// Place your application-specific JavaScript functions and classes here
// This file is automatically included by javascript_include_tag :defaults

function markForDestroy(element_to_destroy, element_to_hide) {
	$(element_to_destroy).next(".should_destroy").value = 1;
	$(element_to_destroy).up("." + element_to_hide).hide();
}

function updateTextCount(str, max_len, message_elem) {
	len = str.length;
	
	if (len <= max_len) {
		$(message_elem).innerHTML =  "<span style='color: #092f5e'> (" + 
										(max_len-len) +
										" remaining)</span>";
	}
	else {
		$(message_elem).innerHTML =  "<span style='color: red'> (" +
										"Too long. Only " +
										max_len +
										" characters allowed.)</span>";
	}
}