jQuery UI 1.7: The User Interface Library for jQuery. Build highly interactive web applications with ready-to-use widgets from the jQuery User Interfa Woźniki

Modern web application user interface design requires rapid development and proven results. jQuery UI, a trusted suite of official plug-ins for the jQuery JavaScript library, gives you a solid platform on which to build rich and engaging interfaces with maximum compatibility and stability, and minimum time and effort.jQuery UI has a series of ready-made, great-looking user interface widgets and a comprehensive set of core interaction helpers designed to be implemented in a consistent and developer-friendly way. With all this, the amount of code that you need to write personally to take a project from conception to completion is drastically reduced.Specially revised for version 1.7 of jQuery UI, this book has been written to maximize your experience with the library by breaking down each component and walking you through examples that progressively build upon your knowledge, taking you from beginner to advanced usage in a series of easy-to-follow steps.In this book, you'll learn how each component can be initialized in a basic default implementation and then see how easy it is to customize its appearance and configure its behavior to tailor it to the requirements of your application. You'll look at the configuration options and the methods exposed by each component's API to see how these can be used to bring out the best of the library.Events play a key role in any modern web application if it is to meet the expected minimum requirements of interactivity and responsiveness, and each chapter will show you the custom events fired by the component covered and how these events can be intercepted and acted upon. Spis treści: jQuery UI 1.7 Table of Contents jQuery UI 1.7 Credits About the Author About the Reviewers Preface What this book covers What you need for this book Who this book is for Conventions Reader feedback Customer support Errata Piracy Questions 1. Introducing jQuery UI Downloading the library Setting up a development environment The structure of the library ThemeRoller Component categories Browser support Book examples Library licensing API introduction Events and callbacks Callback arguments Summary 2. The CSS Framework The files that make up the framework ui.all.css ui.base.css ui.core.css The individual component framework files ui.theme.css Linking to the required framework files Using the framework classes Containers Interactions Icons Interaction cues Switching themes quickly and easily Overriding the theme Summary 3. Tabs A basic tab implementation Tab CSS framework classes Applying a custom theme to the tabs Configurable options Selecting a tab Disabling a tab Transition effects Collapsible tabs Tab events Binding to events Using tab methods Enabling and disabling tabs Adding and removing tabs Simulating clicks Creating a tab carousel Getting and setting options AJAX tabs Displaying data obtained via JSONP Summary 4. The Accordion Widget Accordions structure Styling the accordion Configuring an accordion Changing the trigger event Changing the default active header Filling the height of its container Accordion animation Accordion events The changestart event Accordion navigation Accordion methods Destruction Header activation Accordion interoperability A del.icio.us accordion Summary 5. The Dialog A basic dialog Dialog options Showing the dialog Positioning the dialog The title of the dialog Modality Adding buttons Enabling dialog animations Fixing IE6 Configuring the dialog's dimensions Stacking Dialog's event model Controlling a dialog programmatically Toggling the dialog Getting data from the dialog Dialog interoperability A dynamic image-based dialog Summary 6. Slider Implementing a slider Custom styling Configurable options Creating a vertical slider Minimum and maximum values Slider steps Slider animation Setting the slider's value Using multiple handles The range element Using slider's event API Slider methods Future uses A color slider Summary 7. Datepicker The default datepicker Configurable options of the picker Basic Options Minimum and maximum dates Changing the datepicker UI Adding a trigger button Configuring alternative animations Multiple months Changing the date format Updating an additional input element Localization Callback properties Utility methods Date picking methods Selecting a date programmatically Showing the datepicker in a dialog An AJAX datepicker Summary 8. Progressbar The default progressbar implementation Using progressbar's configuration option Progressbar's event API Progressbar methods User initiated progress Rich uploads with progressbar Summary 9. Drag and Drop The deal with drag and droppables Draggables A basic drag implementation Configuring draggable options Using the configuration options Resetting dragged elements Drag handles Helper elements Constraining the drag Snapping Draggable event callbacks Using draggable's methods Droppables Configuring droppables Tolerance Droppable event callbacks Scope Greedy Droppable methods A drag and drop game Summary 10. Resizing A basic resizable Resizable options Configuring resize handles Adding additional handle images Defining size limits Resize ghosts Containing the resize Handling the aspect ratio Resizable animations Simultaneous resizing Preventing unwanted resizes Resizable callbacks Resizable methods Resizable tabs Summary 11. Selecting Basic implementation Selectee class names Configurable options of the selectable component Filtering selectables Cancelling the selection Selectable callbacks Working with vast amounts of selectables Selectable methods A selectable image viewer Styling the image selector Summary 12. Sorting The default implementation Configuring sortable options Placeholders Sortable helpers Sortable items Connected lists Reacting to sortable events Connected callbacks Sortable methods Widget compatibility Adding draggables Sortable page widgets The underlying page Styling the page The main script Building the content boxes Writing the cookie Making the boxes sortable Closing and restoring boxes Summary 13. UI Effects The core effects file Using color animations Using class transitions Advanced easing Highlighting specified elements Additional effect arguments Bouncing Shaking an element Transferring an element's outline Element scaling Element explosion The puff effect The pulsate effect Dropping elements onto the page Sliding elements open or closed The window-blind effect Clipping elements Folding elements Summary Index