user_query 0.1.0

data/examples/userqueryex/public/javascripts/effects.js

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+// Copyright (c) 2005 Thomas Fuchs (http://script.aculo.us, http://mir.aculo.us)
+// Contributors:
+//  Justin Palmer (http://encytemedia.com/)
+//  Mark Pilgrim (http://diveintomark.org/)
+//  Martin Bialasinki
+// 
+// See scriptaculous.js for full license.  
+
+// converts rgb() and #xxx to #xxxxxx format,  
+// returns self (or first argument) if not convertable  
+String.prototype.parseColor = function() {  
+  var color = '#';  
+  if(this.slice(0,4) == 'rgb(') {  
+    var cols = this.slice(4,this.length-1).split(',');  
+    var i=0; do { color += parseInt(cols[i]).toColorPart() } while (++i<3);  
+  } else {  
+    if(this.slice(0,1) == '#') {  
+      if(this.length==4) for(var i=1;i<4;i++) color += (this.charAt(i) + this.charAt(i)).toLowerCase();  
+      if(this.length==7) color = this.toLowerCase();  
+    }  
+  }  
+  return(color.length==7 ? color : (arguments[0] || this));  
+}
+
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+Element.collectTextNodes = function(element) {  
+  return $A($(element).childNodes).collect( function(node) {
+    return (node.nodeType==3 ? node.nodeValue : 
+      (node.hasChildNodes() ? Element.collectTextNodes(node) : ''));
+  }).flatten().join('');
+}
+
+Element.collectTextNodesIgnoreClass = function(element, className) {  
+  return $A($(element).childNodes).collect( function(node) {
+    return (node.nodeType==3 ? node.nodeValue : 
+      ((node.hasChildNodes() && !Element.hasClassName(node,className)) ? 
+        Element.collectTextNodesIgnoreClass(node, className) : ''));
+  }).flatten().join('');
+}
+
+Element.setContentZoom = function(element, percent) {
+  element = $(element);  
+  Element.setStyle(element, {fontSize: (percent/100) + 'em'});   
+  if(navigator.appVersion.indexOf('AppleWebKit')>0) window.scrollBy(0,0);
+}
+
+Element.getOpacity = function(element){  
+  var opacity;
+  if (opacity = Element.getStyle(element, 'opacity'))  
+    return parseFloat(opacity);  
+  if (opacity = (Element.getStyle(element, 'filter') || '').match(/alpha\(opacity=(.*)\)/))  
+    if(opacity[1]) return parseFloat(opacity[1]) / 100;  
+  return 1.0;  
+}
+
+Element.setOpacity = function(element, value){  
+  element= $(element);  
+  if (value == 1){
+    Element.setStyle(element, { opacity: 
+      (/Gecko/.test(navigator.userAgent) && !/Konqueror|Safari|KHTML/.test(navigator.userAgent)) ? 
+      0.999999 : null });
+    if(/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent))  
+      Element.setStyle(element, {filter: Element.getStyle(element,'filter').replace(/alpha\([^\)]*\)/gi,'')});  
+  } else {  
+    if(value < 0.00001) value = 0;  
+    Element.setStyle(element, {opacity: value});
+    if(/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent))  
+     Element.setStyle(element, 
+       { filter: Element.getStyle(element,'filter').replace(/alpha\([^\)]*\)/gi,'') +
+                 'alpha(opacity='+value*100+')' });  
+  }
+}  
+ 
+Element.getInlineOpacity = function(element){  
+  return $(element).style.opacity || '';
+}  
+
+Element.childrenWithClassName = function(element, className, findFirst) {
+  var classNameRegExp = new RegExp("(^|\\s)" + className + "(\\s|$)");
+  var results = $A($(element).getElementsByTagName('*'))[findFirst ? 'detect' : 'select']( function(c) { 
+    return (c.className && c.className.match(classNameRegExp));
+  });
+  if(!results) results = [];
+  return results;
+}
+
+Element.forceRerendering = function(element) {
+  try {
+    element = $(element);
+    var n = document.createTextNode(' ');
+    element.appendChild(n);
+    element.removeChild(n);
+  } catch(e) { }
+};
+
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+Array.prototype.call = function() {
+  var args = arguments;
+  this.each(function(f){ f.apply(this, args) });
+}
+
+/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+var Effect = {
+  tagifyText: function(element) {
+    var tagifyStyle = 'position:relative';
+    if(/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent)) tagifyStyle += ';zoom:1';
+    element = $(element);
+    $A(element.childNodes).each( function(child) {
+      if(child.nodeType==3) {
+        child.nodeValue.toArray().each( function(character) {
+          element.insertBefore(
+            Builder.node('span',{style: tagifyStyle},
+              character == ' ' ? String.fromCharCode(160) : character), 
+              child);
+        });
+        Element.remove(child);
+      }
+    });
+  },
+  multiple: function(element, effect) {
