jQuery Reference Guide Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Preface

• Chapter 1: Anatomy of a jQuery Script
• A Dynamic Table of Contents
• Obtaining jQuery
• Setting Up the HTML Document
• Writing the jQuery Code
• Script Dissection
• Selector Expressions
• DOM Traversal Methods
• DOM Manipulation Methods
• Event Methods
• Effect Methods
• AJAX Methods
• Miscellaneous Methods
• Plug-In API
• Summary

• Chapter 2: Selector Expressions
• CSS Selectors
• Element: T
• ID: #myid
• Class: .myclass
• Descendant: E F
• Child: E > F
• Adjacent Sibling: E + F
• General Sibling: E ~ F
• Multiple Elements: E,F,G
• Nth Child (:nth-child(n))
• First Child (:first-child)
• Last Child (:last-child)
• Only Child :only-child
• Not :not(s)
• Empty :empty
• Universal: *
• XPath Selectors
• Descendant: E//F
• Child: E/F
• Parent: E/..
• Contains: [F]
• Attribute Selectors
• Has Attribute: [@foo]
• Attribute Value Equals: [@foo=bar]
• Attribute Value Does Not Equal: [@foo!=bar]
• Attribute Value Begins: [@foo^=bar]
• Attribute Value Ends: [@foo$=bar]
• Attribute Value Contains: [@foo*=bar]
• Form Selectors
• Custom Selectors
• Even Element (:even) Odd Element (:odd)
• Nth Element (:eq(n), :nth(n))
• Greater Than :gt(n)
• Less Than : lt(n)
• First :first
• Last :last
• Parent :parent
• Contains :contains(text)
• Visible :visible
• Hidden :hidden

• Chapter 3: DOM Traversal Methods
• The jQuery Factory Function
• $()
• Filtering Methods
• .filter()
• .not()
• .contains()
• .eq()
• .lt()
• .gt()
• Tree Traversal Methods
• .find()
• .children()
• .parents()
• .parent()
• .siblings()
• .prev()
• .next()
• Miscellaneous Traversal Methods
• .add()
• .is()
• .end()

• Chapter 4: DOM Manipulation Methods
• General Attributes
• .attr(attribute)
• .attr()
• .removeAttr()
• Style Properties
• .css(property)
• .css()
• .height()
• .height(value)
• .width()
• .width(value)
• Class Attribute
• .addClass()
• .removeClass()
• .toggleClass()
• DOM Replacement
• .html()
• .html(HTML)
• .text()
• .text(text)
• .val()
• .val(value)
• DOM Insertion, Inside
• .prepend()
• .prependTo()
• .append()
• .appendTo()
• DOM Insertion, Outside
• .before()
• .insertBefore()
• .after()
• .insertAfter()
• DOM Insertion, Around
• .wrap()
• DOM Copying
• .clone()
• DOM Removal
• .empty()
• .remove()

• Chapter 5: Event Methods
• Event Handler Attachment
• .bind()
• .unbind()
• .one()
• .trigger()
• Document Loading
• $()
• .load()
• .unload()
• .error()
• Mouse Events
• .mousedown()
• .mouseup()
• .click()
• .dblclick()
• .toggle()
• .mouseover()
• .mouseout()
• .hover()
• .mousemove()
• Form Events
• .focus()
• .blur()
• .change()
• .select()
• .submit()
• Keyboard Events
• .keydown()
• .keypress()
• .keyup()
• Browser Events
• .resize()
• .scroll()

• Chapter 6: Effect Methods
• Pre-Packaged Effects
• .show()
• .hide()
• .toggle()
• .slideDown()
• .slideUp()
• .slideToggle()
• .fadeIn()
• .fadeOut()
• .fadeTo()
• Customized Effects
• .animate()

• Chapter 7: AJAX Methods
• Low-Level Interface
• $.ajax()
• $.ajaxSetup()
• Shorthand Methods
• $.get()
• $.getIfModified()
• .load()
• .loadIfModified()
• $.post()
• $.getJSON()
• $.getScript()
• Global AJAX Event Handlers
• .ajaxComplete()
• .ajaxError()
• .ajaxSend()
• .ajaxStart()
• .ajaxStop()
• .ajaxSuccess()
• Helper Function
• .serialize()

• Chapter 8: Miscellaneous Methods
• Setup Methods
• $.browser
• $.noConflict()
• DOM Element Methods
• .length
• .size()
• .get()
• .index()
• Collection Manipulation
• .each()
• $.grep()
• $.map()
• $.merge()
• $.unique()
• $.extend()
• $.trim()

• Chapter 9: Plug-In API
• Using a Plug-in
• Developing a Plug-in
• Object Method
• Global Function
• Selector Expression
• Easing Style
• Example: Maintaining Multiple Event Logs
• Summary

• Chapter 10: Dimensions Plug-In
• Size Methods
• .height()
• .width()
• .innerHeight()
• .innerWidth()
• .outerHeight()
• .outerWidth()
• Position Methods
• .scrollTop()
• .scrollTop(value)
• .scrollLeft()
• .scrollLeft(value)
• .offset()
• .position()

• Chapter 11: Form Plug-In
• AJAX Form Submission
• .ajaxSubmit()
• .ajaxForm()
• .ajaxFormUnbind()
• Retrieving Form Values
• .formToArray()
• .formSerialize()
• .fieldSerialize()
• .fieldValue()
• Form Manipulation
• .clearForm()
• .clearFields()
• .resetForm()

• Appendix A: Online Resources
• jQuery Documentation
• JavaScript Reference
• JavaScript Code Compressors
• (X)HTML Reference
• CSS Reference
• XPath Reference
• Useful Blogs
• Web Development Frameworks Using jQuery

• Appendix B: Development Tools
• Tools for Firefox
• Tools for Internet Explorer
• Tools for Safari
• Other Tools

• Index