--- loncom/interface/lonhtmlcommon.pm	2007/03/12 18:09:36	1.157
+++ loncom/interface/lonhtmlcommon.pm	2009/06/10 13:32:38	1.223
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common html routines
 #
-# $Id: lonhtmlcommon.pm,v 1.157 2007/03/12 18:09:36 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: lonhtmlcommon.pm,v 1.223 2009/06/10 13:32:38 droeschl Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -67,6 +67,87 @@ use LONCAPA;
 
 =pod
 
+=item confirm_success
+
+Successful completion of an operation message
+
+=cut
+
+sub confirm_success {
+   my ($message,$failure)=@_;
+   if ($failure) {
+      return '<span class="LC_error">'."\n"
+            .'<img src="/adm/lonIcons/navmap.wrong.gif" alt="'.&mt('Error').'" /> '."\n"
+            .$message."\n"
+            .'</span>'."\n";
+   } else {
+      return '<span class="LC_success">'."\n"
+            .'<img src="/adm/lonIcons/navmap.correct.gif" alt="'.&mt('Ok').'" /> '."\n"
+            .$message."\n"
+            .'</span>'."\n";
+   }
+}
+
+##############################################
+##############################################
+
+=pod
+
+=item dragmath_button
+
+Creates a button that launches a dragmath popup-window, in which an 
+expression can be edited and pasted as LaTeX into a specified textarea. 
+
+  textarea - Name of the textarea to edit.
+  helpicon - If true, show a help icon to the right of the button.
+
+=cut
+
+sub dragmath_button {
+    my ($textarea,$helpicon) = @_;
+    my $help_text; 
+    if ($helpicon) {
+        $help_text = &Apache::loncommon::help_open_topic('Authoring_Math_Editor');
+    }
+    my $buttontext=&mt('Edit Math');
+    return <<ENDDRAGMATH;
+                <input type="button" value="$buttontext", onclick="javascript:mathedit('$textarea',document)" />$help_text
+ENDDRAGMATH
+}
+
+##############################################
+
+=pod
+
+=item dragmath_js
+
+Javascript used to open pop-up window containing dragmath applet which 
+can be used to paste LaTeX into a textarea.
+ 
+=cut
+
+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
+}
+
+
+##############################################
+##############################################
+
+=pod
+
 =item authorbombs
 
 =cut
@@ -82,7 +163,7 @@ sub authorbombs {
     foreach (keys %bombs) {
 	if ($_=~/^$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');
 	}
     }
@@ -140,6 +221,7 @@ sub select_recent {
     foreach my $value (sort(keys(%recent))) {
 	unless ($value =~/^error\:/) {
 	    my $escaped = &Apache::loncommon::escape_url($value);
+	    &Apache::loncommon::inhibit_menu_check(\$escaped);
 	    $return.="\n<option value='$escaped'>".
 		&unescape((split(/\&/,$recent{$value}))[1]).
 		'</option>';
@@ -230,7 +312,7 @@ sub checkbox {
         $Str .= 'value="'.$value.'"';
     } 
     if ($checked) {
-        $Str .= ' checked="1"';
+        $Str .= ' checked="checked"';
     }
     $Str .= ' />';
     return $Str;
@@ -252,7 +334,7 @@ sub radio {
         $Str .= 'value="'.$value.'"';
     } 
     if ($checked eq $value) {
-        $Str .= ' checked="1"';
+        $Str .= ' checked="checked"';
     }
     $Str .= ' />';
     return $Str;
@@ -310,6 +392,7 @@ The method used to restrict user input w
 sub date_setter {
     my ($formname,$dname,$currentvalue,$special,$includeempty,$state,
         $no_hh_mm_ss,$defhour,$defmin,$defsec,$nolink) = @_;
+    my $now = time;
     my $wasdefined=1;
     if (! defined($state) || $state ne 'disabled') {
         $state = '';
@@ -318,28 +401,25 @@ sub date_setter {
         $no_hh_mm_ss = 0;
     }
     if ($currentvalue eq 'now') {
-	$currentvalue=time;
+	$currentvalue = $now;
     }
     if ((!defined($currentvalue)) || ($currentvalue eq '')) {
 	$wasdefined=0;
 	if ($includeempty) {
 	    $currentvalue = 0;
 	} else {
-	    $currentvalue = time;
+	    $currentvalue = $now;
 	}
     }
     # other potentially useful values:     wkday,yrday,is_daylight_savings
+    my $tzname;
     my ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$month,$year)=('','',undef,'','','');
     if ($currentvalue) {
-	($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$month,$year,undef,undef,undef) = 
-	    localtime($currentvalue);
-	$year += 1900;
+        ($tzname,$sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$month,$year) = &get_timedates($currentvalue); 
     }
     unless ($wasdefined) {
+        ($tzname,$sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$month,$year) = &get_timedates($now);
 	if (($defhour) || ($defmin) || ($defsec)) {
-	    ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$month,$year,undef,undef,undef) = 
-		localtime(time);
-	    $year += 1900;
 	    $sec=($defsec?$defsec:0);
 	    $min=($defmin?$defmin:0);
 	    $hour=($defhour?$defhour:0);
@@ -352,6 +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.$dname\_month.value;
@@ -412,9 +493,10 @@ document.$formname.$dname\_year.value,
         }
 