+    var elements;
+    if(((typeof element == 'object') || 
+        (typeof element == 'function')) && 
+       (element.length))
+      elements = element;
+    else
+      elements = $(element).childNodes;
+      
+    var options = Object.extend({
+      speed: 0.1,
+      delay: 0.0
+    }, arguments[2] || {});
+    var masterDelay = options.delay;
+
+    $A(elements).each( function(element, index) {
+      new effect(element, Object.extend(options, { delay: index * options.speed + masterDelay }));
+    });
+  },
+  PAIRS: {
+    'slide':  ['SlideDown','SlideUp'],
+    'blind':  ['BlindDown','BlindUp'],
+    'appear': ['Appear','Fade']
+  },
+  toggle: function(element, effect) {
+    element = $(element);
+    effect = (effect || 'appear').toLowerCase();
+    var options = Object.extend({
+      queue: { position:'end', scope:(element.id || 'global'), limit: 1 }
+    }, arguments[2] || {});
+    Effect[element.visible() ? 
+      Effect.PAIRS[effect][1] : Effect.PAIRS[effect][0]](element, options);
+  }
+};
+
+var Effect2 = Effect; // deprecated
+
+/* ------------- transitions ------------- */
+
+Effect.Transitions = {}
+
+Effect.Transitions.linear = function(pos) {
+  return pos;
+}
+Effect.Transitions.sinoidal = function(pos) {
+  return (-Math.cos(pos*Math.PI)/2) + 0.5;
+}
+Effect.Transitions.reverse  = function(pos) {
+  return 1-pos;
+}
+Effect.Transitions.flicker = function(pos) {
+  return ((-Math.cos(pos*Math.PI)/4) + 0.75) + Math.random()/4;
+}
+Effect.Transitions.wobble = function(pos) {
+  return (-Math.cos(pos*Math.PI*(9*pos))/2) + 0.5;
+}
+Effect.Transitions.pulse = function(pos) {
+  return (Math.floor(pos*10) % 2 == 0 ? 
+    (pos*10-Math.floor(pos*10)) : 1-(pos*10-Math.floor(pos*10)));
+}
+Effect.Transitions.none = function(pos) {
+  return 0;
+}
+Effect.Transitions.full = function(pos) {
+  return 1;
+}
+
+/* ------------- core effects ------------- */
+
+Effect.ScopedQueue = Class.create();
+Object.extend(Object.extend(Effect.ScopedQueue.prototype, Enumerable), {
+  initialize: function() {
+    this.effects  = [];
+    this.interval = null;
+  },
+  _each: function(iterator) {
+    this.effects._each(iterator);
+  },
+  add: function(effect) {
+    var timestamp = new Date().getTime();
+    
+    var position = (typeof effect.options.queue == 'string') ? 
+      effect.options.queue : effect.options.queue.position;
+    
+    switch(position) {
+      case 'front':
+        // move unstarted effects after this effect  
+        this.effects.findAll(function(e){ return e.state=='idle' }).each( function(e) {
+            e.startOn  += effect.finishOn;
+            e.finishOn += effect.finishOn;
+          });
+        break;
+      case 'end':
+        // start effect after last queued effect has finished
+        timestamp = this.effects.pluck('finishOn').max() || timestamp;
+        break;
+    }
+    
+    effect.startOn  += timestamp;
+    effect.finishOn += timestamp;
+
+    if(!effect.options.queue.limit || (this.effects.length < effect.options.queue.limit))
+      this.effects.push(effect);
+    
+    if(!this.interval) 
+      this.interval = setInterval(this.loop.bind(this), 40);
+  },
+  remove: function(effect) {
+    this.effects = this.effects.reject(function(e) { return e==effect });
+    if(this.effects.length == 0) {
+      clearInterval(this.interval);
+      this.interval = null;
+    }
+  },
+  loop: function() {
+    var timePos = new Date().getTime();
+    this.effects.invoke('loop', timePos);
+  }
+});
+
+Effect.Queues = {
+  instances: $H(),
+  get: function(queueName) {
+    if(typeof queueName != 'string') return queueName;
+    
+    if(!this.instances[queueName])
+      this.instances[queueName] = new Effect.ScopedQueue();
+      
+    return this.instances[queueName];
+  }
+}
+Effect.Queue = Effect.Queues.get('global');
+
+Effect.DefaultOptions = {
+  transition: Effect.Transitions.sinoidal,
+  duration:   1.0,   // seconds
+  fps:        25.0,  // max. 25fps due to Effect.Queue implementation
+  sync:       false, // true for combining
+  from:       0.0,
+  to:         1.0,
+  delay:      0.0,
+  queue:      'parallel'
+}
+
+Effect.Base = function() {};
+Effect.Base.prototype = {
+  position: null,
+  start: function(options) {
+    this.options      = Object.extend(Object.extend({},Effect.DefaultOptions), options || {});
+    this.currentFrame = 0;
+    this.state        = 'idle';
+    this.startOn      = this.options.delay*1000;
+    this.finishOn     = this.startOn + (this.options.duration*1000);
+    this.event('beforeStart');
+    if(!this.options.sync)
+      Effect.Queues.get(typeof this.options.queue == 'string' ? 
