Title: chz516's Replies | WordPress.org --- # chz516 [ ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chz516/) * [Profile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chz516/) * [Topics Started](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chz516/topics/) * [Replies Created](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chz516/replies/) * [Reviews Written](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chz516/reviews/) * [Topics Replied To](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chz516/replied-to/) * [Engagements](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chz516/engagements/) * [Favorites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chz516/favorites/) Search replies: ## Forum Replies Created Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 25 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chz516/replies/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chz516/replies/page/2/?output_format=md) * Forum: [Developing with WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/wp-advanced/) In reply to: [Text Domain and Translations](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-domain-and-translations/) * Thread Starter [chz516](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chz516/) * (@chz516) * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-domain-and-translations/#post-10092167) * I am so unbelievably confused by this. * If my plugin name, in the top of my PHP file is: My Very First Plugin * I must make my text domain, used in every _e() and __() call: my-very-first- plugin * As in: `echo 'untranslated text and ' . __('translated text', 'my-very-first- plugin')` * If that is correct I will be sure to do that but, to be honest, I have no idea what this means. I will be doing it so that, when I finally make sense out of this, it will be in place properly. * Switched user names as you can see 🙂 * Forum: [Developing with WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/wp-advanced/) In reply to: [Text Domain and Translations](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-domain-and-translations/) * Thread Starter [chz516](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chz516/) * (@chz516) * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-domain-and-translations/#post-10087559) * Ok, I seem to remember reading that it was sort of open, that others could create translations at will. But I must have mis-read. I guess they need to add the PO files to SVN, so it makes sense the the plugin creator has control. * As for the text domain, I guess what i dont understand is how it looks for the translations: * > The text domain is used so the PHP parser knows where to look to find the translations. * So it isnt looking in a subdirectory of the plugin, then. Say the textdomain=” myplugin” what does the parser do with that info? * Forum: [Developing with WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/wp-advanced/) In reply to: [Text Domain and Translations](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-domain-and-translations/) * Thread Starter [chz516](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chz516/) * (@chz516) * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-domain-and-translations/#post-10086525) * Im still a little confused, but I will do some trial and error with Poedit to try and figure it out. Thanks for the help. * Also, I seem to remember, in my researching, that sometimes others create the translation files for a site, theme, or plugin. Is that the way it works? Others do it as it is needed? Or as the plugin developer, do you create all of the translations you want available? * Oh and other question. I still dont understand text domain. Does the word domain have anything to do with a domain as it is used in the web? I dont think so. But can anyone explain how text domain factors into this, and how it is used? I just dont get its function. * Forum: [Developing with WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/wp-advanced/) In reply to: [Text Domain and Translations](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-domain-and-translations/) * Thread Starter [chz516](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chz516/) * (@chz516) * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/text-domain-and-translations/#post-10085728) * Im sorry but this still doesnt make any sense to me. Here are some specific questions from your answer: * “WordPress itself provides translations for its own things” What are its own things? * “your theme could provide translations, each of your plugins could provide translations” How? * “you need to generate a PO file that contains the translatable strings and your translators will use that to create a MO file that PHP can read” What is in the PO file? Each string and its translation? * I guess just looking at the editor you linked to will answer some (maybe all) of these questions. So thank you for the link. I will check it out. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Element Disappears on the Widget Options Page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/element-disappears-on-the-widget-options-page/) * Thread Starter [chz516](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chz516/) * (@chz516) * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/element-disappears-on-the-widget-options-page/#post-10060631) * Ok, problem solved. I am just hoping someone can confirm if my solution is acceptable or if it may cause other issues. * I simply took the js script that sets up these elements and, instead of using“ enqueue_scipts” within “admin_enqueue_scripts”, I just put my script in the function form section with: `` * With a few changes to that script it works fine. * But is it ok to load a script like this in the admin page? * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Element Disappears on the Widget Options Page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/element-disappears-on-the-widget-options-page/) * Thread Starter [chz516](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chz516/) * (@chz516) * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/element-disappears-on-the-widget-options-page/#post-10060577) * Hmmmm. It appears that hitting the enter key while in a textbox submits the form. * The elements that are disappearing are loaded via js when the page is loaded. So it seems this is wiping them out. * Is there a way to load elements after the form has been loaded, not when the page loads? This way, the elements would be loaded again on each form load. * I have tried $(document).ready and that does not seem to do it. I assume if I put the form name instead of document it may work. But WP creates the form and it has no name or id (which seems strange) * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Element Disappears on the Widget Options Page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/element-disappears-on-the-widget-options-page/) * Thread Starter [chz516](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chz516/) * (@chz516) * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/element-disappears-on-the-widget-options-page/#post-10060516) * How can I get a look at exactly what happens when the enter key is pressed inside of a textbox? * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Element Disappears on the Widget Options Page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/element-disappears-on-the-widget-options-page/) * Thread Starter [chz516](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chz516/) * (@chz516) * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/element-disappears-on-the-widget-options-page/#post-10059576) * Normally, I can save the page as HTML and take it offline. this way I can eliminate code and scripts until I find the one with the issue. But in this case, for some reason, the behavior doesnt happen when I run locally–which is strange because the page still links to the same js and css. