--- loncom/interface/lonhtmlcommon.pm	2009/05/06 13:37:56	1.212
+++ loncom/interface/lonhtmlcommon.pm	2009/10/31 14:27:48	1.237
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common html routines
 #
-# $Id: lonhtmlcommon.pm,v 1.212 2009/05/06 13:37:56 bisitz Exp $
+# $Id: lonhtmlcommon.pm,v 1.237 2009/10/31 14:27:48 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -77,12 +77,12 @@ sub confirm_success {
    my ($message,$failure)=@_;
    if ($failure) {
       return '<span class="LC_error">'."\n"
-            .'<img src="/adm/lonIcons/navmap.wrong.gif" /> '."\n"
+            .'<img src="/adm/lonIcons/navmap.wrong.gif" alt="'.&mt('Error').'" /> '."\n"
             .$message."\n"
             .'</span>'."\n";
    } else {
       return '<span class="LC_success">'."\n"
-            .'<img src="/adm/lonIcons/navmap.correct.gif" /> '."\n"
+            .'<img src="/adm/lonIcons/navmap.correct.gif" alt="'.&mt('OK').'" /> '."\n"
             .$message."\n"
             .'</span>'."\n";
    }
@@ -130,11 +130,13 @@ sub dragmath_js {
     my ($popup) = @_;
     return <<ENDDRAGMATHJS;
                 <script type="text/javascript">
+                // <![CDATA[
                   function mathedit(textarea, doc) {
                      targetEntry = textarea;
                      targetDoc   = doc;
                      newwin  = window.open("/adm/dragmath/applet/$popup.html","","width=565,height=500,resizable");
                   }
+                // ]]>
                 </script>
 
 ENDDRAGMATHJS
@@ -158,10 +160,10 @@ sub authorbombs {
     $url=&Apache::lonnet::declutter($url);
     my ($udom,$uname)=($url=~m{^($LONCAPA::domain_re)/($LONCAPA::username_re)/});
     my %bombs=&Apache::lonmsg::all_url_author_res_msg($uname,$udom);
-    foreach (keys %bombs) {
-	if ($_=~/^$udom\/$uname\//) {
+    foreach my $bomb (keys(%bombs)) {
+	if ($bomb =~ /^$udom\/$uname\//) {
 	    return '<a href="/adm/bombs/'.$url.
-		'"><img src="'.&Apache::loncommon::lonhttpdurl('/adm/lonMisc/bomb.gif').'" border="0" /></a>'.
+		'"><img src="'.&Apache::loncommon::lonhttpdurl('/adm/lonMisc/bomb.gif').'" alt="'.&mt('Bomb').'" border="0" /></a>'.
 		&Apache::loncommon::help_open_topic('About_Bombs');
 	}
     }
@@ -237,7 +239,7 @@ sub get_recent {
 # Begin filling return_hash with any 'always_include' option
     my %time_hash = ();
     my %return_hash = ();
-    foreach my $item (keys %recent) {
+    foreach my $item (keys(%recent)) {
         my ($thistime,$thisvalue)=(split(/\&/,$recent{$item}));
         if ($thistime eq 'always_include') {
             $return_hash{$item} = &unescape($thisvalue);
@@ -430,6 +432,7 @@ sub date_setter {
     my $result = "\n<!-- $dname date setting form -->\n";
     $result .= <<ENDJS;
 <script type="text/javascript">
+// <![CDATA[
     function $dname\_checkday() {
         var day   = document.$formname.$dname\_day.value;
         var month = document.$formname.$dname\_month.value;
@@ -490,6 +493,7 @@ document.$formname.$dname\_year.value,
         }
 