     }
+// ]]>
 </script>
 ENDJS
-    $result .= '  <span style="white-space: nowrap;">';
+    $result .= '  <span class="LC_nobreak">';
     my $monthselector = qq{<select name="$dname\_month" $special $state onchange="javascript:$dname\_checkday()" >};
     # Month
     my @Months = qw/January February  March     April   May      June 
@@ -462,16 +544,19 @@ ENDJS
         $cal_link = qq{<a href="javascript:$dname\_opencalendar()">};
     }
     #
+    my $tzone = ' '.$tzname.' ';
     if ($no_hh_mm_ss) {
         $result .= &mt('[_1] [_2] [_3] ',
-                       $monthselector,$dayselector,$yearselector);
+                       $monthselector,$dayselector,$yearselector).
+                   $tzone;
         if (!$nolink) {
             $result .= &mt('[_1]Select Date[_2]',$cal_link,'</a>');
         }
     } else {
         $result .= &mt('[_1] [_2] [_3] [_4] [_5]m [_6]s ',
                       $monthselector,$dayselector,$yearselector,
-                      $hourselector,$minuteselector,$secondselector);
+                      $hourselector,$minuteselector,$secondselector).
+                   $tzone;
         if (!$nolink) {
             $result .= &mt('[_1]Select Date[_2]',$cal_link,'</a>');
         }
@@ -480,6 +565,35 @@ ENDJS
     return $result;
 }
 
+sub get_timedates {
+    my ($epoch) = @_;
+    my $dt = DateTime->from_epoch(epoch => $epoch)
+                     ->set_time_zone(&Apache::lonlocal::gettimezone());
+    my $tzname = $dt->time_zone_short_name();
+    my $sec = $dt->second;
+    my $min = $dt->minute;
+    my $hour = $dt->hour;
+    my $mday = $dt->day;
+    my $month = $dt->month;
+    if ($month) {
+        $month --;
+    }
+    my $year = $dt->year;
+    return ($tzname,$sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$month,$year);
+}
+
+sub build_url {
+    my ($base, $fields)=@_;
+    my $url;
+    $url = $base.'?';
+    foreach my $key (keys(%$fields)) {
+        $url.=&escape($key).'='.&escape($$fields{$key}).'&amp;';
+    }
+    $url =~ s/&amp;$//;
+    return $url;
+}
+
+
 ##############################################
 ##############################################
 
