var Formy = {
        init : function (options){
            if(!options){options = '';}
            var fields = $$('.formy');
            var errors = $$('.error-message');
            errors.each(function(error){
               error.up('div').setStyle({backgroundColor:'#ffff99',border:'2px solid red'});
            });
            fields.each(function(field){

                Event.observe(field, 'focus', function(){
                    field.up().addClassName('formy_active');
                    if(field.title != ''){
                        field.up().insert({ after : '<span class="formy_info" id="formy_'+field.id+'" style="display:none;">'+field.title+'</span>' });
                        $('formy_'+field.id).appear({duration:0.3});
                    }
                });
                Event.observe(field, 'blur', function(){
                    var wrapperDiv = field.up('div');
                    if(options.validate && wrapperDiv.hasClassName('required') &! field.hasClassName('novalidate')){
                        Formy.validate(field,wrapperDiv);
                    }
                    wrapperDiv.removeClassName('formy_active');
                    if($('formy_'+field.id) != null){
                        $('formy_'+field.id).fade({duration:0.3});
                        $('formy_'+field.id).remove();
                    }
                });
                if(options.counter && field.tagName == 'TEXTAREA'){
                    Event.observe(field, 'keyup', function(){Formy.counter(field);}, false);
                    Event.observe(field, 'keydown', function(){Formy.counter(field);}, false);
                    Formy.counter(field)
                }

            });
        },
        validate: function(field,wrapperDiv){
            if(!wrapperDiv){wrapperDiv = field.up('div')}
            var wrapperForm = field.up('form');
            new Ajax.Request(wrapperForm.action+'.json', {
            method:'post',
            parameters:Form.Element.serialize(field),
                onSuccess: function(transport, json){
                    var label = wrapperDiv.down('label');
                    var img = wrapperDiv.down('img');
                    var msg = label.down('span');
                    if(img){img.hide()}
                    if(msg){msg.remove()}
                    field.setStyle({width:'95%'});
                    if(json.error == 1){
                        label.setStyle({color:'#DC143C'});
                        label.insert({bottom:'<span> - '+json.message+'</span>'});
                        new Effect.Highlight(wrapperDiv, {startcolor:'#DC143C', endcolor:'#ffff99', restorecolor:'#ffff99'});
                        field.insert({after:'<img id="formy_img_'+field.id+'" class="formy_img" src="/img/icons/exclamation.png" />'});
                    }else{
                        new Effect.Highlight(wrapperDiv, {startcolor:'#44a944', endcolor:'#ffffff', restorecolor:'#ffffff'});
                        field.insert({after:'<img class="formy_img" src="/img/icons/accept.png" />'});
                        wrapperDiv.down('label').setStyle({color:'#000000'})
                        //field.addClassName('novalidate');
                        wrapperDiv.down('.error-message').hide();
                    }
                }
            });
        },
        counter : function(ta){
            var max_chars=150;
            if(($(ta).name=='data[Textist][personal_details_0]')  || ($(ta).name=='data[Textist][personal_details_2]') || ($(ta).name=='data[Textist][personal_details_1]')){
               max_chars = 300;

            }

             if (!$('counter-'+ta.id)){
                $(ta).insert({after: '<div id="counter-'+ta.id+'"></div>'});
                }
                if($F(ta).length >= max_chars){
                    $(ta).value = $F(ta).substring(0, max_chars);
                    $('counter-'+ta.id).addClassName('charcount-limit');
                    $('counter-'+ta.id).removeClassName('charcount-safe');
                    $('counter-'+ta.id).update('no more char');
                } else {
                    $('counter-'+ta.id).removeClassName('charcount-limit');
                    $('counter-'+ta.id).addClassName('charcount-safe');