     }
+// ]]>
 </script>
 ENDJS
     $result .= '  <span class="LC_nobreak">';
@@ -501,23 +505,23 @@ ENDJS
     unshift(@Months,'If you can read this an error occurred');
     if ($includeempty) { $monthselector.="<option value=''></option>"; }
     for(my $m = 1;$m <=$#Months;$m++) {
-        $monthselector .= qq{      <option value="$m" };
-        $monthselector .= "selected " if ($m-1 eq $month);
-        $monthselector .= '> '.&mt($Months[$m]).' </option>';
+        $monthselector .= qq{      <option value="$m"};
+        $monthselector .= ' selected="selected"' if ($m-1 eq $month);
+        $monthselector .= '> '.&mt($Months[$m]).' </option>'."\n";
     }
     $monthselector.= '  </select>';
     # Day
     my $dayselector = qq{<input type="text" name="$dname\_day" $state value="$mday" size="3" $special onchange="javascript:$dname\_checkday()" />};
     # Year
-    my $yearselector = qq{<input type="year" name="$dname\_year" $state value="$year" size="5" $special onchange="javascript:$dname\_checkday()" />};
+    my $yearselector = qq{<input type="text" name="$dname\_year" $state value="$year" size="5" $special onchange="javascript:$dname\_checkday()" />};
     #
     my $hourselector = qq{<select name="$dname\_hour" $special $state >};
     if ($includeempty) { 
         $hourselector.=qq{<option value=''></option>};
     }
     for (my $h = 0;$h<24;$h++) {
-        $hourselector .= qq{<option value="$h" };
-        $hourselector .= "selected " if (defined($hour) && $hour == $h);
+        $hourselector .= qq{<option value="$h"};
+        $hourselector .= ' selected="selected"' if (defined($hour) && $hour == $h);
         $hourselector .= ">";
         my $timest='';
         if ($h == 0) {
@@ -605,7 +609,7 @@ Inputs:
 
 =item $dname
 
-The name passed to &datesetter, which prefixes the form elements.
+The name passed to &date_setter, which prefixes the form elements.
 
 =item $defaulttime
 
@@ -974,7 +978,7 @@ sub Create_PrgWin {
 
 	#the whole function called through timeout is due to issues
 	#in mozilla Read BUG #2665 if you want to know the whole story
-	&r_print($r,'<script type="text/javascript">'.
+	&r_print($r,&Apache::lonhtmlcommon::scripttag(
         "var popwin;
          function openpopwin () {
          popwin=open(\'\',\'popwin\',\'width=400,height=100\');".
@@ -985,7 +989,8 @@ sub Create_PrgWin {
 	      &mt('Starting').'" /><\\/form>'.$end_page.
               "\');".
         "popwin.document.close();}".
-        "\nwindow.setTimeout(openpopwin,0)</script>");
+        "\nwindow.setTimeout(openpopwin,0)"
+    ));
 	$prog_state{'formname'}='popremain';
 	$prog_state{'inputname'}="remaining";
     } elsif ($type eq 'inline') {
@@ -1018,10 +1023,12 @@ sub Create_PrgWin {
 # update progress
 sub Update_PrgWin {
     my ($r,$prog_state,$displayString)=@_;
-    &r_print($r,'<script type="text/javascript">'.$$prog_state{'window'}.'.document.'.
-	     $$prog_state{'formname'}.'.'.
-	     $$prog_state{'inputname'}.'.value="'.
-	     $displayString.'";</script>');
+    &r_print($r,&Apache::lonhtmlcommon::scripttag(
+        $$prog_state{'window'}.'.document.'.
+        $$prog_state{'formname'}.'.'.
+        $$prog_state{'inputname'}.'.value="'.
+        $displayString.'";'
+    ));
     $$prog_state{'laststart'}=&Time::HiRes::time();
 }
 
@@ -1074,11 +1081,13 @@ sub Increment_PrgWin {
     if ($user_browser eq 'explorer' && $user_os =~ 'mac') {
         $lasttime = '';
     }
-    &r_print($r,'<script>'.$$prog_state{'window'}.'.document.'.
-	     $$prog_state{'formname'}.'.'.
-	     $$prog_state{'inputname'}.'.value="'.
-	     $$prog_state{'done'}.'/'.$$prog_state{'max'}.
-	     ': '.$time_est.' '.&mt('remaining').' '.$lasttime.'";'.'</script>');
+    &r_print($r,&Apache::lonhtmlcommon::scripttag(
+        $$prog_state{'window'}.'.document.'.
+        $$prog_state{'formname'}.'.'.
+        $$prog_state{'inputname'}.'.value="'.
+        $$prog_state{'done'}.'/'.$$prog_state{'max'}.
+        ': '.$time_est.' '.&mt('remaining').' '.$lasttime.'";'
+    ));
     $$prog_state{'laststart'}=&Time::HiRes::time();
 }
 
