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• JQUERY API REFERENCE
• UI REFERENCE

Version 1.0

All the aspects of the API that were added, or had a new signature added, in the corresponding version of jQuery.
jQuery 1.0 Release Notes.

• .add()

  Miscellaneous Traversing

  Add elements to the set of matched elements.

• .addClass()

  Attributes, Class Attribute, CSS

  Adds the specified class(es) to each of the set of matched elements.

• .after()

  DOM Insertion, Outside

  Insert content, specified by the parameter, after each element in the set of matched elements.

• jQuery.ajax()

  Low-Level Interface

  Perform an asynchronous HTTP (Ajax) request.

• .ajaxComplete()

  Global Ajax Event Handlers

  Register a handler to be called when Ajax requests complete. This is an Ajax Event.

• .ajaxError()

  Global Ajax Event Handlers

  Register a handler to be called when Ajax requests complete with an error. This is an Ajax Event.

• .ajaxSend()

  Global Ajax Event Handlers

  Attach a function to be executed before an Ajax request is sent. This is an Ajax Event.

• .ajaxStart()

  Global Ajax Event Handlers

  Register a handler to be called when the first Ajax request begins. This is an Ajax Event.

• .ajaxStop()

  Global Ajax Event Handlers

  Register a handler to be called when all Ajax requests have completed. This is an Ajax Event.

• .ajaxSuccess()

  Global Ajax Event Handlers

  Attach a function to be executed whenever an Ajax request completes successfully. This is an Ajax Event.

• All Selector (“*”)

  Basic

  Selects all elements.

• .animate()

  Custom

  Perform a custom animation of a set of CSS properties.

• .append()

  DOM Insertion, Inside

  Insert content, specified by the parameter, to the end of each element in the set of matched elements.

• .appendTo()

  DOM Insertion, Inside

  Insert every element in the set of matched elements to the end of the target.

• .attr()

  Attributes, General Attributes

  Get the value of an attribute for the first element in the set of matched elements.

• Attribute Contains Prefix Selector [name|="value"]

  Attribute

  Selects elements that have the specified attribute with a value either equal to a given string or starting with that string followed by a hyphen (-).

• Attribute Contains Selector [name*="value"]

  Attribute

  Selects elements that have the specified attribute with a value containing the a given substring.

• Attribute Contains Word Selector [name~="value"]

  Attribute

  Selects elements that have the specified attribute with a value containing a given word, delimited by spaces.

• Attribute Ends With Selector [name$="value"]

  Attribute

  Selects elements that have the specified attribute with a value ending exactly with a given string. The comparison is case sensitive.

• Attribute Equals Selector [name="value"]

  Attribute

  Selects elements that have the specified attribute with a value exactly equal to a certain value.

• Attribute Not Equal Selector [name!="value"]

  Attribute, jQuery Extensions

  Select elements that either don't have the specified attribute, or do have the specified attribute but not with a certain value.

• Attribute Starts With Selector [name^="value"]

  Attribute

  Selects elements that have the specified attribute with a value beginning exactly with a given string.

• .before()

  DOM Insertion, Outside

  Insert content, specified by the parameter, before each element in the set of matched elements.

• .bind()

  Event Handler Attachment

  Attach a handler to an event for the elements.

• .blur()

  Form Events, Forms

  Bind an event handler to the "blur" JavaScript event, or trigger that event on an element.

• jQuery.boxModel

  Utilities

  Deprecated in jQuery 1.3 (see jQuery.support). States if the current page, in the user's browser, is being rendered using the W3C CSS Box Model.

• jQuery.browser

  Properties of the Global jQuery Object, Utilities

  Contains flags for the useragent, read from navigator.userAgent. We recommend against using this property; please try to use feature detection instead (see jQuery.support). jQuery.browser may be moved to a plugin in a future release of jQuery.

• :button Selector

  Form, jQuery Extensions

  Selects all button elements and elements of type button.