@@ -548,20 +662,33 @@ sub get_date_from_form {
     if (defined($env{'form.'.$dname.'_month'})) {
         my $tmpmonth = $env{'form.'.$dname.'_month'};
         if (($tmpmonth =~ /^\d+$/) && ($tmpmonth > 0) && ($tmpmonth < 13)) {
-            $month = $tmpmonth - 1;
+            $month = $tmpmonth;
         }
     }
     if (defined($env{'form.'.$dname.'_year'})) {
         my $tmpyear = $env{'form.'.$dname.'_year'};
-        if (($tmpyear =~ /^\d+$/) && ($tmpyear > 1900)) {
-            $year = $tmpyear - 1900;
+        if (($tmpyear =~ /^\d+$/) && ($tmpyear >= 1970)) {
+            $year = $tmpyear;
         }
     }
-    if (($year<70) || ($year>137)) { return undef; }
+    if (($year<1970) || ($year>2037)) { return undef; }
     if (defined($sec) && defined($min)   && defined($hour) &&
-        defined($day) && defined($month) && defined($year) &&
-        eval('&timelocal($sec,$min,$hour,$day,$month,$year)')) {
-        return &timelocal($sec,$min,$hour,$day,$month,$year);
+        defined($day) && defined($month) && defined($year)) {
+        my $timezone = &Apache::lonlocal::gettimezone();
+        my $dt = DateTime->new( year   => $year,
+                                month  => $month,
+                                day    => $day,
+                                hour   => $hour,
+                                minute => $min,
+                                second => $sec,
+                                time_zone => $timezone,
+                              );
+        my $epoch_time  = $dt->epoch;
+        if ($epoch_time ne '') {
+            return $epoch_time;
+        } else {
+            return undef;
+        }
     } else {
         return undef;
     }
@@ -631,6 +758,8 @@ sub javascript_nothing {
 ##############################################
 ##############################################
 sub javascript_docopen {
+    my ($mimetype) = @_;
+    $mimetype ||= 'text/html';
     # safari does not understand document.open() and loads "text/html"
     my $nothing = "''";
     my $user_browser;
@@ -644,7 +773,7 @@ sub javascript_docopen {
     if ($user_browser eq 'safari' && $user_os =~ 'mac') {
         $nothing = "document.clear()";
     } else {
-	$nothing = "document.open('text/html','replace')";
+	$nothing = "document.open('$mimetype','replace')";
     }
     return $nothing;
 }
@@ -681,7 +810,7 @@ Returns: a perl string as described.
 ##############################################
 ##############################################
 sub StatusOptions {
-    my ($status, $formName,$size,$onchange)=@_;
+    my ($status, $formName,$size,$onchange,$mult)=@_;
     $size = 1 if (!defined($size));
     if (! defined($status)) {
         $status = 'Active';
@@ -690,6 +819,9 @@ sub StatusOptions {
 
     my $Str = '';
     $Str .= '<select name="Status"';
+    if (defined($mult)){
+        $Str .= ' multiple="multiple" ';
+    }
     if(defined($formName) && $formName ne '' && ! defined($onchange)) {
         $Str .= ' onchange="document.'.$formName.'.submit()"';
     }
@@ -847,31 +979,33 @@ 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($r,'<script type="text/javascript">'.
+        '// <![CDATA['.
         "var popwin;
          function openpopwin () {
          popwin=open(\'\',\'popwin\',\'width=400,height=100\');".
         "popwin.document.writeln(\'".$start_page.
-              "<h4>$heading<\/h4>".
-              "<form name=\"popremain\" method=\"post\">".
+              "<h4>".&mt("$heading")."<\/h4>".
+              "<form action=\"\" name=\"popremain\" method=\"post\">".
               '<input type="text" size="'.$width.'" name="remaining" value="'.
 	      &mt('Starting').'" /><\\/form>'.$end_page.
               "\');".
         "popwin.document.close();}".
-        "\nwindow.setTimeout(openpopwin,0)</script>");
+        "\nwindow.setTimeout(openpopwin,0)".
+        '// ]]>'.
+        '</script>');
 	$prog_state{'formname'}='popremain';
 	$prog_state{'inputname'}="remaining";
     } elsif ($type eq 'inline') {
 	$prog_state{'window'}='window';
 	if (!$formname) {
 	    $prog_state{'formname'}=&get_uniq_name();
-	    &r_print($r,'<form name="'.$prog_state{'formname'}.'">');
+	    &r_print($r,'<form action="" name="'.$prog_state{'formname'}.'">');
 	} else {
 	    $prog_state{'formname'}=$formname;
 	}
 	if (!$inputname) {
 	    $prog_state{'inputname'}=&get_uniq_name();
-	    &r_print($r,$heading.' <input type="text" name="'.$prog_state{'inputname'}.
-		     '" size="'.$width.'" />');
+	    &r_print($r,&mt("$heading [_1]",' <input type="text" name="'.$prog_state{'inputname'}.'" size="'.$width.'" />'));
 	} else {
 	    $prog_state{'inputname'}=$inputname;
 	    