@@ -1086,7 +1095,9 @@ sub Increment_PrgWin {
 sub Close_PrgWin {
     my ($r,$prog_state)=@_;
     if ($$prog_state{'type'} eq 'popup') {
-	&r_print($r,'<script>popwin.close()</script>'."\n");
+        &r_print($r,&Apache::lonhtmlcommon::scripttag(
+            'popwin.close()'
+        ));
     } elsif ($$prog_state{'type'} eq 'inline') {
 	&Update_PrgWin($r,$prog_state,&mt('Done'));
     }
@@ -1168,6 +1179,7 @@ sub spellheader {
     my $nothing=&javascript_nothing();
     return (<<ENDCHECK);
 <script type="text/javascript"> 
+// <![CDATA[
 //<!-- BEGIN LON-CAPA Internal
 var checkwin;
 
@@ -1178,6 +1190,7 @@ function spellcheckerwindow(string) {
     checkwin.document.close();
 }
 // END LON-CAPA Internal -->
+// ]]>
 </script>
 ENDCHECK
 }
@@ -1251,7 +1264,8 @@ sub htmlareaselectactive {
     my @fields=@_;
     unless (&htmlareabrowser()) { return ''; }
     if (&htmlareablocked()) { return '<br />'.&enablelink(@fields); }
-    my $output='<script type="text/javascript" defer="1">';
+    my $output='<script type="text/javascript" defer="1">'."\n"
+              .'// <![CDATA['."\n";
     my $lang = &htmlarea_lang();
     foreach my $field (@fields) {
 	$output.="
@@ -1264,7 +1278,9 @@ sub htmlareaselectactive {
     oFCKeditor.Config['DefaultLanguage'] = '$lang';
 }";
     }
-    $output.="\nwindow.status='Activated Editfields';\n</script><br />".
+    $output.="\nwindow.status='Activated Editfields';\n"
+            .'// ]]>'."\n"
+            .'</script><br />'.
 	&disablelink(@fields);
     return $output;
 }
@@ -1290,15 +1306,13 @@ sub htmlareabrowser {
 =item breadcrumbs
 
 Compiles the previously registered breadcrumbs into an series of links.
-FAQ and BUG links will be placed on the left side of the table if they
-are defined for the last registered breadcrumb.  
 Additionally supports a 'component', which will be displayed on the
-right side of the table (without a link).
+right side of the breadcrumbs enclosing div (without a link).
 A link to help for the component will be included if one is specified.
 
 All inputs can be undef without problems.
 
-Inputs: $component (the large text on the right side of the table),
+Inputs: $component (the text on the right side of the breadcrumbs trail),
         $component_help
         $menulink (boolean, controls whether to include a link to /adm/menu)
         $helplink (if 'nohelp' don't include the orange help link)
@@ -1330,28 +1344,21 @@ returns: nothing
     my @Crumbs;
     
     sub breadcrumbs {
-        my ($component,$component_help,$menulink,$helplink,$css_class,$no_mt, $no_realBreadcrumb) = @_;
+        my ($component,$component_help,$menulink,$helplink,$css_class,$no_mt, $CourseBreadcrumbs) = @_;
         #
-	$css_class ||= 'LC_breadcrumbs';
-        my $Str1 = '<ol id="LC_MenuBreadcrumbs">';
-	
-		if($no_realBreadcrumb){
-			$Str1 = '<ul class="LC_CourseBreadcrumbs">';
-		}
+        $css_class ||= 'LC_breadcrumbs';
 
