jQuery: Visual QuickStart Guide

Cover......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 10
Chapter 1: Essential jQuery......Page 14
 About jQuery......Page 15
 Getting Started with jQuery......Page 17
 Selecting Page Elements by ID......Page 19
 Selecting a Set of Elements......Page 21
 Selecting Elements by Style......Page 23
 Running Code When a Page Is Ready......Page 25
 Selecting the First of a Set of Elements......Page 27
 Showing and Hiding Page Elements......Page 29
 Selecting One of a Set of Elements......Page 31
 Specifying Elements in a Hierarchy......Page 33
 Creating Visual Effects......Page 35
 Creating New HTML Elements......Page 37
Chapter 2: Selecting Elements the jQuery Way......Page 40
 Selector Examples......Page 41
 Meeting the Selectors......Page 43
 Selecting Direct Descendants......Page 45
 Selecting First and Last Children......Page 47
 Selecting the Nth Child......Page 49
 Selecting Elements with Specific Text......Page 51
 Selecting Elements by Attribute......Page 53
 Selecting Elements by Attribute Value......Page 55
 Checking the Type of Matched Elements......Page 57
 Selecting Elements by Position......Page 59
 Examining Checked Boxes and Radio Buttons......Page 61
 Examining Elements That the User Selected......Page 63
Chapter 3: Working with Elements the jQuery Way......Page 66
 Function Examples......Page 67
 Looping over Elements in a Wrapped Set......Page 69
 Reading Attribute Values......Page 71
 Setting Attribute Values......Page 73
 Rewriting Elements’ HTML......Page 75
 Rewriting Elements’ Text......Page 77
 Appending Content to Elements......Page 79
 Moving Page Elements......Page 81
 Setting Element Width and Height......Page 83
 Wrapping Elements......Page 85
 Inserting Elements......Page 87
 Editing the value Attribute......Page 89
Chapter 4: Working with Events......Page 92
 Event Handling in JavaScript and jQuery......Page 93
 Binding an Event Handler to an Event......Page 95
 Binding Multiple Event Handlers......Page 97
 Binding Event Handlers Using Shortcuts......Page 99
 Calling Event Handlers Only Once......Page 101
 Unbinding Event Handlers......Page 103
 Using the Event Object......Page 105
 Getting Mouse Coordinates......Page 106
 Getting the Event Type......Page 108
 Capturing Keystrokes......Page 110
 Capturing Hover Events......Page 112
 Getting Event Targets......Page 114
Chapter 5: Visual Effects and Animation......Page 116
 jQuery Visual Effects Overview......Page 117
 Showing and Hiding Page Elements......Page 118
 Showing and Hiding Elements with Duration......Page 120
 Toggling Element Visibility......Page 122
 Toggling Element Visibility with Duration......Page 124
 Fading Elements Out......Page 126
 Fading Elements In......Page 128
 Sliding Elements Up......Page 130
 Sliding Elements Down......Page 132
 Toggling Sliding Operations......Page 134
 Partially Fading Elements......Page 136
 Creating Custom Animation......Page 138
Chapter 6: The jQuery Utility Functions......Page 140
 Examples of jQuery Utility Functions......Page 141
 Looping over Object Members with $.each( )......Page 142
 Determining Browser Type with $.browser......Page 144
 Customizing HTML by Browser Type......Page 146
 Checking Browser Support for Specific Features......Page 148
 Creating Arrays......Page 151
 Searching an Array......Page 153
 Filtering an Array......Page 155
 Eliminating Duplicate Elements from Arrays......Page 157
 Checking Whether Data Is an Array......Page 159
 Mapping an Array......Page 161
 Trimming Text......Page 163
Chapter 7: Jumping into Ajax......Page 166
 About Ajax......Page 167
 Working with Ajax the Standard Way......Page 169
 Using jQuery load( ) to Implement Ajax......Page 171
 Using Callbacks with the load( ) Function......Page 173
 Passing Data to the Server......Page 175
 Passing Form Data to the Server......Page 177
 Using $.post( ) to Send Data to the Server......Page 179
 Using the jQuery $.get( ) Function......Page 181
 Using $.get( ) to Send Data to the Server......Page 183
Chapter 8: Using the Full Power of Ajax......Page 186
 About $.ajax( )......Page 187
 Using $.ajax( ) to Download Text......Page 189
 Using $.ajax( ) to Post Data to the Server......Page 191
 Using $.ajax( ) to Get Data from the Server......Page 193
 Handling Ajax Errors......Page 195
 Handling Ajax Timeouts......Page 197
 Handling XML......Page 199
 Handling Ajax Events Globally......Page 201
Chapter 9: Using the jQuery Widgets......Page 204
 About Working with Widgets......Page 205
 Creating Accordion Widgets......Page 206
 Creating Datepicker Widgets......Page 209
 Creating Dialog Widgets......Page 212
 Getting Data from Dialog Widgets......Page 215
 Creating a Progressbar Widget......Page 218
 Creating a Slider Widget......Page 221
 Creating a Tab Widget......Page 224
 Adding Tabs to a Tabs Widget......Page 227
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