Widgets created with the widget factory use methods to change their state and perform actions after initialization. There are two ways widget methods can be invoked – through the plugin created by the widget factory, or by invoking the method on the element’s instance object. link Plugin InvocationTo invoke a method using the widget’s plugin, … Continue reading →

Touching the DOM comes at a cost. If you’re appending a lot of elements to the DOM, you will want to append them all at once, rather than one at a time. This is a common problem when appending elements within a loop. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 $.each( myArray, function( i, item … Continue reading →

jQuery provides a method .on() to respond to any event on the selected elements. This is called an event binding. Although .on() isn’t the only method provided for event binding, it is a best practice to use this for jQuery 1.7+. To learn more, read more about the evolution of event binding in jQuery. The … Continue reading →

link IntroductionWeb pages are all about interaction. Users perform a countless number of actions such as moving their mice over the page, clicking on elements, and typing in textboxes — all of these are examples of events. In addition to these user events, there are a slew of others that occur, like when the page … Continue reading →

jQuery provides a way to trigger the event handlers bound to an element without any user interaction via the .trigger() method. link What handlers can be .trigger()’d?jQuery’s event handling system is a layer on top of native browser events. When an event handler is added using .on( “click”, function() {…} ), it can be triggered … Continue reading →

jQuery Mobile provides a set of touch-friendly UI widgets and an Ajax-powered navigation system to support animated page transitions. This guide will show you how you can build your first jQuery Mobile application. link Create a Basic Page TemplateTo get started, you can simply paste the template below in your favorite text editor, save, and … Continue reading →

link Theming OverviewjQuery Mobile has a robust theme framework that supports up to 26 sets of toolbar, content, and button colors, called a “swatch”. The framework comes with two defined themes A and B (light and dark) which can be used readily, removed, or overwritten. link Default Theme Swatch Mapping for ComponentsIf no theme swatch … Continue reading →

link What is jQuery UI?jQuery UI is a widget and interaction library built on top of the jQuery JavaScript Library that you can use to build highly interactive web applications. This guide is designed to get you up to speed on how jQuery UI works. Follow along below to get started. link Start by Checking … Continue reading →

jQuery UI contains many widgets that maintain state and therefore may have a slightly different usage pattern than typical jQuery plugins you are already used to. While the initialization is the same as most jQuery plugins, jQuery UI’s widgets are built on top of the Widget Factory which provides the same general API to all … Continue reading →

All jQuery UI plugins are designed to allow a developer to seamlessly integrate UI widgets into the look and feel of their site or application. Each plugin is styled with CSS and contains two layers of style information: standard jQuery UI CSS Framework styles and plugin-specific styles. The jQuery UI CSS Framework provides semantic presentation … Continue reading →