-        my $Str = '';
-        #
         # Make the faq and bug data cascade
-        my $faq = '';
-        my $bug = '';
-	my $help='';
-	# Crumb Symbol
-	my $crumbsymbol = '&raquo;&nbsp;';
+        my $faq  = '';
+        my $bug  = '';
+        my $help = '';
+        # Crumb Symbol
+        my $crumbsymbol = '&raquo;';
         # The last breadcrumb does not have a link, so handle it separately.
         my $last = pop(@Crumbs);
         #
         # The first one should be the course or a menu link
-	if (!defined($menulink)) { $menulink=1; }
+        if (!defined($menulink)) { $menulink=1; }
         if ($menulink) {
             my $description = 'Menu';
             my $no_mt_descr = 0;
@@ -1361,51 +1368,46 @@ returns: nothing
                     $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.description'};
                 $no_mt_descr = 1;
             }
-            unshift(@Crumbs,{
-                    href   =>'/adm/menu',
-                    title  =>'Go to main menu',
-                    target =>'_top',
-                    text   =>$description,
-                    no_mt  =>$no_mt_descr,
-                });
+            $menulink =  {  href   =>'/adm/menu',
+                            title  =>'Go to main menu',
+                            target =>'_top',
+                            text   =>$description,
+                            no_mt  =>$no_mt_descr, };
+            if($last) {
+                #$last set, so we have some crumbs
+                unshift(@Crumbs,$menulink);
+            } else {
+                #only menulink crumb present
+                $last = $menulink;
+            }
         }
-        my $links .= '<li>'. 
-            join('</li><li>'.$crumbsymbol,
+        my $links = join "", 
                  map {
-                     $faq = $_->{'faq'} if (exists($_->{'faq'}));
-                     $bug = $_->{'bug'} if (exists($_->{'bug'}));
+                     $faq  = $_->{'faq'}  if (exists($_->{'faq'}));
+                     $bug  = $_->{'bug'}  if (exists($_->{'bug'}));
                      $help = $_->{'help'} if (exists($_->{'help'}));
-                     my $result = '<a href="'.$_->{'href'}.'" ';
-                     if (defined($_->{'target'}) && $_->{'target'} ne '') {
-                         $result .= 'target="'.$_->{'target'}.'" ';
-                     }
-			# set the possible translation for title 
-		     if ($_->{'no_mt'}) {
-			 $result .='title="'.$_->{'title'}.'">'.
-			     $_->{'text'}.'</a>';
-		     } else {
-			 $result .='title="'.&mt($_->{'title'}).'">'.
-			     &mt($_->{'text'}).'</a>';
-		     }
-                     $result;
-                     } @Crumbs
-                 ).'</li>';
-#Workaround for edit course. 
-	if(@Crumbs == 0 ){
-		$links .= '<li>' if ($links ne '');
-	} else {
-		$links .= '<li>'.$crumbsymbol if ($links ne '');
-	}
-#should the last Element be translated?
-	if ($last->{'no_mt'}) {
-	    $links .= '<b>'.$last->{'text'}.'</b>';
-	} else {
-	    $links .= '<b>'.&mt($last->{'text'}).'</b>';
-	}
-	$links .= '</li>';
+
+                     my $result = htmltag( 'a', 
+                                           $_->{no_mt} ? 
+                                            $_->{text} : mt($_->{text}), 
+                                           { 
+                                               href   => $_->{href},
+                                               title  => $_->{no_mt} ? 
+                                                $_->{title} : mt($_->{title}),
+                                               target => $_->{target},
+                                           });
+                     $result = htmltag( 'li', "$result $crumbsymbol");
+                     } @Crumbs;
+
+        #should the last Element be translated?
+        $links  .= htmltag( 'li', 
+                        htmltag( 'b', 
+                                 $last->{'no_mt'} ? 
+                                 $last->{'text'} : mt($last->{'text'}) ));
+
         my $icons = '';
-        $faq = $last->{'faq'} if (exists($last->{'faq'}));
-        $bug = $last->{'bug'} if (exists($last->{'bug'}));
+        $faq  = $last->{'faq'}  if (exists($last->{'faq'}));
+        $bug  = $last->{'bug'}  if (exists($last->{'bug'}));
         $help = $last->{'help'} if (exists($last->{'help'}));
         $component_help=($component_help?$component_help:$help);
 #        if ($faq ne '') {
@@ -1414,39 +1416,36 @@ returns: nothing
 #        if ($bug ne '') {
 #            $icons .= &Apache::loncommon::help_open_bug($bug);
 #        }
-	if ($faq ne '' || $component_help ne '' || $bug ne '') {
-	    $icons .= &Apache::loncommon::help_open_menu($component,
-							 $component_help,
-							 $faq,$bug);
-	}
+        if ($faq ne '' || $component_help ne '' || $bug ne '') {
+            $icons .= &Apache::loncommon::help_open_menu($component,
+                                                         $component_help,
+                                                         $faq,$bug);
+        }
         #
 		
