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JQuery UI 1.8 Final Released

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Re: JQuery UI 1.8 Final Released

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Post by euroclydon »

Brentley_11 wrote: post #3
timmorgan wrote: post #2

And it's already on the Google CDN. http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxlibs/documentation/#jqueryUI Curious, does the Google CDN version contain all widgets, effects, and themes? Or what?

No themes but the widgets and effects are there.

yes they are (well, for 1.7.2 anyway):

   http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.7.2/themes/#THEMENAME#/jquery-ui.css

Re: JQuery UI 1.8 Final Released

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Post by clusterfu_k »

Brentley_11 wrote: post #3
timmorgan wrote: post #2

And it's already on the Google CDN. http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxlibs/documentation/#jqueryUI Curious, does the Google CDN version contain all widgets, effects, and themes? Or what?

No themes but the widgets and effects are there.

themes are definitely up.

  http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.0/themes/base/jquery-ui.css
this will get you the base theme. just replace base with any of the other theme names.

so for vader:

  http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.0/themes/vader/jquery-ui.css
basically:

  http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.0/themes/#THEMENAME#/jquery-ui.css

Re: JQuery UI 1.8 Final Released

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Post by timmorgan »

clusterfu_k wrote: post #5
Brentley_11 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No themes but the widgets and effects are there.

themes are definitely up. http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.0/themes/base/jquery-ui.css this will get you the base theme. just replace base with any of the other theme names. so for vader: http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.0/themes/vader/jquery-ui.css basically: http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.0/themes/#THEMENAME#/jquery-ui.css

Cool.

So the question (for me) of size/speed comes down to: is it faster/better to build my own jQuery UI js file with selected components or to use the full file from Google's CDN?

The former option has the benefit of being smaller, while the latter has the benefit of being hosted by Google's fast servers and there's a decent probability the client already has it cached.

Re: JQuery UI 1.8 Final Released

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Post by mahmud »

For anyone curious about the quality assurance effort that goes into jQuery UI, take a look at the history of the new autocomplete widget.

I have been following since it was an standalone plugin, and the author cleaned up the design and code so much just to qualify for inclusion into UI. Perfect.

Another high-quality piece of code is jQuery Cycle: http://malsup.com/jquery/cycle/

Re: JQuery UI 1.8 Final Released

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Post by taitems »

mahmud wrote: post #7

For anyone curious about the quality assurance effort that goes into jQuery UI, take a look at the history of the new autocomplete widget. I have been following since it was an standalone plugin, and the author cleaned up the design and code so much just to qualify for inclusion into UI. Perfect. Another high-quality piece of code is jQuery Cycle: http://malsup.com/jquery/cycle/

It still (like most of the widgets) only goes 90% of the way and lacks things like gmail/facebook-style multiple items by comma separation. The worst thing is that the properties exist (multiple: true) but are not utilised as yet. Instead when an item is selected you have to dump it in a recipient field.

Re: JQuery UI 1.8 Final Released

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Post by Silhouette »

Alas, this is still a themed UI framework that doesn't style ubiquitous basic form fields like checkboxes and radio buttons, although they do get points for adding button support this time and (if I understand the hints on the linked page properly) planning to add more in future.

Curiously, ExtJS seems to have similar limitations: you can style all kinds of things, but there doesn't seem to be any support for theming of the most basic UI controls.

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