Visual QuickStart Guide: JavaScript, Ninth Edition

15. Designing with jQuery

In This Chapter

Highlighting New Elements

Creating Accordion Menus

Creating Smarter Dialogs

Auto-Completing Fields

Adding Sortable Tabs

Using Check Boxes as Buttons

Adding a Calendar to Your Page

Using ThemeRoller to Customize Your Look

Web development began to require the use of JavaScript frameworks around the same time that web design began to frequently feature certain user interface elements (such as elements that slide their way on and off screen and the ubiquitous “yellow fade”). That’s not entirely coincidental, and one of the main reasons for jQuery’s success is its sidekick, jQuery UI. As you might guess from the name, jQuery uses jQuery UI to handle common user interface elements.

In this chapter, we’ll ...