 
-		if($no_realBreadcrumb){
-        	$Str1 .= $links.'</ul>';
-		} else {
-        	$Str1 .= $links.'</ol>';		
-		}
-        #
-        if (defined($component)) {
-            $Str .= "\n".'<table class="'.$css_class.'">'
-                   .'<tr><td class="'.$css_class.'_component">';
-            if ($no_mt) {
-                $Str .= $component;
-            } else {
-                $Str .= &mt($component);
-            }
-	    if ($icons ne '') {
-		$Str .= '&nbsp;'.$icons;
-	    }
-	    $Str .= '</td></tr></table>'."\n";
+        unless ($CourseBreadcrumbs) {
+            $links = htmltag('ol',  $links, { id => "LC_MenuBreadcrumbs"   });
+        } else {
+            $links = htmltag('ul',  $links, { class => "LC_CourseBreadcrumbs" });
         }
-        #
+
+        if ($component) {
+            $links = htmltag('span', 
+                             ( $no_mt ? $component : mt($component) ).
+                             ( $icons ? $icons : '' ),
+                             { class => 'LC_breadcrumbs_component' } )
+                             .$links;
+        }
+        
+        $links = htmltag('div', $links, 
+                        { id => "LC_breadcrumbs" }) unless ($CourseBreadcrumbs) ;
+
         # Return the @Crumbs stack to what we started with
         push(@Crumbs,$last);
         shift(@Crumbs);
-        # Return a table and after that the breadcrumb's line
-        return "$Str\n$Str1";
+        # Return the breadcrumb's line
+        return "$links";
     }
 
     sub clear_breadcrumbs {
@@ -1454,7 +1453,7 @@ returns: nothing
     }
 
     sub add_breadcrumb {
-        push (@Crumbs,@_);
+        push(@Crumbs,@_);
     }
 
 } # End of scope for @Crumbs
@@ -1591,6 +1590,10 @@ ENDTWO
 
 sub role_select_row {
     my ($roles,$title,$css_class,$show_separate_custom,$cdom,$cnum) = @_;
+    my $crstype = 'Course';
+    if ($cdom ne '' && $cnum ne '') {
+        $crstype = &Apache::loncommon::course_type($cdom.'_'.$cnum);
+    }
     my $output;
     if (defined($title)) {
         $output = &row_title($title,$css_class);
@@ -1615,7 +1618,7 @@ sub role_select_row {
                 $plrole = &mt('Custom Role');
             }
         } else {
-            $plrole=&Apache::lonnet::plaintext($role);
+            $plrole=&Apache::lonnet::plaintext($role,$crstype);
         }
         if (($role ne 'cr') || (!$show_separate_custom)) {
             $output .= '  <option value="'.$role.'">'.$plrole.'</option>';
@@ -1630,17 +1633,18 @@ sub role_select_row {
 
 sub course_select_row {
     my ($title,$formname,$totcodes,$codetitles,$idlist,$idlist_titles,
-	$css_class) = @_;
+	$css_class,$crstype) = @_;
     my $output = &row_title($title,$css_class);
-    $output .= &course_selection($formname,$totcodes,$codetitles,$idlist,$idlist_titles);
+    $output .= &course_selection($formname,$totcodes,$codetitles,$idlist,$idlist_titles,$crstype);
     $output .= &row_closure();
     return $output;
 }
 
