var trimmed = this.replace(/\s+$/g, '');
return trimmed;
};
+
+// Scroll to a specific item and highlight it
+// Note: jquery.color.js is needed
+function scrollToItem(itemID) {
+ if( typeof itemID === "undefined")
+ return;
+
+ var elm = $('#'+itemID);
+ // Test if the Item exists
+ if(!elm.length)
+ return;
+
+ // Define the colors which are used for highlighting
+ var colWhite = {backgroundColor:'#F5F5F5'};
+ var colShiny = {backgroundColor:'#FFF176'};
+
+ // Get the Item Position (we need to substract 100 to match
+ // correct position
+ var itemPos = $(elm).offset().top - 100;
+
+ // Scroll to the DIV with the ID (GUID)
+ $('html, body').animate({
+ scrollTop: itemPos
+ }, 400, function() {
+ // Highlight post/commenent with ID (GUID)
+ $(elm).animate(colWhite, 1000).animate(colShiny).animate(colWhite, 600);
+ });
+}
+
+// format a html string to pure text
+function htmlToText(htmlString) {
+ // Replace line breaks with spaces
+ var text = htmlString.replace(/<br>/g, ' ');
+ // Strip the text out of the html string
+ text = text.replace(/<[^>]*>/g, '');
+
+ return text;
+}