                }
                    $('counter-'+ta.id).update($F(ta).length +'/'+max_chars);
        }
    }

    var Tabby = {
        init: function(){
            Tabby.tabs = $$('.tab');
            Tabby.panels = $$('.panel');
            ;
            Tabby.tabs.each(function(tab){
            Event.observe(tab, 'click', function(){
                Tabby.hidem();
                $(tab.id).toggleClassName('active');
                var tabNum = tab.id.sub('tab_','');
                panel = 'panel_'+tabNum;
                $(panel).show();
                });
            });
        },


        hidem: function(){
            Tabby.tabs.each(function(tab){
                if($(tab.id).hasClassName('active')){
                    $(tab.id).removeClassName('active');
                }
            });
            Tabby.panels.each(function(panel){
                if($(panel.id).visible()){
                    $(panel.id).hide();
                }
            });
        }
    }

    var Cookie = {
        create: function (name,value,days) {
            if (days) {
                var date = new Date();
                date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
                var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
            }
            else var expires = "";
            document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
        },
        read: function (name) {
            var nameEQ = name + "=";
            var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
            for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
                var c = ca[i];
                while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
                if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
            }
            return null;
        }
    }

    var Popup = {
        twing: function(){
            window.open( '/clients/twing_sample', "TextWings Twing", "status = 0, height = 700, width = 1000, resizable = 0, scrollbars = 1" );
        },
        price_calculator: function(){

            window.open( '/search/price_calculator_description', "TextWings Calculator", "status = 0, height = 200, width = 470,menubar=no,left=200,top=200, resizable = 0, scrollbars = 0" );
        }
    }


/*----Trimmed Scriptaculous---(Only Core Effects)---------------------------*/
var Scriptaculous = {}

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({fontSize: (percent/100) + 'em'});
  if (Prototype.Browser.WebKit) window.scrollBy(0,0);
  return element;
};

Element.getInlineOpacity = function(element){
  return $(element).style.opacity || '';
};

Element.forceRerendering = function(element) {
  try {
    element = $(element);
    var n = document.createTextNode(' ');
    element.appendChild(n);
    element.removeChild(n);
  } catch(e) { }
};

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

var Effect = {
  _elementDoesNotExistError: {
    name: 'ElementDoesNotExistError',
    message: 'The specified DOM element does not exist, but is required for this effect to operate'
  },
  Transitions: {
    linear: Prototype.K,
    sinoidal: function(pos) {
      return (-Math.cos(pos*Math.PI)/2) + 0.5;
    },
    reverse: function(pos) {
      return 1-pos;
    },
    flicker: function(pos) {
      var pos = ((-Math.cos(pos*Math.PI)/4) + 0.75) + Math.random()/4;
      return pos > 1 ? 1 : pos;
    },
    wobble: function(pos) {
      return (-Math.cos(pos*Math.PI*(9*pos))/2) + 0.5;
    },
    pulse: function(pos, pulses) {
      pulses = pulses || 5;
      return (
        ((pos % (1/pulses)) * pulses).round() == 0 ?
              ((pos * pulses * 2) - (pos * pulses * 2).floor()) :
          1 - ((pos * pulses * 2) - (pos * pulses * 2).floor())
        );
    },
    spring: function(pos) {
      return 1 - (Math.cos(pos * 4.5 * Math.PI) * Math.exp(-pos * 6));
    },
    none: function(pos) {
      return 0;
    },
    full: function(pos) {
      return 1;
    }
  },
  DefaultOptions: {
    duration:   1.0,   // seconds
    fps:        100,   // 100= assume 66fps max.
    sync:       false, // true for combining
    from:       0.0,
    to:         1.0,
    delay:      0.0,
    queue:      'parallel'
  },
  tagifyText: function(element) {
    var tagifyStyle = 'position:relative';
    if (Prototype.Browser.IE) tagifyStyle += ';zoom:1';

    element = $(element);
    $A(element.childNodes).each( function(child) {
      if (child.nodeType==3) {
        child.nodeValue.toArray().each( function(character) {
          element.insertBefore(
            new Element('span', {style: tagifyStyle}).update(
              character == ' ' ? String.fromCharCode(160) : character),
              child);
        });
        Element.remove(child);
      }
    });
  },
  multiple: function(element, effect) {
    var elements;
    if (((typeof element == 'object') ||
        Object.isFunction(element)) &&
       (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);
  }
};

Effect.DefaultOptions.transition = Effect.Transitions.sinoidal;

/* ------------- core effects ------------- */

Effect.ScopedQueue = Class.create(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 = Object.isString(effect.options.queue) ?
      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 'with-last':
        timestamp = this.effects.pluck('startOn').max() || timestamp;
        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), 15);
  },
  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();
    for(var i=0, len=this.effects.length;i<len;i++)
      this.effects[i] && this.effects[i].loop(timePos);
  }
});

