jquery-ui

What is the best jQuery based window plug-in you have ever used?

I tried a couple of jQuery based window plug-ins but unfortunately was not satisfied with any of them. Here's what I tried: http://hernan.amiune.com/labs/jQuery-Windows-Engine-Plugin/jQuery-Windows-Engine-Plugin.html http://fstoke.me/jquery/window/ http://www.soyos.net/aerowindow-jquery.html I need following features without any comp...

jquery advice on tabbed system

Hello There, I create a 'my account' section for a site, the site has some e-commerce functionality too it, what I wanting to create is a tab that shows the users current basket/short list and the other tab to show there purchase history. On buying the products from the short list (this is done in a one click system using AJAX, if a su...

jquery-ui accordion: adding rows without destroying and recreating?

I have a jquery accordion which I want to add rows to. I can accomplish this by calling .accordion("destroy"), adding the needed <h3></h3><div>... bit and then calling .accordion() again, but this destroys the state and closes any dividers which are open. Is it possible to add rows to the accordion without destroy and recreating it? ...

Make jQuery sortable items droppable to their peers

I have a sortable list (of tasks). It helps prioritize tasks, so I want to keep this functionality. Now I want to add subtasks to the functionality: I want to enable users to drag one task over to another task and drop it there to turn it into a subtask. Applying .draggable() and .droppable() to items that are already sortable has no e...

User error reporting in ASP.NET.

I want to build user friendly error reporting. Wrong input, db connection errors and such. Problem is i need the same module be implemented for 3 different systems and to use jQuery UI modal boxes for UI. when i redirect to another page ie. db connection error i redirect to error page when i use return to same page ie. input value 1 bi...

jquery: MakeWordsInThisBigWordWithDifferentColors

<div class="Colorize"> SomeBigWordThatIsFormedFromOtherWords </div> is it possible to make each word of a different color, like to transform it into something like this: <span style="color:red">Some</span> <span style="color:blue">Big</span> etc. ...

Is it possible to retrieve only a single property from a CSS class?

Example CSS File: .testClass { color: black; background: red; } Now in an HTML file, I would like to have something like <span class="testClass:color">Text in black but without red background</span> to only apply the color property of that class. Is there a way to do this? The purpose behind it (for people asking themselves "Why ...

Dynamically switching JQuery themes?

If I download multiple JQuery themes how can I give the users of my web application the ability to dynamically switch between themes? ...

jquery ui dialog - live not working?

I'm using this dialog: http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Dialog To open dialog I do it this way: $('a.openModal').live("click", function() { var idArr = $(this).attr('id').split("OpenNote"); var id = idArr[1]; alert($(".modalNote#dialog-modal" + id).html()); $(".modalNote#dialog-modal" + id).dialog('open'); ...

jqGrid: how to change cell padding

Hi, I'm using jqGrid3.6.5 on google hosted jQueryUI1.8.2 and jQuery1.4.2 I want to change the cell padding of a jqGrid. For testing purposes I want to set it to 10px all around each cell. The only option I've come across while googling is the following: add padding with CSS. eg. #grid-id td, #grid-id th { padding:10px; } set cellLay...

jQuery UI Sortable - serialize multiple columns

Dear stackoverflow experts, I have a little script which allows me to use jQuery to sort div tags nicely between 3 columns. The jQuery can be seen below: $(".column").sortable( { connectWith: '.column' }, { update: function(event, ui) { alert($(this).sortable('serialize')) } }); If I move an item from column 1 to column 2, it will ...

jQuery live draggable / live droppable?

Hi all, Basically there are two tables: Companies and visitors. Currently it's possible to drag visitors to companies. Works great. As soon as the drop function occurs, there are two $.post's. The first one saves the drag to the database. The second one updates the visitors, because the information constantly changes. The problem, howev...

JQuery/JavaScript confusion with Previous and Next buttons.

I've got some inherited JQuery code that isn't working as I'd think and I'm just not even sure what to research or look up next. The Problem: I've got a few DIVs within the HTML: a container, a "frame" and the content. If the content is longer than the frame, it's cut off using overflow:hidden and a Next -> button appears. The next butt...

Help with 'hello world' jquery-ui modal-form ?

I'm trying to display a modal form using jquery ui. I've adapted an example but I cannot get the dialog to launch. I'm sure it's very simple but can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong ? The page displays initially but when I click on 'Create New User' nothing happens. The code is below - also (easier to read) at http://pastie.org/100...

Finding usage of jQuery UI in a big ugly codebase

I've recently inherited the maintenance of a big, ugly codebase for a production website. Poke your eyes out ugly. And though it's big, it's mostly PHP code, it doesn't have much JS, besides a few "ajaxy" things in the UI. Our main current problem is that the site is just too heavy. Homepage weighs in at 1.6 Mb currently, so I'm trying ...

Using jQuery UI with Rails

Hi, I am using jQuery in my Rails App. But when I try to turn my button to jQueryUI(Cupertino theme) button, it does not appear to be look like a jQuery UI Themed button. jQuery works because I am using it for Ajax and it works properly. I have pasted the code. Please tell me whether I am doing it wrongly <%=stylesheet_link_tag 'jquer...

Switching between JQuery Tabs in IE 8

Hi, Im having an IE issue with JQuery/JQuery UI tabs. The tabs are loaded via ajax with asyn set to true and everything works fine the first time the tab loads but when you start switching between tabs the following code does not work correctly: $("#PaymentNotify .EventMsg").html("Some text here"); This ofcourse is very simple code an...

overriding an existing style sheet in jquery UI

How can I customize (override) an existing style sheet provided in jquery UI, like changing the colors and width and height of sliders? ...

Adding UL to jQuery UI Tabs

It seems like whenever I try to add a UL inside of the containers when using jQuery UI - Tabs, it breaks the javascript. Is there a way I can use a UL inside of these containers that I am missing? Thanks <div id="tabs"> <div id="fragment-1"> <h4>Pre-Press Requirements</h4> <span class="peesinal">&#149; S...

Two questions about jQuery UI Dialog

Hi, I have two questions about jQuery UI Dialog: (1) How can I open a big dialog with topleft corner at my mouseclick point (and if the point is very near the right-bottom corner of my viewport, the dialog will be partly outside the viewport)? I know I can set position for the dialog, but it seems the dialog always overrides my position...