@@ -891,10 +1025,14 @@ sub Create_PrgWin {
 # update progress
 sub Update_PrgWin {
     my ($r,$prog_state,$displayString)=@_;
-    &r_print($r,'<script>'.$$prog_state{'window'}.'.document.'.
+    &r_print($r,'<script type="text/javascript">'.
+        '// <![CDATA['.
+        $$prog_state{'window'}.'.document.'.
 	     $$prog_state{'formname'}.'.'.
 	     $$prog_state{'inputname'}.'.value="'.
-	     $displayString.'";</script>');
+	     $displayString.'";'.
+        '// ]]>'.
+        '</script>');
     $$prog_state{'laststart'}=&Time::HiRes::time();
 }
 
@@ -947,11 +1085,15 @@ sub Increment_PrgWin {
     if ($user_browser eq 'explorer' && $user_os =~ 'mac') {
         $lasttime = '';
     }
-    &r_print($r,'<script>'.$$prog_state{'window'}.'.document.'.
+    &r_print($r,'<script>'.
+        '// <![CDATA['.
+        $$prog_state{'window'}.'.document.'.
 	     $$prog_state{'formname'}.'.'.
 	     $$prog_state{'inputname'}.'.value="'.
 	     $$prog_state{'done'}.'/'.$$prog_state{'max'}.
-	     ': '.$time_est.' '.&mt('remaining').' '.$lasttime.'";'.'</script>');
+	     ': '.$time_est.' '.&mt('remaining').' '.$lasttime.'";'.
+        '// ]]>'.
+        '</script>');
     $$prog_state{'laststart'}=&Time::HiRes::time();
 }
 
@@ -959,7 +1101,11 @@ sub Increment_PrgWin {
 sub Close_PrgWin {
     my ($r,$prog_state)=@_;
     if ($$prog_state{'type'} eq 'popup') {
-	&r_print($r,'<script>popwin.close()</script>'."\n");
+        &r_print($r,'<script>'.
+            '// <![CDATA['.
+            'popwin.close()'.
+            '// ]]>'.
+            '</script>'."\n");
     } elsif ($$prog_state{'type'} eq 'inline') {
 	&Update_PrgWin($r,$prog_state,&mt('Done'));
     }
@@ -1003,13 +1149,14 @@ sub crumbs {
 	    } else {
 		$path.='/'; 
 	    }	    
-            my $linkpath = &Apache::loncommon::escape_single($path);
-            if ($form) {
-		$linkpath=
-                    qq{javascript:$form.action='$linkpath';$form.submit();};
-            }
             my $href_path = &HTML::Entities::encode($path,'<>&"');
-	    $output.=qq{<a href="$path" $target>$dir</a>/};
+	    &Apache::loncommon::inhibit_menu_check(\$href_path);
+	    if ($form) {
+	        my $href = 'javascript:'.$form.".action='".$href_path."';".$form.'.submit();';
+	        $output.=qq{<a href="$href" $target>$dir</a>/};
+	    } else {
+	        $output.=qq{<a href="$href_path" $target>$dir</a>/};
+	    }
 	}
     } else {
 	foreach my $dir (split('/',$uri)) {
@@ -1040,6 +1187,7 @@ sub spellheader {
     my $nothing=&javascript_nothing();
     return (<<ENDCHECK);
 <script type="text/javascript"> 
+// <![CDATA[
 //<!-- BEGIN LON-CAPA Internal
 var checkwin;
 
@@ -1050,6 +1198,7 @@ function spellcheckerwindow(string) {
     checkwin.document.close();
 }
 // END LON-CAPA Internal -->
+// ]]>
 </script>
 ENDCHECK
 }
@@ -1083,46 +1232,13 @@ ENDLINK
 }
 
 sub htmlareaheaders {
-    if (&htmlareablocked()) { return ''; }
-    unless (&htmlareabrowser()) { return ''; }
-    my $lang='en';
-    if (&mt('htmlarea_lang') ne 'htmlarea_lang') {
-	$lang=&mt('htmlarea_lang');
-    }
+    return if (&htmlareablocked());
+    return if (!&htmlareabrowser());
     return (<<ENDHEADERS);
-<script type="text/javascript">
-_editor_url='/htmlarea/';
-_editor_lang='$lang';
-</script>
-<script type="text/javascript" src="/htmlarea/htmlarea.js"></script>
-<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/htmlarea/htmlarea.css" />
+<script type="text/javascript" src="/fckeditor/fckeditor.js"></script>
 ENDHEADERS
 }
 