Effect.Queues = {
  instances: $H(),
  get: function(queueName) {
    if (!Object.isString(queueName)) return queueName;

    return this.instances.get(queueName) ||
      this.instances.set(queueName, new Effect.ScopedQueue());
  }
};
Effect.Queue = Effect.Queues.get('global');

Effect.Base = Class.create({
  position: null,
  start: function(options) {
    function codeForEvent(options,eventName){
      return (
        (options[eventName+'Internal'] ? 'this.options.'+eventName+'Internal(this);' : '') +
        (options[eventName] ? 'this.options.'+eventName+'(this);' : '')
      );
    }
    if (options && options.transition === false) options.transition = Effect.Transitions.linear;
    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.fromToDelta  = this.options.to-this.options.from;
    this.totalTime    = this.finishOn-this.startOn;
    this.totalFrames  = this.options.fps*this.options.duration;

    eval('this.render = function(pos){ '+
      'if (this.state=="idle"){this.state="running";'+
      codeForEvent(this.options,'beforeSetup')+
      (this.setup ? 'this.setup();':'')+
      codeForEvent(this.options,'afterSetup')+
      '};if (this.state=="running"){'+
      'pos=this.options.transition(pos)*'+this.fromToDelta+'+'+this.options.from+';'+
      'this.position=pos;'+
      codeForEvent(this.options,'beforeUpdate')+
      (this.update ? 'this.update(pos);':'')+
      codeForEvent(this.options,'afterUpdate')+
      '}}');

    this.event('beforeStart');
    if (!this.options.sync)
      Effect.Queues.get(Object.isString(this.options.queue) ?
        '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.totalTime,
          frame = (pos * this.totalFrames).round();
      if (frame > this.currentFrame) {
        this.render(pos);
        this.currentFrame = frame;
      }
    }
  },
  cancel: function() {
    if (!this.options.sync)
      Effect.Queues.get(Object.isString(this.options.queue) ?
        '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() {
    var data = $H();
    for(property in this)
      if (!Object.isFunction(this[property])) data.set(property, this[property]);
    return '#<Effect:' + data.inspect() + ',options:' + $H(this.options).inspect() + '>';
  }
});

Effect.Parallel = Class.create(Effect.Base, {
  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.Tween = Class.create(Effect.Base, {
  initialize: function(object, from, to) {
    object = Object.isString(object) ? $(object) : object;
    var args = $A(arguments), method = args.last(),
      options = args.length == 5 ? args[3] : null;
    this.method = Object.isFunction(method) ? method.bind(object) :
      Object.isFunction(object[method]) ? object[method].bind(object) :
      function(value) { object[method] = value };
    this.start(Object.extend({ from: from, to: to }, options || { }));
  },
  update: function(position) {
    this.method(position);
  }
});

Effect.Event = Class.create(Effect.Base, {
  initialize: function() {
    this.start(Object.extend({ duration: 0 }, arguments[0] || { }));
  },
  update: Prototype.emptyFunction
});

Effect.Opacity = Class.create(Effect.Base, {
  initialize: function(element) {
    this.element = $(element);
    if (!this.element) throw(Effect._elementDoesNotExistError);
    // make this work on IE on elements without 'layout'
    if (Prototype.Browser.IE && (!this.element.currentStyle.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(Effect.Base, {
  initialize: function(element) {
    this.element = $(element);
    if (!this.element) throw(Effect._elementDoesNotExistError);
    var options = Object.extend({
      x:    0,
      y:    0,
      mode: 'relative'
    }, arguments[1] || { });
    this.start(options);
  },
  setup: function() {
    this.element.makePositioned();
    this.originalLeft = parseFloat(this.element.getStyle('left') || '0');
    this.originalTop  = parseFloat(this.element.getStyle('top')  || '0');
    if (this.options.mode == 'absolute') {
      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).round() + 'px',
      top:  (this.options.y  * position + this.originalTop).round()  + '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(Effect.Base, {
  initialize: function(element, percent) {
    this.element = $(element);
    if (!this.element) throw(Effect._elementDoesNotExistError);
    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','%','pt'].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.round() + 'px';
    if (this.options.scaleY) d.height = height.round() + '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(Effect.Base, {
  initialize: function(element) {
    this.element = $(element);
    if (!this.element) throw(Effect._elementDoesNotExistError);
    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 = { };
    if (!this.options.keepBackgroundImage) {
      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+((this._base[i]+(this._delta[i]*position)).round().toColorPart()); }.bind(this)) });
  },
  finish: function() {
    this.element.setStyle(Object.extend(this.oldStyle, {
      backgroundColor: this.options.restorecolor
    }));
  }
});

