Tag Archives: jQuery

jQuery DataTables with Lots of Columns Crashes in IE

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Craig Lotter

If you are using the brilliant jQuery DataTables plugin to present your data in nifty dynamic tables, and are using it in a server-side loading context, you have no doubt encountered the issue when a table with a lot of columns (more than 20) fails to load (in other words stays in “processing” mode) when browsing using Internet Explorer (IE). Continue reading →

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jQuery: Remove Drag and Drop Action from Content Pane of Sortable Portlet Widgets

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Craig Lotter

jQueryUI’s awesome sortable functionality makes it a breeze to create sortable widget dashboards, allowing you to place little widget panes across a number of columns to your heart’s desire. However, the default is that the entire widget or portlet pane forms part of the sortable interface, making it quite a pain when you have something like a horizontal scrollbar on your widget! Continue reading →

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Toggle a Div’s Visibility with jQuery

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Craig Lotter

To toggle an element in terms of visibility, like a DIV for example, is pretty easy with jQuery and it’s ultra nifty toggle() function. Continue reading →

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jQuery: Livequery and the Hover Event

Posted on January 2, 2011 by Craig Lotter

Before jQuery’s native live() and delegate() functions came into being, the default for handling binding on late generated DOM elements was to make use of the excellent Brandon Aaron plugin LiveQuery (otherwise known as Live Query). Today we look at how one handles the hover event using a livequery declaration.
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Spritely: Character and Background Animation without Flash!

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Craig Lotter

So you are the type of person that likes those cheesy moving, animated characters and backgrounds that appear on numerous websites around the Internet. In fact, you love just about anything that moves and hence are absolutely in love with creating Flash animations. But what if Flash wasn’t available to you? Continue reading →

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