+        'global' : this.options.queue.scope).add(this);
+  },
+  loop: function(timePos) {
+    if(timePos >= this.startOn) {
+      if(timePos >= this.finishOn) {
+        this.render(1.0);
+        this.cancel();
+        this.event('beforeFinish');
+        if(this.finish) this.finish(); 
+        this.event('afterFinish');
+        return;  
+      }
+      var pos   = (timePos - this.startOn) / (this.finishOn - this.startOn);
+      var frame = Math.round(pos * this.options.fps * this.options.duration);
+      if(frame > this.currentFrame) {
+        this.render(pos);
+        this.currentFrame = frame;
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  render: function(pos) {
+    if(this.state == 'idle') {
+      this.state = 'running';
+      this.event('beforeSetup');
+      if(this.setup) this.setup();
+      this.event('afterSetup');
+    }
+    if(this.state == 'running') {
+      if(this.options.transition) pos = this.options.transition(pos);
+      pos *= (this.options.to-this.options.from);
+      pos += this.options.from;
+      this.position = pos;
+      this.event('beforeUpdate');
+      if(this.update) this.update(pos);
+      this.event('afterUpdate');
+    }
+  },
+  cancel: function() {
+    if(!this.options.sync)
+      Effect.Queues.get(typeof this.options.queue == 'string' ? 
+        'global' : this.options.queue.scope).remove(this);
+    this.state = 'finished';
+  },
+  event: function(eventName) {
+    if(this.options[eventName + 'Internal']) this.options[eventName + 'Internal'](this);
+    if(this.options[eventName]) this.options[eventName](this);
+  },
+  inspect: function() {
+    return '#<Effect:' + $H(this).inspect() + ',options:' + $H(this.options).inspect() + '>';
+  }
+}
+
+Effect.Parallel = Class.create();
+Object.extend(Object.extend(Effect.Parallel.prototype, Effect.Base.prototype), {
+  initialize: function(effects) {
+    this.effects = effects || [];
+    this.start(arguments[1]);
+  },
+  update: function(position) {
+    this.effects.invoke('render', position);
+  },
+  finish: function(position) {
+    this.effects.each( function(effect) {
+      effect.render(1.0);
+      effect.cancel();
+      effect.event('beforeFinish');
+      if(effect.finish) effect.finish(position);
+      effect.event('afterFinish');
+    });
+  }
+});
+
+Effect.Opacity = Class.create();
+Object.extend(Object.extend(Effect.Opacity.prototype, Effect.Base.prototype), {
+  initialize: function(element) {
+    this.element = $(element);
+    // make this work on IE on elements without 'layout'
+    if(/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent) && (!this.element.hasLayout))
+      this.element.setStyle({zoom: 1});
+    var options = Object.extend({
+      from: this.element.getOpacity() || 0.0,
+      to:   1.0
+    }, arguments[1] || {});
+    this.start(options);
+  },
+  update: function(position) {
+    this.element.setOpacity(position);
+  }
+});
+
+Effect.Move = Class.create();
+Object.extend(Object.extend(Effect.Move.prototype, Effect.Base.prototype), {
+  initialize: function(element) {
+    this.element = $(element);
+    var options = Object.extend({
+      x:    0,
+      y:    0,
+      mode: 'relative'
+    }, arguments[1] || {});
+    this.start(options);
+  },
+  setup: function() {
+    // Bug in Opera: Opera returns the "real" position of a static element or
+    // relative element that does not have top/left explicitly set.