• .change()

  Form Events, Forms

  Bind an event handler to the "change" JavaScript event, or trigger that event on an element.

• :checkbox Selector

  Form, jQuery Extensions

  Selects all elements of type checkbox.

• :checked Selector

  Form

  Matches all elements that are checked.

• child”)" href="../BB9ED53367854ECB9964E72C0113659A/index.htm" rel=bookmark>Child Selector (“parent > child”)

  Hierarchy

  Selects all direct child elements specified by "child" of elements specified by "parent".

• .children()

  Tree Traversal

  Get the children of each element in the set of matched elements, optionally filtered by a selector.

• Class Selector (“.class”)

  Basic

  Selects all elements with the given class.

• .click()

  Mouse Events

  Bind an event handler to the "click" JavaScript event, or trigger that event on an element.

• .clone()

  Copying

  Create a deep copy of the set of matched elements.

• .css()

  CSS, Style Properties

  Get the value of a style property for the first element in the set of matched elements.

• .dblclick()

  Mouse Events

  Bind an event handler to the "dblclick" JavaScript event, or trigger that event on an element.

• Descendant Selector (“ancestor descendant”)

  Hierarchy

  Selects all elements that are descendants of a given ancestor.

• :disabled Selector

  Form

  Selects all elements that are disabled.

• jQuery.each()

  Utilities

  A generic iterator function, which can be used to seamlessly iterate over both objects and arrays. Arrays and array-like objects with a length property (such as a function's arguments object) are iterated by numeric index, from 0 to length-1. Other objects are iterated via their named properties.

• .each()

  Collection Manipulation, Traversing

  Iterate over a jQuery object, executing a function for each matched element.

• Element Selector (“element”)

  Basic

  Selects all elements with the given tag name.

• .empty()

  DOM Removal

  Remove all child nodes of the set of matched elements from the DOM.

• :empty Selector

  Content Filter

  Select all elements that have no children (including text nodes).

• :enabled Selector

  Form

  Selects all elements that are enabled.

• .end()

  Miscellaneous Traversing

  End the most recent filtering operation in the current chain and return the set of matched elements to its previous state.

• :eq() Selector

  Basic Filter, jQuery Extensions

  Select the element at index n within the matched set.

• .error()

  Browser Events

  Bind an event handler to the "error" JavaScript event.

• :even Selector

  Basic Filter, jQuery Extensions

  Selects even elements, zero-indexed. See also odd.

• event.preventDefault()

  Event Object

  If this method is called, the default action of the event will not be triggered.

• event.stopPropagation()

  Event Object

  Prevents the event from bubbling up the DOM tree, preventing any parent handlers from being notified of the event.

• event.target

  Event Object

  The DOM element that initiated the event.

• event.type

  Event Object

  Describes the nature of the event.

• jQuery.extend()

  Utilities

  Merge the contents of two or more objects together into the first object.

• .fadeIn()

  Fading

  Display the matched elements by fading them to opaque.

• .fadeOut()

  Fading

  Hide the matched elements by fading them to transparent.

• .fadeTo()

  Fading

  Adjust the opacity of the matched elements.

• :file Selector

  Form, jQuery Extensions

  Selects all elements of type file.

• .filter()

  Filtering

  Reduce the set of matched elements to those that match the selector or pass the function's test.

• .find()

  Tree Traversal

  Get the descendants of each element in the current set of matched elements, filtered by a selector, jQuery object, or element.

• :first Selector

  Basic Filter, jQuery Extensions

  Selects the first matched element.

• .focus()

  Form Events, Forms

  Bind an event handler to the "focus" JavaScript event, or trigger that event on an element.

• jQuery.get()

  Shorthand Methods

  Load data from the server using a HTTP GET request.

• .get()

  DOM Element Methods

  Retrieve the DOM elements matched by the jQuery object.

• jQuery.getJSON()

  Shorthand Methods

  Load JSON-encoded data from the server using a GET HTTP request.

