How can I Validate forms with jquery? - javascript

Thanks to some awesome people on stack overflow i was able to get my classes toggled and got my form slide up and down correctly. I'm having issues validating the form before it becomes submitted. Could someone help me with a step in the right direction? I just want the validation to check that the fields have some text in them before allowing the submit.
Assignment 6
<!-- video https://youtu.be/XEoWYcolaEM -->
<style>
body {
background-color: #fff;
font-family: arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 100%;
}
a {
color: blue;
}
#welcome p strong {
color: navy;
font-size: 1.2em;
}
#welcome p:first-of-type {
margin-bottom: 50px;
}
section {
margin-bottom: 50px;
}
/* main container */
#main {
width: 960px;
margin: 50px auto;
border: 2px solid #000;
padding: 20px;
background-color: #e0e0ff;
position: relative;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
/* form container */
#loginDiv {
width: 300px;
position: absolute;
left: 650px;
top: 6px;
z-index: 100;
border: 1px solid navy;
}
/* paragraph that shows the text "Login" which is clicked on to display/remove the form */
#login {
margin: 0;
cursor: pointer;
background-color: rgb(255,255,255);
padding: 5px 0 2px 30px;
}
#login:hover {
background-color: rgb(110,138,195);
}
/* plus sign icon for login form */
.plus {
background: url(img_open.png) no-repeat 8px 7px;
background-color: rgb(110,138,195);
}
/* minus sign icon for login form */
.minus {
background: url(img_close.png) no-repeat 8px 7px;
}
/*form is hidden when the page loads */
#loginDiv form {
padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px;
display: none;
background-color: rgb(255,255,255);
}
#loginDiv label {
display: block;
width: 100px;
margin: 0 15px 0 0;
}
#loginDiv input {
font-size: 1.2em;
border: 1px solid navy;
}
#loginDiv input:focus {
background-color: rgb(110,138,195);
border: 2px solid navy;
}
#loginDiv input[type=button] {
width: 100px;
}
footer {
text-align: center;
margin-top: 50px;
margin-bottom: 10px;
padding: 20px;
border-top: 1px solid #000;
}
/* ad is not shown when the page loads */
#ad {
width: 300px;
height: 300px;
border: 1px solid #000;
background-color: yellow;
position: absolute;
left: 330px;
top: -500px; /* you can change this inbitially for viewing purposes only but be sure to set it back */
box-sizing: border-box;
background-image: url(ad.jpg);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
/* close button on ad */
#adbtn {
width: 50px;
height: 50px;
border: 2px solid #000;
border-top-width: 1px;
border-right-width: 1px;
background-color: #fff;
font-size: 3em;
text-align: center;
cursor: pointer;
box-sizing: border-box;
position: absolute;
top: 0px;
right: 0px;
}
</style>
<script src="jquery-1.12.3.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script>
//Fading in Advertisent
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#ad").animate({
top: '100px',
},(5000));
//Closing The Advertisement
$("#adbtn").click(function(){
$("#ad").fadeOut(5000);
});
$(".plus").click(function(){
$("form").slideToggle(1000); // half second duration
$(this).toggleClass("plus").toggleClass("minus");
$('button').click(function(){
$("form").val(1);
});
}); // end function
}); // end function
</script>
</head>
<body>
<!-- main container -->
<div id="main">
<section id="loginDiv">
<!-- when this is clicked on the below form should be displayed and plus sign should change to minus sign-->
<p id="login" class="plus">Login</p>
<form>
<p>
<label for="username">Username:</label>
<input type="text" name="username" id="username">
</p>
<p>
<label for="pw">Password:</label>
<input type="password" name="pw" id="pw">
</p>
<p>
<input type="button" value="Submit">
</p>
<!-- placeholder for response if form data is correct/incorrect -->
<p id="error"> </p>
</form>
</section>
<section id="welcome">
<h1>Welcome to the Local jQuery User Group Website</h1>
<p> <strong>Click the login button at the top of the page to login. To become a member please Register</strong> </p>
<h2>About this page layout:</h2>
<p> The main container (parent) has 'relative' positioning so that the 'login' container can be absolutley positioned with respect to
that main container. Otherwise, it would default to being absolutley positioned with respect to the window. </p>
<p> In order for the login panel to be placed on top of the page we need to use absolute positioning, otherwise,
it would move the rest of the content down as done in the FAQ assignment. Technically, absolute positioning takes that element out of
the normal flow of the document, so that it is on top of the page. The 'ad' is also absolutely positioned to the same main container. </p>
</section>
<section>
<h2>This week's agenda:</h2>
<p>There will be a live meeting this Tuesday evening from 7:00pm to 8:00pm PST using our WebEx Conferencing Software.
It will be recorded! Please note that the code samples will be available on our GitHub repository. </p>
</section>
<footer> Copyright © Local jQuery User Group </footer>
<!-- ad which is absolutely positioned -500px from the top so you do not see it when page loads-->
<div id="ad">
<div id="adbtn"> X </div>
</div>
<!-- end main container -->
</div>
</body>
</html>

