
{
newWindow=window.open(serverPath+'info.cgi?id='+helpID,"","width="+wWidth+", height="+wHeight+",toolbar=no, menubar=no, status=no,location=no,directories=no, scrollbars=no,resizable=no, left=2,top=2,screenX=2,screenY=2");
}
...END...
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RE: A neat little dictionary script... - 3/1/2006 19:46:38
I told my sister who is a teacher about this and she thinks it is great. lol
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RE: A neat little dictionary script... - 3/17/2006 16:18:41
Awesome script---Have a site that I maintain for a counseling group and this would be great!
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