+    // ==> Always set top and left for position relative elements in your stylesheets 
+    // (to 0 if you do not need them) 
+    this.element.makePositioned();
+    this.originalLeft = parseFloat(this.element.getStyle('left') || '0');
+    this.originalTop  = parseFloat(this.element.getStyle('top')  || '0');
+    if(this.options.mode == 'absolute') {
+      // absolute movement, so we need to calc deltaX and deltaY
+      this.options.x = this.options.x - this.originalLeft;
+      this.options.y = this.options.y - this.originalTop;
+    }
+  },
+  update: function(position) {
+    this.element.setStyle({
+      left: this.options.x  * position + this.originalLeft + 'px',
+      top:  this.options.y  * position + this.originalTop  + 'px'
+    });
+  }
+});
+
+// for backwards compatibility
+Effect.MoveBy = function(element, toTop, toLeft) {
+  return new Effect.Move(element, 
+    Object.extend({ x: toLeft, y: toTop }, arguments[3] || {}));
+};
+
+Effect.Scale = Class.create();
+Object.extend(Object.extend(Effect.Scale.prototype, Effect.Base.prototype), {
+  initialize: function(element, percent) {
+    this.element = $(element)
+    var options = Object.extend({
+      scaleX: true,
+      scaleY: true,
+      scaleContent: true,
+      scaleFromCenter: false,
+      scaleMode: 'box',        // 'box' or 'contents' or {} with provided values
+      scaleFrom: 100.0,
+      scaleTo:   percent
+    }, arguments[2] || {});
+    this.start(options);
+  },
+  setup: function() {
+    this.restoreAfterFinish = this.options.restoreAfterFinish || false;
+    this.elementPositioning = this.element.getStyle('position');
+    
+    this.originalStyle = {};
+    ['top','left','width','height','fontSize'].each( function(k) {
+      this.originalStyle[k] = this.element.style[k];
+    }.bind(this));
+      
+    this.originalTop  = this.element.offsetTop;
+    this.originalLeft = this.element.offsetLeft;
+    
+    var fontSize = this.element.getStyle('font-size') || '100%';
+    ['em','px','%'].each( function(fontSizeType) {
+      if(fontSize.indexOf(fontSizeType)>0) {
+        this.fontSize     = parseFloat(fontSize);
+        this.fontSizeType = fontSizeType;
+      }
+    }.bind(this));
+    
+    this.factor = (this.options.scaleTo - this.options.scaleFrom)/100;
+    
+    this.dims = null;
+    if(this.options.scaleMode=='box')
+      this.dims = [this.element.offsetHeight, this.element.offsetWidth];
+    if(/^content/.test(this.options.scaleMode))
+      this.dims = [this.element.scrollHeight, this.element.scrollWidth];
+    if(!this.dims)
+      this.dims = [this.options.scaleMode.originalHeight,
+                   this.options.scaleMode.originalWidth];
+  },
+  update: function(position) {
+    var currentScale = (this.options.scaleFrom/100.0) + (this.factor * position);
+    if(this.options.scaleContent && this.fontSize)
+      this.element.setStyle({fontSize: this.fontSize * currentScale + this.fontSizeType });
+    this.setDimensions(this.dims[0] * currentScale, this.dims[1] * currentScale);
+  },
+  finish: function(position) {
+    if (this.restoreAfterFinish) this.element.setStyle(this.originalStyle);
+  },
+  setDimensions: function(height, width) {
+    var d = {};
+    if(this.options.scaleX) d.width = width + 'px';
+    if(this.options.scaleY) d.height = height + 'px';
+    if(this.options.scaleFromCenter) {
+      var topd  = (height - this.dims[0])/2;
+      var leftd = (width  - this.dims[1])/2;
+      if(this.elementPositioning == 'absolute') {
+        if(this.options.scaleY) d.top = this.originalTop-topd + 'px';
+        if(this.options.scaleX) d.left = this.originalLeft-leftd + 'px';
+      } else {
+        if(this.options.scaleY) d.top = -topd + 'px';
+        if(this.options.scaleX) d.left = -leftd + 'px';
+      }
+    }
+    this.element.setStyle(d);
+  }
+});
+
+Effect.Highlight = Class.create();
+Object.extend(Object.extend(Effect.Highlight.prototype, Effect.Base.prototype), {
+  initialize: function(element) {
+    this.element = $(element);