-# ------------------------------------------------- Activate additional buttons
-
-sub htmlareaaddbuttons {
-    if (&htmlareablocked()) { return ''; }
-    unless (&htmlareabrowser()) { return ''; }
-    return (<<ENDADDBUTTON);
-    var config=new HTMLArea.Config();
-    config.registerButton('ed_math','LaTeX Inline',
-			  '/htmlarea/images/ed_math.gif',false,
-			    function(editor,id) {
-			      editor.surroundHTML('&nbsp;<m>\$','\$</m>&nbsp;');
-			    }
-			  );
-    config.registerButton('ed_math_eqn','LaTeX Equation',
-			  '/htmlarea/images/ed_math_eqn.gif',false,
-			    function(editor,id) {
-			      editor.surroundHTML(
-				     '&nbsp;\\n<center><m>\\\\[','\\\\]</m></center>\\n&nbsp;');
-			    }
-			  );
-    config.toolbar.push(['ed_math','ed_math_eqn']);
-ENDADDBUTTON
-}
-
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------- Preferences
 
 sub disablelink {
@@ -1141,18 +1257,38 @@ sub enablelink {
     return '<a href="'.&HTML::Entities::encode('/adm/preferences?action=set_wysiwyg&wysiwyg=on&returnurl=','<>&"').&escape($ENV{'REQUEST_URI'}).'">'.&mt('Enable WYSIWYG Editor').'</a>';
 }
 
+# ------------------------------------------------- lang to use in html editor
+sub htmlarea_lang {
+    my $lang='en';
+    if (&mt('htmlarea_lang') ne 'htmlarea_lang') {
+	$lang=&mt('htmlarea_lang');
+    }
+    return $lang;
+}
+
 # ----------------------------------------- Script to activate only some fields
 
 sub htmlareaselectactive {
     my @fields=@_;
     unless (&htmlareabrowser()) { return ''; }
     if (&htmlareablocked()) { return '<br />'.&enablelink(@fields); }
-    my $output='<script type="text/javascript" defer="1">'.
-	&htmlareaaddbuttons();
-    foreach(@fields) {
-	$output.="\nHTMLArea.replace('$_',config);";
-    }
-    $output.="\nwindow.status='Activated Editfields';\n</script><br />".
+    my $output='<script type="text/javascript" defer="1">'
+              .'// <![CDATA[';
+    my $lang = &htmlarea_lang();
+    foreach my $field (@fields) {
+	$output.="
+{
+    var oFCKeditor = new FCKeditor('$field');
+    oFCKeditor.Config['CustomConfigurationsPath'] = 
+	'/fckeditor/loncapaconfig.js';    
+    oFCKeditor.ReplaceTextarea();
+    oFCKeditor.Config['AutoDetectLanguage'] = false;
+    oFCKeditor.Config['DefaultLanguage'] = '$lang';
+}";
+    }
+    $output.="\nwindow.status='Activated Editfields';\n"
+            .'// ]]>'
+            .'</script><br />'.
 	&disablelink(@fields);
     return $output;
 }
@@ -1178,19 +1314,19 @@ 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)
         $css_class (optional name for the class to apply to the table for CSS)
+        $no_mt (optional flag, 1 if &mt() is _not_ to be applied to $component
+           when including the text on the right.
 Returns a string containing breadcrumbs for the current page.
 
 =item clear_breadcrumbs
@@ -1216,64 +1352,70 @@ returns: nothing
     my @Crumbs;
     