• jQuery.getScript()

  Shorthand Methods

  Load a JavaScript file from the server using a GET HTTP request, then execute it.

• jQuery.grep()

  Utilities

  Finds the elements of an array which satisfy a filter function. The original array is not affected.

• :gt() Selector

  Basic Filter, jQuery Extensions

  Select all elements at an index greater than index within the matched set.

• Has Attribute Selector [name]

  Attribute

  Selects elements that have the specified attribute, with any value.

• .height()

  CSS, Dimensions, Style Properties

  Get the current computed height for the first element in the set of matched elements.

• :hidden Selector

  jQuery Extensions, Visibility Filter

  Selects all elements that are hidden.

• .hide()

  Basics

  Hide the matched elements.

• .hover()

  Mouse Events

  Bind two handlers to the matched elements, to be executed when the mouse pointer enters and leaves the elements.

• .html()

  Attributes, DOM Insertion, Inside

  Get the HTML contents of the first element in the set of matched elements.

• ID Selector (“#id”)

  Basic

  Selects a single element with the given id attribute.

• :image Selector

  Form, jQuery Extensions

  Selects all elements of type image.

• .index()

  DOM Element Methods

  Search for a given element from among the matched elements.

• :input Selector

  Form, jQuery Extensions

  Selects all input, textarea, select and button elements.

• .insertAfter()

  DOM Insertion, Outside

  Insert every element in the set of matched elements after the target.

• .insertBefore()

  DOM Insertion, Outside

  Insert every element in the set of matched elements before the target.

• .is()

  Filtering

  Check the current matched set of elements against a selector, element, or jQuery object and return true if at least one of these elements matches the given arguments.

• jQuery()

  Core

  Accepts a string containing a CSS selector which is then used to match a set of elements.

• .keydown()

  Keyboard Events

  Bind an event handler to the "keydown" JavaScript event, or trigger that event on an element.

• .keypress()

  Keyboard Events

  Bind an event handler to the "keypress" JavaScript event, or trigger that event on an element.

• .keyup()

  Keyboard Events

  Bind an event handler to the "keyup" JavaScript event, or trigger that event on an element.

• :last Selector

  Basic Filter, jQuery Extensions

  Selects the last matched element.

• .length

  Properties of jQuery Object Instances

  The number of elements in the jQuery object.

• .load()

  Shorthand Methods

  Load data from the server and place the returned HTML into the matched element.

• .load()

  Document Loading

  Bind an event handler to the "load" JavaScript event.

• :lt() Selector

  Basic Filter, jQuery Extensions

  Select all elements at an index less than index within the matched set.

• jQuery.map()

  Utilities

  Translate all items in an array or object to new array of items.

• jQuery.merge()

  Utilities

  Merge the contents of two arrays together into the first array.

• .mousedown()

  Mouse Events

  Bind an event handler to the "mousedown" JavaScript event, or trigger that event on an element.

• .mouseenter()

  Mouse Events

  Bind an event handler to be fired when the mouse enters an element, or trigger that handler on an element.

• .mouseleave()

  Mouse Events

  Bind an event handler to be fired when the mouse leaves an element, or trigger that handler on an element.

• .mousemove()

  Mouse Events

  Bind an event handler to the "mousemove" JavaScript event, or trigger that event on an element.

• .mouseout()

  Mouse Events

  Bind an event handler to the "mouseout" JavaScript event, or trigger that event on an element.

• .mouseover()

  Mouse Events

  Bind an event handler to the "mouseover" JavaScript event, or trigger that event on an element.

• .mouseup()

  Mouse Events

  Bind an event handler to the "mouseup" JavaScript event, or trigger that event on an element.

• Multiple Attribute Selector [name="value"][name2="value2"]

  Attribute

  Matches elements that match all of the specified attribute filters.

• Multiple Selector (“selector1, selector2, selectorN”)

  Basic

  Selects the combined results of all the specified selectors.