+    var options = Object.extend({ startcolor: '#ffff99' }, arguments[1] || {});
+    this.start(options);
+  },
+  setup: function() {
+    // Prevent executing on elements not in the layout flow
+    if(this.element.getStyle('display')=='none') { this.cancel(); return; }
+    // Disable background image during the effect
+    this.oldStyle = {
+      backgroundImage: this.element.getStyle('background-image') };
+    this.element.setStyle({backgroundImage: 'none'});
+    if(!this.options.endcolor)
+      this.options.endcolor = this.element.getStyle('background-color').parseColor('#ffffff');
+    if(!this.options.restorecolor)
+      this.options.restorecolor = this.element.getStyle('background-color');
+    // init color calculations
+    this._base  = $R(0,2).map(function(i){ return parseInt(this.options.startcolor.slice(i*2+1,i*2+3),16) }.bind(this));
+    this._delta = $R(0,2).map(function(i){ return parseInt(this.options.endcolor.slice(i*2+1,i*2+3),16)-this._base[i] }.bind(this));
+  },
+  update: function(position) {
+    this.element.setStyle({backgroundColor: $R(0,2).inject('#',function(m,v,i){
+      return m+(Math.round(this._base[i]+(this._delta[i]*position)).toColorPart()); }.bind(this)) });
+  },
+  finish: function() {
+    this.element.setStyle(Object.extend(this.oldStyle, {
+      backgroundColor: this.options.restorecolor
+    }));
+  }
+});
+
+Effect.ScrollTo = Class.create();
+Object.extend(Object.extend(Effect.ScrollTo.prototype, Effect.Base.prototype), {
+  initialize: function(element) {
+    this.element = $(element);
+    this.start(arguments[1] || {});
+  },
+  setup: function() {
+    Position.prepare();
+    var offsets = Position.cumulativeOffset(this.element);
+    if(this.options.offset) offsets[1] += this.options.offset;
+    var max = window.innerHeight ? 
+      window.height - window.innerHeight :
+      document.body.scrollHeight - 
+        (document.documentElement.clientHeight ? 
+          document.documentElement.clientHeight : document.body.clientHeight);
+    this.scrollStart = Position.deltaY;
+    this.delta = (offsets[1] > max ? max : offsets[1]) - this.scrollStart;
+  },
+  update: function(position) {
+    Position.prepare();
+    window.scrollTo(Position.deltaX, 
+      this.scrollStart + (position*this.delta));
+  }
+});
+
+/* ------------- combination effects ------------- */
+
+Effect.Fade = function(element) {
+  element = $(element);
+  var oldOpacity = element.getInlineOpacity();
+  var options = Object.extend({
+  from: element.getOpacity() || 1.0,
+  to:   0.0,
+  afterFinishInternal: function(effect) { 
+    if(effect.options.to!=0) return;
+    effect.element.hide();
+    effect.element.setStyle({opacity: oldOpacity}); 
+  }}, arguments[1] || {});
+  return new Effect.Opacity(element,options);
+}
+
+Effect.Appear = function(element) {
+  element = $(element);
+  var options = Object.extend({
+  from: (element.getStyle('display') == 'none' ? 0.0 : element.getOpacity() || 0.0),
+  to:   1.0,
+  // force Safari to render floated elements properly
+  afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
+    effect.element.forceRerendering();
+  },
+  beforeSetup: function(effect) {
+    effect.element.setOpacity(effect.options.from);
+    effect.element.show(); 
+  }}, arguments[1] || {});
+  return new Effect.Opacity(element,options);
+}
+
+Effect.Puff = function(element) {
+  element = $(element);
+  var oldStyle = { opacity: element.getInlineOpacity(), position: element.getStyle('position') };
+  return new Effect.Parallel(
+   [ new Effect.Scale(element, 200, 
+      { sync: true, scaleFromCenter: true, scaleContent: true, restoreAfterFinish: true }), 
+     new Effect.Opacity(element, { sync: true, to: 0.0 } ) ], 
+     Object.extend({ duration: 1.0, 
+      beforeSetupInternal: function(effect) {
+        effect.effects[0].element.setStyle({position: 'absolute'}); },
+      afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
+         effect.effects[0].element.hide();
+         effect.effects[0].element.setStyle(oldStyle); }
+     }, arguments[1] || {})
+   );
+}
+