     sub breadcrumbs {
-        my ($component,$component_help,$menulink,$helplink,$css_class) = @_;
-        #
-	$css_class ||= 'LC_breadcrumbs';
-        my $Str = "\n".'<table class="'.$css_class.'"><tr><td>';
+        my ($component,$component_help,$menulink,$helplink,$css_class,$no_mt, $CourseBreadcrumbs) = @_;
         #
+        $css_class ||= 'LC_breadcrumbs';
+
         # Make the faq and bug data cascade
-        my $faq = '';
-        my $bug = '';
-	my $help='';
+        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 $no_mt_descr = 0;
             if (exists($env{'request.course.id'}) && 
                 $env{'request.course.id'} ne '') {
                 $description = 
                     $env{'course.'.$env{'request.course.id'}.'.description'};
+                $no_mt_descr = 1;
+            }
+            $menulink =  {  href   =>'/adm/menu',
+                            title  =>'Go to main menu',
+                            target =>'_top',
+                            text   =>$description,
+                            no_mt  =>$no_mt_descr, };
+            if($last) {
+                #$last set, so we have some crumbs
+                unshift(@Crumbs,$menulink);
+            } else {
+                #only menulink crumb present
+                $last = $menulink;
             }
-            unshift(@Crumbs,{
-                    href   =>'/adm/menu',
-                    title  =>'Go to main menu',
-                    target =>'_top',
-                    text   =>$description,
-                });
         }
-        my $links .= 
-            join('-&gt;',
+        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'}.'" ';
-                     }
-		     if ($_->{'no_mt'}) {
-			 $result .='title="'.$_->{'title'}.'">'.
-			     $_->{'text'}.'</a>';
-		     } else {
-			 $result .='title="'.&mt($_->{'title'}).'">'.
-			     &mt($_->{'text'}).'</a>';
-		     }
-                     $result;
-                     } @Crumbs
-                 );
-        $links .= '-&gt;' if ($links ne '');
-	if ($last->{'no_mt'}) {
-	    $links .= '<b>'.$last->{'text'}.'</b>';
-	} else {
-	    $links .= '<b>'.&mt($last->{'text'}).'</b>';
-	}
-        #
+
+                     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 ($faq ne '') {
@@ -1282,29 +1424,36 @@ returns: nothing
 #        if ($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);
-	}
-        #
-        $Str .= $links.'</td>';
-        #
-        if (defined($component)) {
-            $Str .= '<td class="'.$css_class.'_component">'.
-                &mt($component);
-	    if ($icons ne '') {
-		$Str .= '&nbsp;'.$icons;
-	    }
-	    $Str .= '</td>';
+        if ($faq ne '' || $component_help ne '' || $bug ne '') {
+            $icons .= &Apache::loncommon::help_open_menu($component,
+                                                         $component_help,
+                                                         $faq,$bug);
         }
-        $Str .= '</tr></table>'."\n";
         #
+		
+
+        unless ($CourseBreadcrumbs) {
+            $links = htmltag('ol',  $links, { id => "LC_MenuBreadcrumbs"   });
+        } else {
+            $links = htmltag('ul',  $links, { id => "LC_CourseBreadcrumbs" });
+        }
+
+        if ($component) {
+            $links = htmltag('span', 
+                             ( $no_mt ? $component : mt($component) ).
+                             ( $icons ? $icons : '' ),
+                             { class => 'LC_breadcrumbs_component' } )
+                             .$links;
+        }
+        
+        $links = htmltag('div', $links, 
+                        { id => "LC_head_subbox" }) unless ($CourseBreadcrumbs) ;
+
         # Return the @Crumbs stack to what we started with
         push(@Crumbs,$last);
         shift(@Crumbs);
-        #
-        return $Str;
+        # Return the breadcrumb's line
+        return "$links";
     }
 
     sub clear_breadcrumbs {
@@ -1331,8 +1480,8 @@ returns: nothing
 # row1
 # row2
 # row3   ... etc.
-# &submit_row(0
-# &end_pickbox()
+# &submit_row()
+# &end_pick_box()
 #
 # where row1, row 2 etc. are chosen from &role_select_row,&course_select_row,
 # &status_select_row and &email_default_row
@@ -1373,6 +1522,9 @@ returns: nothing
 # routines, but can also be called directly to start and end rows which have 
 # needs that are not accommodated by the *_select_row() routines.    
 
