State of the jQuery UI Grid

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We announced the Grid project back in February. Since then, we finished the first three stages and are now getting started on the fourth. In this post we’ll take a look at what we’ve built so far. Grid This is what we designed as the “zero feature grid”. All it does is enhance HTML tables, … Continue reading

Dialog API Redesign

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Continuing with the API redesign, we have some changes planned for the Dialog widget. We know that API changes like this are not without cost to our users, so we’d like to make it clear that except where specifically noted, jQuery UI Dialog in 1.9 will support the 1.8 API as well, and the deprecated … Continue reading

ARIA Hackathon Summary

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The original idea of the ARIA Hackathon was to get developers of jQuery UI and experts for ARIA together in one room, connect them, share knowledge and work on the accessibility of jQuery UI. Meeting at the Inclusive Design Research Centre (IDRC) of OCAD University in Toronto, several members of the jQuery UI team (Richard, … Continue reading

Tabs API Redesign

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Continuing with the API redesign, we have some changes planned for the Tabs widget. We know that API changes like this are not without cost to our users, so we’d like to make it clear that except where specifically noted, jQuery UI Tabs in 1.9 will support the 1.8 API as well, and the deprecated … Continue reading

Unleash The Grid

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The jQuery UI Team is proud to announce that we are building a rich, fast grid widget that will enhance an HTML table with data linking, sorting, paging, filtering, row selection, and inline editing. As part of this process, we’ll be building the features of the grid as standalone widgets and revisiting existing jQuery UI … Continue reading

Position API Redesign

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Continuing with the API redesign, we have some changes planned for the Position utility. API Redesign Merge offset option into the my and at options The offset option will be removed in favor of including the offset as part of the my or at options. For example, while you would currently do: $( “#elem” ).position({ … Continue reading

Progressbar API Redesign

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As previously stated, jQuery UI is undergoing an API redesign which will slim down the size of the API in order to provide a more stable codebase that is easier to learn and use. This post lists out the details of the proposed changes for the Progressbar widget along with the reasoning behind each change. … Continue reading

Accordion API Redesign

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jQuery UI is undergoing an API redesign which will slim down the size of the API in order to provide a more stable codebase that is easier to learn and use. We’ll be posting the proposed changes over the next few weeks in order to gather feedback from the community. Our goal is to support … Continue reading

Extensible Autocomplete

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The release of the Autocomplete widget in jQuery UI 1.8 was a pretty important milestone for the jQuery UI team. If you’ve looked at the widget, you may have noticed that there are only four options, far fewer than our other plugins. Unlike progressbar, our plugin with the fewest options, Autocomplete’s small API isn’t a … Continue reading