Tutorial jquery

Summary of Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
1. Falling in Love with jQuery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2. Selecting, Decorating, and Enhancing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3. Animating, Scrolling, andResizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
4. Images and Slideshows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
5. Menus, Tabs, Tooltips, and Panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
6. Construction, Ajax, and Interactivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 181
7. Forms, Controls, and Dialogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
8. Lists, Trees, and Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
9. Plugins, Themes, and Advanced Topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
A. Reference Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
B. JavaScript Tidbits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
C. Plugin Helpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393

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jQuery: Novice to Ninja
by Earle Castledine and Craig Sharkie Copyright © 2010 SitePoint Pty. Ltd. Program Director: Andrew Tetlaw Technical Editor: Louis Simoneau Chief Technical Officer: Kevin Yank Printing History: First Edition: February 2010 Indexer: Fred Brown Editor: Kelly Steele Cover Design: Alex Walker Latest Update: April 2010

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v About Earle Castledine
Sporting a Masters in Information Technology and a lifetime of experience on the Web of Hard Knocks, Earle Castledine (aka Mr Speaker) holds an interest in everything computery. Raised in the wild by various 8-bit home computers, he settled in the Internet during the mid-nineties and has been living and working there ever since. A SeniorSystems Analyst and JavaScript flâneur, he is equally happy in the muddy pits of .NET code, the dense foliage of mobile apps and games, and the fluffy clouds of client-side interaction development. As co-creator of the client-side opus TurnTubelist,1 as well as countless web-based experi­ ments, Earle recognizes the Internet not as a lubricant for social change but as a vehicle for unleashing...