+{ # Start: row_count block for pick_box
+my @row_count;
+
 sub start_pick_box {
     my ($css_class) = @_;
     if (defined($css_class)) {
@@ -1380,6 +1532,7 @@ sub start_pick_box {
     } else {
 	$css_class= 'class="LC_pick_box"';
     }
+    unshift(@row_count,0);
     my $output = <<"END";
  <table $css_class>
 END
@@ -1387,26 +1540,38 @@ END
 }
 
 sub end_pick_box {
+    shift(@row_count);
     my $output = <<"END";
        </table>
 END
     return $output;
 }
 
+sub row_headline {
+    my $output = <<"END";
+           <tr><td colspan="2">
+END
+    return $output;
+}
+
 sub row_title {
     my ($title,$css_title_class,$css_value_class) = @_;
+    $row_count[0]++;
+    my $css_class = ($row_count[0] % 2)?'LC_odd_row':'LC_even_row';
     $css_title_class ||= 'LC_pick_box_title';
     $css_title_class = 'class="'.$css_title_class.'"';
 
     $css_value_class ||= 'LC_pick_box_value';
-    $css_value_class = 'class="'.$css_value_class.'"';
 
+    if ($title ne '') {
+        $title .= ':';
+    }
     my $output = <<"ENDONE";
            <tr class="LC_pick_box_row">
             <td $css_title_class>
-	       $title:
+	       $title
             </td>
-            <td $css_value_class>
+            <td class="$css_value_class $css_class">
 ENDONE
     return $output;
 }
@@ -1428,6 +1593,9 @@ ENDTWO
     return $output;
 }
 
+} # End: row_count block for pick_box
+
+
 sub role_select_row {
     my ($roles,$title,$css_class,$show_separate_custom,$cdom,$cnum) = @_;
     my $output;
@@ -1435,7 +1603,7 @@ sub role_select_row {
         $output = &row_title($title,$css_class);
     }
     $output .= qq|
-                                  <select name="roles" multiple >\n|;
+                                  <select name="roles" multiple="multiple">\n|;
     foreach my $role (@$roles) {
         my $plrole;
         if ($role eq 'ow') {
@@ -1471,8 +1639,16 @@ sub course_select_row {
     my ($title,$formname,$totcodes,$codetitles,$idlist,$idlist_titles,
 	$css_class) = @_;
     my $output = &row_title($title,$css_class);
-    $output .= qq|
+    $output .= &course_selection($formname,$totcodes,$codetitles,$idlist,$idlist_titles);
+    $output .= &row_closure();
+    return $output;
+}
+
+sub course_selection {
+    my ($formname,$totcodes,$codetitles,$idlist,$idlist_titles) = @_;
+    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') {
@@ -1495,6 +1671,7 @@ sub course_select_row {
             formname.courselist = '';
         }
     }
+// ]]>
 </script>
     |;
     my $courseform='<b>'.&Apache::loncommon::selectcourse_link
@@ -1544,8 +1721,7 @@ sub course_select_row {
             $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 .= &row_closure();
+    $output .= '<input type="radio" name="coursepick" value="specific" onclick="coursePick(this.form);opencrsbrowser('."'".$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";
     return $output;
 }
 
@@ -1556,7 +1732,7 @@ sub status_select_row {
         $output = &row_title($title,$css_class,'LC_pick_box_select');
     }
     $output .= qq|
-                                    <select name="types" multiple>\n|;
+                                    <select name="types" multiple="multiple">\n|;
     foreach my $status_type (sort(keys(%{$types}))) {
         $output .= '  <option value="'.$status_type.'">'.$$types{$status_type}.'</option>';
     }
@@ -1570,7 +1746,6 @@ sub status_select_row {
 sub email_default_row {
     my ($authtypes,$title,$descrip,$css_class) = @_;
     my $output = &row_title($title,$css_class);
-    my @rowcols = ('#eeeeee','#dddddd');
     $output .= $descrip.
 	&Apache::loncommon::start_data_table().
 	&Apache::loncommon::start_data_table_header_row().
@@ -1631,6 +1806,23 @@ sub course_custom_roles {
 
 ##############################################
 ##############################################
+
+# topic_bar
+#
+# Generates a div containing a numbered (static image) followed by a title
+# with a background color defined in the corresponding CSS: LC_topic_bar
+#
+sub topic_bar {
+    my ($imgnum,$title) = @_;
+    return '<div class="LC_topic_bar">'
+          .'<img src="/res/adm/pages/bl_step'.$imgnum.'.gif"'
+          .' alt="'.&mt('Step [_1]',$imgnum).'" />'
+          .' '.$title
+          .'</div>';
+}
+
+##############################################
+##############################################
                                                                              