+Effect.BlindUp = function(element) {
+  element = $(element);
+  element.makeClipping();
+  return new Effect.Scale(element, 0, 
+    Object.extend({ scaleContent: false, 
+      scaleX: false, 
+      restoreAfterFinish: true,
+      afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
+        effect.element.hide();
+        effect.element.undoClipping();
+      } 
+    }, arguments[1] || {})
+  );
+}
+
+Effect.BlindDown = function(element) {
+  element = $(element);
+  var elementDimensions = element.getDimensions();
+  return new Effect.Scale(element, 100, 
+    Object.extend({ scaleContent: false, 
+      scaleX: false,
+      scaleFrom: 0,
+      scaleMode: {originalHeight: elementDimensions.height, originalWidth: elementDimensions.width},
+      restoreAfterFinish: true,
+      afterSetup: function(effect) {
+        effect.element.makeClipping();
+        effect.element.setStyle({height: '0px'});
+        effect.element.show(); 
+      },  
+      afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
+        effect.element.undoClipping();
+      }
+    }, arguments[1] || {})
+  );
+}
+
+Effect.SwitchOff = function(element) {
+  element = $(element);
+  var oldOpacity = element.getInlineOpacity();
+  return new Effect.Appear(element, { 
+    duration: 0.4,
+    from: 0,
+    transition: Effect.Transitions.flicker,
+    afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
+      new Effect.Scale(effect.element, 1, { 
+        duration: 0.3, scaleFromCenter: true,
+        scaleX: false, scaleContent: false, restoreAfterFinish: true,
+        beforeSetup: function(effect) { 
+          effect.element.makePositioned();
+          effect.element.makeClipping();
+        },
+        afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
+          effect.element.hide();
+          effect.element.undoClipping();
+          effect.element.undoPositioned();
+          effect.element.setStyle({opacity: oldOpacity});
+        }
+      })
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+Effect.DropOut = function(element) {
+  element = $(element);
+  var oldStyle = {
+    top: element.getStyle('top'),
+    left: element.getStyle('left'),
+    opacity: element.getInlineOpacity() };
+  return new Effect.Parallel(
+    [ new Effect.Move(element, {x: 0, y: 100, sync: true }), 
+      new Effect.Opacity(element, { sync: true, to: 0.0 }) ],
+    Object.extend(
+      { duration: 0.5,
+        beforeSetup: function(effect) {
+          effect.effects[0].element.makePositioned(); 
+        },
+        afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
+          effect.effects[0].element.hide();
+          effect.effects[0].element.undoPositioned();
+          effect.effects[0].element.setStyle(oldStyle);
+        } 
+      }, arguments[1] || {}));
+}
+
+Effect.Shake = function(element) {
+  element = $(element);
+  var oldStyle = {
+    top: element.getStyle('top'),
+    left: element.getStyle('left') };
+    return new Effect.Move(element, 
+      { x:  20, y: 0, duration: 0.05, afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
+    new Effect.Move(effect.element,
+      { x: -40, y: 0, duration: 0.1,  afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
+    new Effect.Move(effect.element,
+      { x:  40, y: 0, duration: 0.1,  afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
+    new Effect.Move(effect.element,
+      { x: -40, y: 0, duration: 0.1,  afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
+    new Effect.Move(effect.element,
+      { x:  40, y: 0, duration: 0.1,  afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
+    new Effect.Move(effect.element,
+      { x: -20, y: 0, duration: 0.05, afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
+        effect.element.undoPositioned();
+        effect.element.setStyle(oldStyle);
+  }}) }}) }}) }}) }}) }});
+}
+
+Effect.SlideDown = function(element) {
+  element = $(element);
+  element.cleanWhitespace();
+  // SlideDown need to have the content of the element wrapped in a container element with fixed height!