Take a look into jQuery Validate.
This jQuery plugin makes simple clientside form validation easy, whilst still offering plenty of customization options.

I hope you can learn from this. I'll just give you an example with one of your fields and a submit button. Initially the submit button is disabled, then you can use the keypress event to check if 1 or more characters are entered and enable the submit button.
Fiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/stevenng/8w89v3tp/1/
HTML:
<label for="username">Username:</label>
<input type="text" name="username" id="username">
<button class="js-submit">submit</button>
JS:
var $submit = $('.js-submit');
var $username = $('#username');
$submit.attr('disabled', true);
$username.keypress(function() {
if ( $username.val().length > 0 ) {
$submit.attr('disabled', false);
}
});
$submit.on('click', function(){
// do something
});

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right now am trying to make a sign up page for my website currently i have a signup button and some javascript that should be connecting to it so the signup page itself appears
html:
<button class="Sign-Up-Button" id="Sign-Up-Button" onclick="revealSignup"></button>
<div class="Signing-up" id="Sign-Up">
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First, in Javascript, you need to target #Sign-Up and NOT #Sign-Up-Group because it does not exist in your HTML.
Second, in HTML, you need to open parentheses when you call a function on click
HTML change:
<button class="Sign-Up-Button" id="Sign-Up-Button" onclick="revealSignup()"></button>
Javascript change:
document.getElementById("Sign-Up").style.display = 'block';

How to show another div when clicking on a div?