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Element Disappears on the Widget Options Page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/element-disappears-on-the-widget-options-page/) * Thread Starter [chz516](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chz516/) * (@chz516) * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/element-disappears-on-the-widget-options-page/#post-10059570) * ok, youll have to excuse my lack of knowledge here. I a new to PHP but have been able to do what I needed by finding example and working through them. * But Im not sure what you mean. Ill try to give more info and hopefully I will answer your question. * Im on the page: [http://www.mysite.com/wordpress/wp-admin/widgets.php](http://www.mysite.com/wordpress/wp-admin/widgets.php) * I have created a plugin/widget and as part of it, there are options the user can select–so I think, yes, it is controlling a specific plugin–the one I have created. * As part of creating the widget options there is the “function form” In this function, I build the various textboxes and dropdowns. It is here where i also have a dropdown for a colorpicker and that is what is disappearing. * I have made sure the class names are unique. * The best I can tell is that when the blue highlght disappears (like the one around this textarea I am typing in now)it takes my dropdown with it. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Does javascript work fully in Widget Option area?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-javascript-work-fully-in-widget-option-area/) * Thread Starter [chz516](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chz516/) * (@chz516) * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-javascript-work-fully-in-widget-option-area/#post-10041694) * Oh I think I was trying $this.id. * Ok, so one more thing. In my plugin file I have enqueued js and css files. But they dont seem to be available to the widget option area, only to the deployed widget on the WP content page. * What is the best way to use js and css in the widget option area. As of now, I am just echoing at the start of my function form: * ``` echo echo ``` * It works, Im just wondering if that is best practice. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Does javascript work fully in Widget Option area?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-javascript-work-fully-in-widget-option-area/) * Thread Starter [chz516](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chz516/) * (@chz516) * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-javascript-work-fully-in-widget-option-area/#post-10038564) * It seems my widget code exists twice on the widget admin page. Once under “Available Widgets” and once under “Widget Area” * I didnt expect all of the fields to exist under the “Available Widgets” section. Is this correct or is it an issue with my code? * I only noticed because of your previous comment about keeping the Ids unique. I thought I was but with these two instances, Im not sure how to make them unique– they seem to be exact duplicates of all of the fields. * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Does javascript work fully in Widget Option area?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-javascript-work-fully-in-widget-option-area/) * Thread Starter [chz516](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chz516/) * (@chz516) * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-javascript-work-fully-in-widget-option-area/#post-10038341) * OHHHHHH I didnt realize that there is another instance of the widget on the page under “Available Widgets”. * Ok, I think it all makes sense. Although I cant see where to get the id of the instance to use in my Id. I can get the Ids of the fields, but not $this.id * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Does javascript work fully in Widget Option area?](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-javascript-work-fully-in-widget-option-area/) * Thread Starter [chz516](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chz516/) * (@chz516) * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-javascript-work-fully-in-widget-option-area/#post-10038321) * It seems that javasrcript isnt working within the form tag that surrounds the elements you have chosen to be on your sidebar. * When I take this file local and modify it to move these couple of elements outside the form tag, it works. * Forum: [Developing with WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/wp-advanced/) In reply to: [Strange JS behavior with WP sidebar](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-js-behavior-with-wp-sidebar/) * Thread Starter [chz516](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chz516/) * (@chz516) * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-js-behavior-with-wp-sidebar/#post-10038232) * Ok, I found the issue and solution. i really didnt think I would, which was why I posted here. But feel free to delete this post. * If you leave it, and it may help others, the issue was that the twentyfifteen theme has a js script that was setting the sidebar to fixed if it reached the top or bottom. My div didnt like this. * To solve this, I moved my off of the sidebar and into body, so it no longer had sidebar as a parent: document.body.appendChild(myMainDiv) * Forum: [Developing with WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/wp-advanced/) In reply to: [Strange JS behavior with WP sidebar](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-js-behavior-with-wp-sidebar/) * Thread Starter [chz516](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chz516/) * (@chz516) * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/strange-js-behavior-with-wp-sidebar/#post-10038041) * There is a section specific for sidebar scrolling. If anyone can make sense of this I would really appreciate it. Im hoping that in my script I can compensate for whatever it is the twentyfifteen.js is doing to make my div disappear. Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 25 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chz516/replies/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chz516/replies/page/2/?output_format=md)