+  var oldInnerBottom = $(element.firstChild).getStyle('bottom');
+  var elementDimensions = element.getDimensions();
+  return new Effect.Scale(element, 100, Object.extend({ 
+    scaleContent: false, 
+    scaleX: false, 
+    scaleFrom: 0,
+    scaleMode: {originalHeight: elementDimensions.height, originalWidth: elementDimensions.width},
+    restoreAfterFinish: true,
+    afterSetup: function(effect) {
+      effect.element.makePositioned();
+      effect.element.firstChild.makePositioned();
+      if(window.opera) effect.element.setStyle({top: ''});
+      effect.element.makeClipping();
+      effect.element.setStyle({height: '0px'});
+      effect.element.show(); },
+    afterUpdateInternal: function(effect) {
+      effect.element.firstChild.setStyle({bottom:
+        (effect.dims[0] - effect.element.clientHeight) + 'px' }); 
+    },
+    afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
+      effect.element.undoClipping(); 
+      // IE will crash if child is undoPositioned first
+      if(/MSIE/.test(navigator.userAgent)){
+        effect.element.undoPositioned();
+        effect.element.firstChild.undoPositioned();
+      }else{
+        effect.element.firstChild.undoPositioned();
+        effect.element.undoPositioned();
+      }
+      effect.element.firstChild.setStyle({bottom: oldInnerBottom}); }
+    }, arguments[1] || {})
+  );
+}
+  
+Effect.SlideUp = function(element) {
+  element = $(element);
+  element.cleanWhitespace();
+  var oldInnerBottom = $(element.firstChild).getStyle('bottom');
+  return new Effect.Scale(element, 0, 
+   Object.extend({ scaleContent: false, 
+    scaleX: false, 
+    scaleMode: 'box',
+    scaleFrom: 100,
+    restoreAfterFinish: true,
+    beforeStartInternal: function(effect) {
+      effect.element.makePositioned();
+      effect.element.firstChild.makePositioned();
+      if(window.opera) effect.element.setStyle({top: ''});
+      effect.element.makeClipping();
+      effect.element.show(); },  
+    afterUpdateInternal: function(effect) {
+      effect.element.firstChild.setStyle({bottom:
+        (effect.dims[0] - effect.element.clientHeight) + 'px' }); },
+    afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
+      effect.element.hide();
+      effect.element.undoClipping();
+      effect.element.firstChild.undoPositioned();
+      effect.element.undoPositioned();
+      effect.element.setStyle({bottom: oldInnerBottom}); }
+   }, arguments[1] || {})
+  );
+}
+
+// Bug in opera makes the TD containing this element expand for a instance after finish 
+Effect.Squish = function(element) {
+  return new Effect.Scale(element, window.opera ? 1 : 0, 
+    { restoreAfterFinish: true,
+      beforeSetup: function(effect) {
+        effect.element.makeClipping(effect.element); },  
+      afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
+        effect.element.hide(effect.element); 
+        effect.element.undoClipping(effect.element); }
+  });
+}
+
+Effect.Grow = function(element) {
+  element = $(element);
+  var options = Object.extend({
+    direction: 'center',
+    moveTransition: Effect.Transitions.sinoidal,
+    scaleTransition: Effect.Transitions.sinoidal,
+    opacityTransition: Effect.Transitions.full
+  }, arguments[1] || {});
+  var oldStyle = {
+    top: element.style.top,
+    left: element.style.left,
+    height: element.style.height,
+    width: element.style.width,
+    opacity: element.getInlineOpacity() };
+
+  var dims = element.getDimensions();    
+  var initialMoveX, initialMoveY;
+  var moveX, moveY;
+  
+  switch (options.direction) {
+    case 'top-left':
+      initialMoveX = initialMoveY = moveX = moveY = 0; 
+      break;
+    case 'top-right':
+      initialMoveX = dims.width;
+      initialMoveY = moveY = 0;
+      moveX = -dims.width;
+      break;
+    case 'bottom-left':
+      initialMoveX = moveX = 0;
+      initialMoveY = dims.height;
+      moveY = -dims.height;
+      break;
+    case 'bottom-right':
+      initialMoveX = dims.width;
+      initialMoveY = dims.height;
+      moveX = -dims.width;
+      moveY = -dims.height;
+      break;
+    case 'center':
+      initialMoveX = dims.width / 2;
+      initialMoveY = dims.height / 2;
+      moveX = -dims.width / 2;
+      moveY = -dims.height / 2;
+      break;
+  }
+  
+  return new Effect.Move(element, {
+    x: initialMoveX,
+    y: initialMoveY,
+    duration: 0.01, 
+    beforeSetup: function(effect) {
+      effect.element.hide();
+      effect.element.makeClipping();
+      effect.element.makePositioned();
+    },
+    afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
+      new Effect.Parallel(
+        [ new Effect.Opacity(effect.element, { sync: true, to: 1.0, from: 0.0, transition: options.opacityTransition }),