Good afternoon ,
I know this question has been asked a lot of times here, but all the answers there are not working for the problem I have.
I have a div called .title3 . When the user clicks it I want another div called .Content3 to be shown . But unfortunatelly it doesn't work the way I want to.
Here is a part of my html code where I found this problem :
<body style="background-color:#171717">
<div class="pseudo3">
<div class="one3">
<div class="Content3">
<p class="close">X</p>
<form action="order.php">
<input type="text" value="First & Last Name">
<input type="email" value="Your e-mail">
<input type="text" value="Your phone number">
<textarea>Write your feedback here</textarea>
<button>Send</button>
</form>
</div>
<div onmouseclick="showDiv()" class="title3">
FEEDBACK
</div>
</div>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.7.1.min.js"></script>
<script>
function showDiv() {
var x = document.getElementsByClassName("title3");
if ( x.click === true ){
document.getElementsByClassName("Content3").style.display = "block";
}
}
</script>
</body>
CSS:
/* The Form Style */
form {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
form input {
width: 100%;
height: 35px;
color: #8b8b8b;
font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif;
background-color: #171717;
padding: 12px;
border: 0;
outline: none;
border-top: 0.15px solid #262323;
border-left: 0.15px solid #262323;
border-right: 0.15px solid #262323;
}
form textarea {
min-width: 100%;
max-width: 100%;
min-height: 200px;
max-height: 200px;
color: #8b8b8b;
font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif;
background-color: #171717;
padding: 12px;
border: 0;
outline: none;
border-top: 0.15px solid #262323;
border-left: 0.15px solid #262323;
border-right: 0.15px solid #262323;
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height: 45px;
position: relative;
top: -3px;
color: #8b8b8b;
font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif;
background-color: #171717;
border: 0.15px solid #262323;
outline: none;
font-size: 20px;
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textarea:focus,
button:focus{
background-color: #212020;
border-top: 0.15px solid #1f1616;
border-left: 0.15px solid #1f1616;
border-right: 0.15px solid #1f1616;
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width: 300px;
height: 350px;
position: absolute;
z-index: 2;
display:none;
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width: 300px;
height: 350px;
transition: 0.3s ease;
position: relative;
background-color: #141414;
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width: 320px;
padding: 10px;
border-top: 2px solid #b95e1c;
border-bottom: 2px solid #ad7145;
background-image:
linear-gradient(#b95e1c, #ad7145),
linear-gradient(#b95e1c, #ad7145);
background-size: 2px 100%;
background-position: 0 0, 100% 0;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
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.one3 .title3 {
padding: 30px;
font-size: 24px;
color: #8b8b8b;
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
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color: #8b8b8b;
font-size: 24px;
position:absolute;
left:-11px;
top:-62px;
z-index:3;
border-top: 0.5px solid #1f1616;
border-left: 0.5px solid #1f1616;
border-right: 0.5px solid #1f1616;
border-bottom: 0.5px solid #1f1616;
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transition: 0.2s ease-in-out;
}
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background-color: #8b8b8b;
color:#212121;
cursor:pointer;
transition: 0.2s ease-in-out;
}
JavaScript:
function showDiv() {
var x = document.getElementsByClassName("title3");
if ( x.click === true ){
document.getElementsByClassName("Content3").style.display = "block";
}
}
There are no error messages, but when I click my .title3 div it's not showing the div with class .Content3
You have many problems in your code. I will try to cover most of them
You use onmouseclick. That is not a valid javascript event. Use onclick.
You are trying to assign to variable x the HTML element with class title3. Here are 2 problems:
2.1. You do not need to assign the element you just clicked on to a variable inside the click function. You already have that element with event.target
2.2. By using getElementsByClassName you get a HTML Collection not a single element. ( see the plural Elements word ) You can get it using querySelector or by adding an id to it and use getElementById ( see the singular Element ). But again, you do not need to retrive it like that. You can use the event.target. As you click on it.
if ( x.click === true ){ . Why you need to check if the element is clicked, when the entire function is called only when that element is clicked ? Redundant check and not correct.
here again. See point 2.2
do not name your HTML attributes with capital letters. use content3
Do not import jquery, as you do not need it.
Check code below
function showDiv() {
document.querySelector(".Content3").style.display = "block";
}
.Content3 {
display:none
}
<div class="pseudo3">
<div class="one3">
<div class="Content3">
<p class="close">X</p>
<form action="order.php">
<input type="text" value="First & Last Name">
<input type="email" value="Your e-mail">
<input type="text" value="Your phone number">
<textarea>Write your feedback here</textarea>
<button>Send</button>
</form>
</div>
<div onclick="showDiv()" class="title3">
FEEDBACK
</div>
</div>
</div>
Useful links:
onclick event
getElementsByClassName
querySelector
event.target
You dont need jQuery to do that, you can also delete your onmouseover and use just this:
<script>
//add listener for click on your .title3
document.getElementsByClassName("title3")[0].addEventListener('click', function(e){
//prevent default action if any (dont need that in this case, but useful, if .title3 would be <a> tag)
e.preventDefault();
//set style
document.getElementsByClassName("Content3")[0].style.display = "block";
});
</script>
Can you use data property for this topic.
<div class="titles">
<button data-id="1">open 1</button>
<button data-id="2">open 2</button>
<button data-id="3">open 3</button>
</div>
<div class="contents">
<p data-id="1">context</p>
<p data-id="2">context</p>
<p data-id="3">context</p>
</div>
When any button clicked, take data-id and do anything inside of contents div with data-id. If you cannot understand I can send any example for this.