Effect.ScrollTo = function(element) {
  var options = arguments[1] || { },
    scrollOffsets = document.viewport.getScrollOffsets(),
    elementOffsets = $(element).cumulativeOffset(),
    max = (window.height || document.body.scrollHeight) - document.viewport.getHeight();

  if (options.offset) elementOffsets[1] += options.offset;

  return new Effect.Tween(null,
    scrollOffsets.top,
    elementOffsets[1] > max ? max : elementOffsets[1],
    options,
    function(p){ scrollTo(scrollOffsets.left, p.round()) }
  );
};

/* ------------- 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().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).show();
  }}, arguments[1] || { });
  return new Effect.Opacity(element,options);
};


Element.CSS_PROPERTIES = $w(
  'backgroundColor backgroundPosition borderBottomColor borderBottomStyle ' +
  'borderBottomWidth borderLeftColor borderLeftStyle borderLeftWidth ' +
  'borderRightColor borderRightStyle borderRightWidth borderSpacing ' +
  'borderTopColor borderTopStyle borderTopWidth bottom clip color ' +
  'fontSize fontWeight height left letterSpacing lineHeight ' +
  'marginBottom marginLeft marginRight marginTop markerOffset maxHeight '+
  'maxWidth minHeight minWidth opacity outlineColor outlineOffset ' +
  'outlineWidth paddingBottom paddingLeft paddingRight paddingTop ' +
  'right textIndent top width wordSpacing zIndex');

Element.CSS_LENGTH = /^(([\+\-]?[0-9\.]+)(em|ex|px|in|cm|mm|pt|pc|\%))|0$/;

String.__parseStyleElement = document.createElement('div');
String.prototype.parseStyle = function(){
  var style, styleRules = $H();
  if (Prototype.Browser.WebKit)
    style = new Element('div',{style:this}).style;
  else {
    String.__parseStyleElement.innerHTML = '<div style="' + this + '"></div>';
    style = String.__parseStyleElement.childNodes[0].style;
  }

  Element.CSS_PROPERTIES.each(function(property){
    if (style[property]) styleRules.set(property, style[property]);
  });

  if (Prototype.Browser.IE && this.include('opacity'))
    styleRules.set('opacity', this.match(/opacity:\s*((?:0|1)?(?:\.\d*)?)/)[1]);

  return styleRules;
};

if (document.defaultView && document.defaultView.getComputedStyle) {
  Element.getStyles = function(element) {
    var css = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle($(element), null);
    return Element.CSS_PROPERTIES.inject({ }, function(styles, property) {
      styles[property] = css[property];
      return styles;
    });
  };
} else {
  Element.getStyles = function(element) {
    element = $(element);
    var css = element.currentStyle, styles;
    styles = Element.CSS_PROPERTIES.inject({ }, function(hash, property) {
      hash.set(property, css[property]);
      return hash;
    });
    if (!styles.opacity) styles.set('opacity', element.getOpacity());
    return styles;
  };
};

Effect.Methods = {
  morph: function(element, style) {
    element = $(element);
    new Effect.Morph(element, Object.extend({ style: style }, arguments[2] || { }));
    return element;
  },
  visualEffect: function(element, effect, options) {
    element = $(element)
    var s = effect.dasherize().camelize(), klass = s.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + s.substring(1);
    new Effect[klass](element, options);
    return element;
  },
  highlight: function(element, options) {
    element = $(element);
    new Effect.Highlight(element, options);
    return element;
  }
};

$w('fade appear grow shrink fold blindUp blindDown slideUp slideDown '+
  'pulsate shake puff squish switchOff dropOut').each(
  function(effect) {
    Effect.Methods[effect] = function(element, options){
      element = $(element);
      Effect[effect.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + effect.substring(1)](element, options);
      return element;
    }
  }
);

$w('getInlineOpacity forceRerendering setContentZoom collectTextNodes collectTextNodesIgnoreClass getStyles').each(
  function(f) { Effect.Methods[f] = Element[f]; }
);

Element.addMethods(Effect.Methods);