+          new Effect.Move(effect.element, { x: moveX, y: moveY, sync: true, transition: options.moveTransition }),
+          new Effect.Scale(effect.element, 100, {
+            scaleMode: { originalHeight: dims.height, originalWidth: dims.width }, 
+            sync: true, scaleFrom: window.opera ? 1 : 0, transition: options.scaleTransition, restoreAfterFinish: true})
+        ], Object.extend({
+             beforeSetup: function(effect) {
+               effect.effects[0].element.setStyle({height: '0px'});
+               effect.effects[0].element.show(); 
+             },
+             afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
+               effect.effects[0].element.undoClipping();
+               effect.effects[0].element.undoPositioned();
+               effect.effects[0].element.setStyle(oldStyle); 
+             }
+           }, options)
+      )
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+Effect.Shrink = function(element) {
+  element = $(element);
+  var options = Object.extend({
+    direction: 'center',
+    moveTransition: Effect.Transitions.sinoidal,
+    scaleTransition: Effect.Transitions.sinoidal,
+    opacityTransition: Effect.Transitions.none
+  }, arguments[1] || {});
+  var oldStyle = {
+    top: element.style.top,
+    left: element.style.left,
+    height: element.style.height,
+    width: element.style.width,
+    opacity: element.getInlineOpacity() };
+
+  var dims = element.getDimensions();
+  var moveX, moveY;
+  
+  switch (options.direction) {
+    case 'top-left':
+      moveX = moveY = 0;
+      break;
+    case 'top-right':
+      moveX = dims.width;
+      moveY = 0;
+      break;
+    case 'bottom-left':
+      moveX = 0;
+      moveY = dims.height;
+      break;
+    case 'bottom-right':
+      moveX = dims.width;
+      moveY = dims.height;
+      break;
+    case 'center':  
+      moveX = dims.width / 2;
+      moveY = dims.height / 2;
+      break;
+  }
+  
+  return new Effect.Parallel(
+    [ new Effect.Opacity(element, { sync: true, to: 0.0, from: 1.0, transition: options.opacityTransition }),
+      new Effect.Scale(element, window.opera ? 1 : 0, { sync: true, transition: options.scaleTransition, restoreAfterFinish: true}),
+      new Effect.Move(element, { x: moveX, y: moveY, sync: true, transition: options.moveTransition })
+    ], Object.extend({            
+         beforeStartInternal: function(effect) {
+           effect.effects[0].element.makePositioned();
+           effect.effects[0].element.makeClipping(); },
+         afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
+           effect.effects[0].element.hide();
+           effect.effects[0].element.undoClipping();
+           effect.effects[0].element.undoPositioned();
+           effect.effects[0].element.setStyle(oldStyle); }
+       }, options)
+  );
+}
+
+Effect.Pulsate = function(element) {
+  element = $(element);
+  var options    = arguments[1] || {};
+  var oldOpacity = element.getInlineOpacity();
+  var transition = options.transition || Effect.Transitions.sinoidal;
+  var reverser   = function(pos){ return transition(1-Effect.Transitions.pulse(pos)) };
+  reverser.bind(transition);
+  return new Effect.Opacity(element, 
+    Object.extend(Object.extend({  duration: 3.0, from: 0,
+      afterFinishInternal: function(effect) { effect.element.setStyle({opacity: oldOpacity}); }
+    }, options), {transition: reverser}));
+}
+
+Effect.Fold = function(element) {
+  element = $(element);
+  var oldStyle = {
+    top: element.style.top,
+    left: element.style.left,
+    width: element.style.width,
+    height: element.style.height };
+  Element.makeClipping(element);
+  return new Effect.Scale(element, 5, Object.extend({   
+    scaleContent: false,
+    scaleX: false,
+    afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
+    new Effect.Scale(element, 1, { 
+      scaleContent: false, 
+      scaleY: false,
+      afterFinishInternal: function(effect) {
+        effect.element.hide();
+        effect.element.undoClipping(); 
+        effect.element.setStyle(oldStyle);
+      } });
+  }}, arguments[1] || {}));
+};
+
+['setOpacity','getOpacity','getInlineOpacity','forceRerendering','setContentZoom',
+ 'collectTextNodes','collectTextNodesIgnoreClass','childrenWithClassName'].each( 
+  function(f) { Element.Methods[f] = Element[f]; }
+);
+
+Element.Methods.visualEffect = function(element, effect, options) {
+  s = effect.gsub(/_/, '-').camelize();
+  effect_class = s.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + s.substring(1);
+  new Effect[effect_class](element, options);
+  return $(element);
+};
+
+Element.addMethods();