Slideshow using background images with navigation and captions

I have a div which currently has a static background image, and I need to create a slideshow of background images and text for this div. I would like to fade the background images and the caption text in and out. Does anyone know of a good way to do this using jQuery? My knowledge of JavaScript and jQuery is very limited. I tried to use some ready-made plugins as the Backstretch, Responsiveslides but I could not understand them enough and edit them for my use.
Here is my current code: http://jsfiddle.net/1zdyh3wo/
HTML
<div class="content bg-slider">
<div class="wrapper">
<h1 class="sectionTitle">Image title 1</h1>
<div class="separator white"></div>
<h2 class="sectionDescription">This is the description of the first image. Wanna know more? Click here.</h2>
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<div class="nav-dots">
<div class="current"></div>
<div class=""></div>
<div class=""></div>
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<div class="nav-arrows next"></div>
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#import url(http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Montserrat:400,700);
/* -- COMMON -- */
body {
font: 400 14px 'Montserrat', Helvetica, sans-serif;
letter-spacing: 2px;
text-transform: uppercase;
color: white;
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.separator {
width: 24px;
height: 4px;
}
.separator.white {
background-color: white;
}
.separator.black {
background-color: black;
}
/* -- MENU -- */
/* -- CANVAS -- */
.content {
position: absolute;
z-index: 0;
top: 0;
right: 0;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
overflow: hidden;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
.wrapper {
position: absolute;
right: 0;
bottom: 100px;
left: 0;
width: 33.333333333%;
margin: 0 auto;
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.sectionTitle {
font: 700 32px/24px 'Montserrat', Helvetica, sans-serif;
line-height: 24px;
margin-bottom: 24px;
letter-spacing: 4px;
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.sectionDescription {
font: 400 14px/18px 'Montserrat', Helvetica, sans-serif;
margin-top: 24px;
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-moz-background-size: cover;
-o-background-size: cover;
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Here a visual aid, how I would like the result to be:
Desktop version:
Mobile version:
To keep things really simple:
Make a "wrapper" div for the entire slider
Make an individual "wrapper" div for each individual slide
Put the slider navigation outside of of the individual slides (I put it outside of the slider altogether, but that's your choice based on your desired positioning).
Make a function that will do all the transitions
Here's an example HTML structure, based on yours
<div id="slider">
<div class="content bg-slider active">
<div class="wrapper">
<h1 class="sectionTitle">Image title 1</h1>
<div class="separator white"></div>
<h2 class="sectionDescription">This is the description of the first image. Wanna know more? Click here.</h2>
</div>
</div>
<div class="content bg-slider">
<div class="wrapper">
<h1 class="sectionTitle">Image title 2</h1>
<div class="separator white"></div>
<h2 class="sectionDescription">This is the description of the second image. Wanna know more? Click here.</h2>
</div>
</div>
<div class="content bg-slider">
<div class="wrapper">
<h1 class="sectionTitle">Image title 3</h1>
<div class="separator white"></div>
<h2 class="sectionDescription">This is the description of the third image. Wanna know more? Click here.</h2>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Here's the functional JavaScript, with comments.
$(document).ready(function(){
// Hide all slides, re-show first:
$(".bg-slider").hide()
$(".bg-slider:first-child").show();
// Prev button click
$(".nav-arrows.prev").click(function(){
slidePrev();
})
// Next button click
$(".nav-arrows.next").click(function(){
slideNext();
})
// "Dots" click
$(".nav-dots div").click(function(){
slideTo($(this).index());
})
});
// "Previous" function must conclude if we are at the FIRST slide
function slidePrev() {
if ($("#slider .active").index() == 0) {
slideTo($("#slider .bg-slider").length - 1);
}
else {
slideTo($("#slider .active").index() - 1);
}
}
// "Next" function must conclude if we are at the LAST slide
function slideNext() {
if ($("#slider .active").index() == $("#slider .bg-slider").length - 1) {
slideTo(0);
}
else {
slideTo($("#slider .active").index() + 1);
}
}
// Slide To will be called for every slide change. This makes it easy to change the animation, or do what you want during the transition.
function slideTo(slide) {
$("#slider .active").fadeOut().removeClass("active");
$("#slider .bg-slider").eq(slide).fadeIn().addClass("active");
$(".nav-dots .current").removeClass("current");
$(".nav-dots div").eq(slide).addClass("current");
}
Finally, here's the updated Fiddle to demonstrate: http://jsfiddle.net/1zdyh3wo/1/