 # echo_form_input
 #
@@ -1841,6 +2033,178 @@ sub set_form_elements {
     return $output;
 }
 
+##############################################
+##############################################
+
+# javascript_valid_email
+#
+# Generates javascript to validate an e-mail address.
+# Returns a javascript function which accetps a form field as argumnent, and
+# returns false if field.value does not satisfy two regular expression matches
+# for a valid e-mail address.  Backwards compatible with old browsers without
+# support for javascript RegExp (just checks for @ in field.value in this case). 
+
+sub javascript_valid_email {
+    my $scripttag .= <<'END';
+function validmail(field) {
+    var str = field.value;
+    if (window.RegExp) {
+        var reg1str = "(@.*@)|(\\.\\.)|(@\\.)|(\\.@)|(^\\.)";
+        var reg2str = "^.+\\@(\\[?)[a-zA-Z0-9\\-\\.]+\\.([a-zA-Z]{2,3}|[0-9]{1,3})(\\]?)$"; //"
+        var reg1 = new RegExp(reg1str);
+        var reg2 = new RegExp(reg2str);
+        if (!reg1.test(str) && reg2.test(str)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        if(str.indexOf("@") >= 0) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+}
+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( $tag, @_ ) }
+               } @tags;
+}
+
+
+##############################################
+##############################################
+
+# generate_menu
+#
+# Generates html markup for a menu. 
+#
+# Inputs:
+# An array of following structure:
+#   ({	categorytitle => 'Categorytitle',
+#	items => [
+#		    {	
+#           linktext    =>	'Text to be displayed',
+#			url	        =>	'URL the link is pointing to, i.e. /adm/site?action=dosomething',
+#			permission  =>	'Contains permissions as returned from lonnet::allowed(),
+#					         must evaluate to true in order to activate the link',
+#			icon        =>  'icon filename',
+#			alttext	    =>	'alt text for the icon',
+#			help	    =>	'Name of the corresponding helpfile',
+#			linktitle   =>	'Description of the link (used for title tag)'
+#		    },
+#		    ...
+#		]
+#   }, 
+#   ...
+#   )
+#
+# Outputs: A scalar containing the html markup for the menu.
+
+# ---- Remove when done ----
+# This routine is part of the redesign of LON-CAPA and it's 
+# subject to change during this project.
+# Don't rely on its current functionality as it might be 
+# changed or removed.
+# --------------------------
+sub generate_menu {
+    my @menu = @_;
+    # subs for specific html elements
+    my ($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
+   
+    foreach my $category (@menu) {
+        my @links;  # contains the links for the current $category
+        foreach my $link (@{$$category{items}}) {
+            next unless $$link{permission};
+            
+            # 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->(
+                        $a->(
+                            $img->("", {
+                                class => "LC_noBorder LC_middle",
+                                src   => "/res/adm/pages/$$link{icon}",
+                                alt   => mt(defined($$link{alttext}) ?
+                                $$link{alttext} : $$link{linktext})
+                            }), {
+                            href  => $$link{url},
+                            title => mt($$link{linktitle})
+                            }).
+                        $a->(mt($$link{linktext}), {
+                            href  => $$link{url},
+                            title => mt($$link{linktitle}),
+                            class => "LC_menubuttons_link"
+                            }).
+                         (defined($$link{help}) ? 
+                         Apache::loncommon::help_open_topic($$link{help}) : ''),
+                         {class => "LC_menubuttons_inline_text"});
+        }
+
+        # wrap categorytitle in <h3>, concatenate with 
+        # joined and in <ul> tags wrapped @links
+        # and wrap everything in an enclosing <div> and push it into
+        # @categories
+        # such that each element looks like:
+        # <div><h3>title</h3><ul><li>...</li>...</ul></div>
+        # the category won't be added if there aren't any links
+        push @categories, 
+            $div->($h3->(mt($$category{categorytitle}), {class=>"LC_hcell"}).
+            $ul->(join('' ,@links),  {class =>"LC_ListStyleNormal" }),
+            {class=>"LC_Box LC_400Box"}) if scalar(@links);
+    }
+
+    # wrap the joined @categories in another <div> (column layout)
+    return $div->(join('', @categories), {class => "LC_columnSection"});
+}
+
 1;
 
 __END__