 sub course_selection {
-    my ($formname,$totcodes,$codetitles,$idlist,$idlist_titles) = @_;
+    my ($formname,$totcodes,$codetitles,$idlist,$idlist_titles,$crstype) = @_;
     my $output = qq|
 <script type="text/javascript">
+// <![CDATA[
     function coursePick (formname) {
         for  (var i=0; i<formname.coursepick.length; i++) {
             if (formname.coursepick[i].value == 'category') {
@@ -1663,11 +1667,22 @@ sub course_selection {
             formname.courselist = '';
         }
     }
+// ]]>
 </script>
     |;
+
+    my ($allcrs,$pickspec);
+    if ($crstype eq 'Community') {
+        $allcrs = &mt('All communities');
+        $pickspec = &mt('Pick specific communities:');
+    } else {
+        $allcrs = &mt('All courses');
+        $pickspec = &mt('Pick specific course(s):');
+    }
+
     my $courseform='<b>'.&Apache::loncommon::selectcourse_link
-                     ($formname,'pickcourse','pickdomain','coursedesc','',1).'</b>';
-        $output .= '<input type="radio" name="coursepick" value="all" onclick="coursePick(this.form)" />'.&mt('All courses').'<br />';
+                     ($formname,'pickcourse','pickdomain','coursedesc','',1,$crstype).'</b>';
+        $output .= '<input type="radio" name="coursepick" value="all" onclick="coursePick(this.form)" />'.$allcrs.'<br />';
     if ($totcodes > 0) {
         my $numtitles = @$codetitles;
         if ($numtitles > 0) {
@@ -1712,7 +1727,7 @@ sub course_selection {
             $output .= '</tr></table><br />';
         }
     }
-    $output .= '<input type="radio" name="coursepick" value="specific" onclick="coursePick(this.form);opencrsbrowser('."'".$formname."','dccourse','dcdomain','coursedesc','','1'".')" />'.&mt('Pick specific course(s):').' '.$courseform.'&nbsp;&nbsp;<input type="text" value="0" size="4" name="coursetotal" /><input type="hidden" name="courselist" value="" />selected.<br />'."\n";
+    $output .= '<input type="radio" name="coursepick" value="specific" onclick="coursePick(this.form);opencrsbrowser('."'".$formname."','dccourse','dcdomain','coursedesc','','1'".')" />'.$pickspec.' '.$courseform.'&nbsp;&nbsp;<input type="text" value="0" size="4" name="coursetotal" /><input type="hidden" name="courselist" value="" />selected.<br />'."\n";
     return $output;
 }
 
@@ -1767,7 +1782,6 @@ sub email_default_row {
 
 sub submit_row {
     my ($title,$cmd,$submit_text,$css_class) = @_;
-    $submit_text = &mt($submit_text);
     my $output = &row_title($title,$css_class,'LC_pick_box_submit');
     $output .= qq|
              <br />
@@ -1806,13 +1820,11 @@ sub course_custom_roles {
 #
 sub topic_bar {
     my ($imgnum,$title) = @_;
-    return '
-<div class="LC_topic_bar">
-    <img alt="'.&mt('Step [_1]',$imgnum).
-              '"src="/res/adm/pages/bl_step'.$imgnum.'.gif" />&nbsp;
-    <span>'.$title.'</span>
-</div>
-';
+    return '<div class="LC_topic_bar">'
+          .'<img src="/res/adm/pages/bl_step'.$imgnum.'.gif"'
+          .' alt="'.&mt('Step [_1]',$imgnum).'" />'
+          .' '.$title
+          .'</div>';
 }
 
