Sometimes it would be helpful to have a new window appear, like with a regular desktop application. HTML provides a very limited form for that, basically an alert box and an input box. However they are very limited in what you can do with them, such as, you cannot format the information inside those boxes….
jQueryUI adds several forms fields that are not available in standard HTML forms. One example is slider. By default, a slider will be horizontal with a single tab that can be used to be dragged left and right to change the value of the slider. // create a basic slider object $( “#slider” ).slider(); The…
Datepicker is a part of jQueryUI which allows you to include a calendar. This does two things: Makes it easier for the end user to pick a date Makes for more consistent and correctly formatted dates, so it will be easier to work with form processors that need to handle those dates. You might wonder…
Once you have chosen a theme and installed jQueryUI, then it is time to start using it. Button is one of the easiest, and most common items to use in jQueryUI. This is because it can be used to dress up a form, or to create nicer looking navigation (and inner content navigation) on a…
The way that jQueryUI controls the way the elements look is through effective use of CSS. Choosing and using a theme is an important part of working and installing jQueryUI into your website. If you inspect the controls that jQuery creates it actually creates several HTML tags with classes. These classes will control the styles…
jQueryUI is a plugin, just as was discussed earlier, developed by the jQuery team. It can be used to modify the user interface of a webpage using basic jQuery techniques. To install you will need to include the jQuery JavaScript source file, the jQuery UI JavaScript source file, and the jQuery UI CSS file. The…
One of the things that makes jQuery so powerful is that it can be “easily” extended via a plugin. You have some experience with Plugins for Photoshop, or another application. But you’re probably wondering “how does this apply to something like jQuery, which is just software code?” Well, plugins are designed to extend the functionality…
Because elements in HTML can be positioned using CSS, we can animate them, by changing the position, size, opacity, etc. Just like jQuery allows us to show or hide an element, fade them in and out, or even slide elements, it can allow them to animate with a method. There are two main parameters which…
