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Extending jQuery
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Extending jQuery

by Keith Wood
August 2013
Intermediate to advanced
312 pages
10h 4m
English
Manning Publications
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Chapter 8. jQuery UI widgets

This chapter covers

  • What jQuery UI widgets are
  • Using the jQuery UI widget framework
  • Applying the design principles
  • Creating a complete jQuery UI plugin

In the previous part of the book, you saw how to create a collection plugin by using a framework to manage basic interactions with jQuery. Now you’ll see how jQuery UI provides a similar framework to ensure that the collection of plugins that make up this package work in a standard manner.

jQuery UI “is a curated set of user interface interactions, effects, widgets, and themes built on top of the jQuery JavaScript Library” (http://jqueryui.com). It’s an official jQuery add-on that includes several UI components known as widgets. It uses the ThemeRoller tool ...

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