 ##############################################
@@ -1947,7 +1959,7 @@ sub set_form_elements {
             $values{$name}[$i] =~ s/([\r\n\f]+)/\\n/g;
             $values{$name}[$i] =~ s/"/\\"/g;
         }
-        if ($$elements{$name} eq 'text') {
+        if (($$elements{$name} eq 'text') || ($$elements{$name} eq 'hidden')) {
             my $numvalues = @{$values{$name}};
             if ($numvalues > 1) {
                 my $valuestring = join('","',@{$values{$name}});
@@ -1982,6 +1994,8 @@ sub set_form_elements {
                     $output .= qq|
       if (courseForm.elements['$name'].value == "$value") {
           courseForm.elements['$name'].checked = true;
+      } else {
+          courseForm.elements['$name'].checked = false;
       }|;
                 }
             }
@@ -2023,6 +2037,7 @@ sub set_form_elements {
         }
     }
     $output .= "
+    return;
 }\n";
     return $output;
 }
@@ -2064,6 +2079,88 @@ END
     return $scripttag;
 }
 
+
+# USAGE: htmltag(element, content, {attribute => value,...});
+#
+# EXAMPLES: 
+#  - htmltag('a', 'this is an anchor', {href  => 'www.example.com', 
+#                                       title => 'this is a title'})
+#
+#  - You might want to set up needed tags like: 
+#
+#     my $h3  = sub { return htmltag( "h3",  @_ ) };
+#
+#    ... and use them: $h3->("This is a headline")
+#
+#  - To set up a couple of tags, see sub inittags
+#
+# NOTES:
+# - Empty elements, such as <br/> are correctly terminated, 
+#   i.e. htmltag('br') returns <br/> 
+# - Empty attributes (title="") are filtered out.
+# - The function will not check for deprecated attributes.
+#
+# OUTPUT: content enclosed in xhtml conform tags
+sub htmltag{
+    return
+        qq|<$_[0]|
+        . join( '', map { qq| $_="${$_[2]}{$_}"| if ${$_[2]}{$_} } keys %{ $_[2] } )
+        . ($_[1] ? qq|>$_[1]</$_[0]>| : qq|/>|). "\n";
+};
+
+
+# USAGE: inittags(@tags);
+#
+# EXAMPLES:
+#  - my ($h1, $h2, $h3) = initTags( qw( h1 h2 h3 ) )
+#    $h1->("This is a headline") #Returns: <h1>This is a headline</h1>
+#
+# NOTES: See sub htmltag for further information.
+#
+# OUTPUT: List of subroutines. 
+sub inittags {
+    my @tags = @_;
+    return map { my $tag = $_;
+                 sub { return htmltag( $tag, @_ ) }
+               } @tags;
+}
+
+
+# USAGE: scripttag(scriptcode, [start|end|both]);
+#
+# EXAMPLES: 
+#  - scripttag("alert('Hello World!')", 'both') 
+#    returns:
+#    <script type="text/javascript">
+#    // BEGIN LON-CAPA Internal
+#    alert(Hello World!')
+#    // END LON-CAPA Internal
+#    </script>
+#
+# NOTES:
+# - works currently only for javascripts
+#
+# OUTPUT: 
+# Scriptcode properly enclosed in <script> and CDATA tags (and LC
+# Internal markers if 2nd argument is given)
+sub scripttag {
+    my ( $content, $marker ) = @_;
+    return unless defined $content;
+
+    my $begin = "\n// BEGIN LON-CAPA Internal\n";
+    my $end   = "\n// END LON-CAPA Internal\n";
+
+    if ($marker) {
+        $content  = $begin . $content if $marker eq 'start' or $marker eq 'both';
+        $content .= $end              if $marker eq 'end'   or $marker eq 'both';
+    }
+
+    $content = "\n// <![CDATA[\n$content\n// ]]>\n";
+
+    return htmltag('script', $content, {type => 'text/javascript'});
+};
+
+
 ##############################################
 ##############################################
 
