Modify "link to this" behaviour: make it pop up a box with an input prefilled with the URL, and display it with an icon rather than text. Fixes #172.

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/public/javascripts/general.js b/public/javascripts/general.js
index ed5095f82..3d6aae0d8 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/general.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/general.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 $(document).ready(function() {
+ // flash message for people coming from other countries
  if(window.location.search.substring(1).search("country_name") == -1) {
     if (!$.cookie('has_seen_country_message')) {
 	$.ajax({
@@ -18,5 +19,21 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
  $('#other-country-notice').click(function() {
 	 $('#other-country-notice').hide();
 	 $.cookie('has_seen_country_message', 1, {expires: 365, path: '/'});
-     })
+     });
+ // "link to this" widget
+     $('a.link_to_this').click(function() {
+	  var box = $('div#link_box');
+	  var location = window.location.protocol + "//" + window.location.hostname + $(this).attr('href');
+	  box.width(location.length + " em");
+	  box.find('input').val(location).attr('size', location.length + " em");
+	  box.show();
+	  box.find('input').select();
+	  box.position({
+		  my:   "left top",
+		  at: "left bottom",
+		  of:  this,
+		  collision: "fit" });
+	     
+	 });
+     $('.close-button').click(function() { $(this).parent().hide() });
 })
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