JavaScript Enabled Scroll Fixed Nav Bar Trouble

I have a JavaScript enabled scrolling nav bar. It starts below a hero graphic then sticks to the top when it gets to the top. It works perfectly, however, when it reaches the top it causes the div below it to snap to the top instead of smoothly getting there. It's hard to explain so here's the code.
I know what's happening: Once the nav bar reaches the top, it stacks above the div causing the div to "jump." I just can't figure out how to make it smoother.
Here's the code and thanks for your thoughts!
<body>
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<div class="header_container">
<div class="header_onecol">
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<li class="links">Members</li>
<li class="links">Technology</li>
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We are dedicated to delivering the latest information on current threats, to provide industry best practices, and to enhance every public sector IT professional's understanding of cybersecurity by opening direct conversations between the government and IT community.
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font-weight: 200;
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height: auto;
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height: 250px;
background: url('../images/hero_image.jpg') no-repeat;
z-index: -1;
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font-size: 5em;
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right:0px;
left:0px;
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height: 40px;
margin: 1%;
display: block;
overflow: hidden;
background-image: url('../images/Logo.png');
background-repeat: no-repeat;
padding-top: 24px;
}
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
var win = $(window),
fxel = $(".header"),
eloffset = fxel.offset().top;
win.scroll(function() {
if (eloffset < win.scrollTop()) {
fxel.addClass("fixed");
} else {
fxel.removeClass("fixed");
}
});
</script>
When a div is fixed, it will no longer take up "space", meaning the next div will do exactly as you described -- stack up near the top.
Consider wrapping all of your content after the header using a div:
<div class="header">
...
</div>
<div class="main-body">
<div class="intro">
<p class="maintext">
We are dedicated to delivering the latest information on current threats, to provide industry best practices, and to enhance every public sector IT professional's understanding of cybersecurity by opening direct conversations between the government and IT community.
</p>
</div>
</div>
When we fix the header, we can add top-padding equal to the height of the header to the main-body div to prevent it from jumping.
var win = $(window),
fxel = $(".header"),
eloffset = fxel.offset().top;
win.scroll(function() {
if (eloffset < win.scrollTop()) {
$(".main-body").css("padding-top", fxel.height());
fxel.addClass("fixed");
} else {
$(".main-body").css("padding-top", 0);
fxel.removeClass("fixed");
}
});
JSFiddle here
Hope this helps!

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I have the following HTML markup:
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Rack Info:
<select id="RackInfoSelect">
<option value="Name">Name</option>
</select>
</label>
</div>
<div class="separator">|</div>
<div class="separated marginedTop">
<label>
Enable Auto-Refresh:
<input id="PlanViewRefreshCheckbox" name="Enable Auto-Refresh" value="value" type="checkbox" />
</label>
</div>
</div>
<div id="Level2Controls">
<div class="separated">
<label>
Levels To Display:
<select id="LevelSelect">
<option value="All">All</option>
</select>
</label>
</div>
<div class="separator">|</div>
<div class="separated marginedTop">
<a id="ExportPlanView" href="javascript:void(0)" target="_blank" title="Export the plan view as a pdf.">
<span class="cs-icon cs-icon-edit-search-results" style="float: left; margin-right: 5px;"></span>
<label id="ExportLabel">Export</label>
</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
CSS (w/ latest jQueryUI for major styling)
#RightPaneContent
{
overflow: hidden;
}
#PlanViewControls
{
display: none;
min-height: 20px;
margin-bottom: 5px;
}
#PlanViewControls > div
{
min-height: 20px;
padding-top: 5px;
padding-bottom: 3px;
padding-left: 3px;
padding-right: 5px;
}
.component-slider
{
width: 100px;
margin-left: 5px;
margin-top: 3px;
}
#PlanViewControls label
{
display: block;
padding-left: 15px;
text-indent: -15px;
float: left;
}
#PlanViewControls input
{
width: 13px;
height: 13px;
padding: 0;
margin:0;
vertical-align: bottom;
position: relative;
}
#PlanViewControls div.separator
{
padding-top: 4px;
}
.marginedTop
{
margin-top: 3px;
}
#ExportLabel
{
padding-top: 1px;
}
#PlanViewControls
{
min-width: 700px;
}
#ExportLabel:hover
{
cursor: pointer;
}
#PlanViewControlsOverlay
{
background: white;
opacity: 0.7;
filter: alpha(opacity=70);
position: absolute;
z-index: 10001;
}
I am really unhappy with this solution because on wide displays the second level of controls looks unnatural -- there is enough space to hold them all in one level.
The solution I currently have in my head consists of:
Measure the available width of the space I would like to take up.
Measure the width of each control I have.
Place as many controls as I can on the first line.
Append a second level if I run out of space.
Obviously it doesn't make sense to collapse to just 1 item per row -- I would be specifiying a min-width for my first level controls.
Is this the proper way to go about doing this? Or is there an easy way to express this using CSS/HTML?
Just as a visual helper I've attached below what my page looks like on a landscape monitor vs a portrait monitor.
Hm, I would use pure CSS for that:
<div id="controls">
<div> "Separated" </div>
<div> another control </div>
<div> and one with an icon </div>
...
</div>
#controls {
width: 100%;
min-width: 10em; /* or whatever */
/* implicit height: auto; */
overflow: hidden; /* to hide the leftmost borders */
}
#controls > div {
display: inline-block;
border-left: 1px solid blue;
padding: 1em 0;
margin: 1em -1px; /* move the borders 1px into the off */
}
This should give a scalable toolbar, and there is no need for different level-divs.

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