@@ -2101,23 +2198,8 @@ END
 # --------------------------
 sub generate_menu {
     my @menu = @_;
-
-    # usage: $wrap->(element, content, {attribute => value,...});
-    # output: content enclosed in html conform tags
-    my $wrap = sub {
-        return
-            qq|<$_[0]|
-          . join( '', map { qq| $_="${$_[2]}{$_}"| } keys %{ $_[2] } )
-          . ($_[1] ? qq|>$_[1]</$_[0]>| : qq|/>|). "\n";
-    };
-    
     # subs for specific html elements
-    my $h3  = sub { return $wrap->( "h3",  @_ ) };
-    my $div = sub { return $wrap->( "div", @_ ) };
-    my $ul  = sub { return $wrap->( "ul",  @_ ) };
-    my $li  = sub { return $wrap->( "li",  @_ ) };
-    my $a   = sub { return $wrap->( "a",   @_ ) };
-    my $img = sub { return $wrap->( "img", @_ ) };
+    my ($h3, $div, $ul, $li, $a, $img) = inittags( qw(h3 div ul li a img) ); 
     
     my @categories; # each element represents the entire markup for a category
    
@@ -2129,7 +2211,7 @@ sub generate_menu {
             # create the markup for the current $link and push it into @links.
             # each entry consists of an image and a text optionally followed 
             # by a help link.
-            push @links, $li->(
+            push(@links,$li->(
                         $a->(
                             $img->("", {
                                 class => "LC_noBorder LC_middle",
@@ -2147,7 +2229,7 @@ sub generate_menu {
                             }).
                          (defined($$link{help}) ? 
                          Apache::loncommon::help_open_topic($$link{help}) : ''),
-                         {class => "LC_menubuttons_inline_text"});
+                         {class => "LC_menubuttons_inline_text"}));
         }
 
         # wrap categorytitle in <h3>, concatenate with 
@@ -2157,16 +2239,115 @@ sub generate_menu {
         # such that each element looks like:
         # <div><h3>title</h3><ul><li>...</li>...</ul></div>
         # the category won't be added if there aren't any links
-        push @categories, 
+        push(@categories, 
             $div->($h3->(mt($$category{categorytitle}), {class=>"LC_hcell"}).
             $ul->(join('' ,@links),  {class =>"LC_ListStyleNormal" }),
-            {class=>"LC_ContentBoxSpecial LC_400Box"}) if scalar(@links);
+            {class=>"LC_Box LC_400Box"})) if scalar(@links);
     }
 
     # wrap the joined @categories in another <div> (column layout)
     return $div->(join('', @categories), {class => "LC_columnSection"});
 }
 
+##############################################
+##############################################
+
+=pod
+
+=item &start_funclist
+
+Start list of available functions
+
+Typically used to offer a simple list of available functions
+at top or bottom of page.
+All available functions/actions for the current page
+should be included in this list.
+
+If the optional headline text is not provided, a default text will be used.
+
+
+Related routines:
+=over 4
+add_item_funclist
+end_funclist
+=back
+
+
+Inputs: (optional) headline text
+
+Returns: HTML code with function list start
+
+=cut
+
+##############################################
+##############################################
+
+sub start_funclist {
+    my($legendtext)=@_;
+    $legendtext=&mt('Functions') if !$legendtext;
+    return "<fieldset>\n<legend>$legendtext</legend>\n"
+          .'<ul class="LC_funclist">'."\n";
+}
+
+
+##############################################
+##############################################
+
+=pod
+
+=item &add_item_funclist
+
+Adds an item to the list of available functions
+
+Related routines:
+=over 4
+start_funclist
+end_funclist
+=back
+
+Inputs: content item with text and link to function
+
+Returns: HTML code with list item for funclist
+
+=cut
+
+##############################################
+##############################################
+
+sub add_item_funclist {
+    my($content) = @_;
+    return '<li>'.$content.'</li>'."\n";
+}
+
+##############################################
+##############################################
+
+=pod
+
+=item &end_funclist
+
+End list of available functions
+
+Related routines:
+=over 4
+start_funclist
+add_item_funclist
+=back
+
+Inputs: ./.
+
+Returns: HTML code with function list end
+
+=cut
+
+##############################################
+##############################################
+
+sub end_funclist {
+    my($r)=@_;
+    return "</ul>\n</fieldset>\n";
+}
+
 1;
 
 __END__