• .next()

  Tree Traversal

  Get the immediately following sibling of each element in the set of matched elements. If a selector is provided, it retrieves the next sibling only if it matches that selector.

• Next Adjacent Selector (“prev + next”)

  Hierarchy

  Selects all next elements matching "next" that are immediately preceded by a sibling "prev".

• Next Siblings Selector (“prev ~ siblings”)

  Hierarchy

  Selects all sibling elements that follow after the "prev" element, have the same parent, and match the filtering "siblings" selector.

• jQuery.noConflict()

  Core, Setup Methods

  Relinquish jQuery's control of the $ variable.

• .not()

  Filtering, Miscellaneous Traversing

  Remove elements from the set of matched elements.

• :not() Selector

  Basic Filter

  Selects all elements that do not match the given selector.

• :odd Selector

  Basic Filter, jQuery Extensions

  Selects odd elements, zero-indexed. See also even.

• .parent()

  Tree Traversal

  Get the parent of each element in the current set of matched elements, optionally filtered by a selector.

• :parent Selector

  Content Filter, jQuery Extensions

  Select all elements that are the parent of another element, including text nodes.

• .parents()

  Tree Traversal

  Get the ancestors of each element in the current set of matched elements, optionally filtered by a selector.

• :password Selector

  Form, jQuery Extensions

  Selects all elements of type password.

• jQuery.post()

  Shorthand Methods

  Load data from the server using a HTTP POST request.

• .prepend()

  DOM Insertion, Inside

  Insert content, specified by the parameter, to the beginning of each element in the set of matched elements.

• .prependTo()

  DOM Insertion, Inside

  Insert every element in the set of matched elements to the beginning of the target.

• .prev()

  Tree Traversal

  Get the immediately preceding sibling of each element in the set of matched elements, optionally filtered by a selector.

• .pushStack()

  Internals

  Add a collection of DOM elements onto the jQuery stack.

• :radio Selector

  Form, jQuery Extensions

  Selects all elements of type radio.

• .ready()

  Document Loading

  Specify a function to execute when the DOM is fully loaded.

• .remove()

  DOM Removal

  Remove the set of matched elements from the DOM.

• .removeAttr()

  Attributes, General Attributes

  Remove an attribute from each element in the set of matched elements.

• .removeClass()

  Attributes, Class Attribute, CSS

  Remove a single class, multiple classes, or all classes from each element in the set of matched elements.

• :reset Selector

  Form, jQuery Extensions

  Selects all elements of type reset.

• .resize()

  Browser Events

  Bind an event handler to the "resize" JavaScript event, or trigger that event on an element.

• .scroll()

  Browser Events

  Bind an event handler to the "scroll" JavaScript event, or trigger that event on an element.

• .select()

  Form Events, Forms

  Bind an event handler to the "select" JavaScript event, or trigger that event on an element.

• :selected Selector

  Form, jQuery Extensions

  Selects all elements that are selected.

• .serialize()

  Forms, Helper Functions

  Encode a set of form elements as a string for submission.

• .show()

  Basics

  Display the matched elements.

• .siblings()

  Tree Traversal

  Get the siblings of each element in the set of matched elements, optionally filtered by a selector.

• .size()

  DOM Element Methods

  Return the number of elements in the jQuery object.

• .slideDown()

  Sliding

  Display the matched elements with a sliding motion.

• .slideToggle()

  Sliding

  Display or hide the matched elements with a sliding motion.

• .slideUp()

  Sliding

  Hide the matched elements with a sliding motion.

• .submit()

  Form Events, Forms

  Bind an event handler to the "submit" JavaScript event, or trigger that event on an element.

• :submit Selector

  Form, jQuery Extensions

  Selects all elements of type submit.

• .text()

  DOM Insertion, Inside

  Get the combined text contents of each element in the set of matched elements, including their descendants.

• :text Selector

  Form, jQuery Extensions

  Selects all elements of type text.

• .toggle()

  Basics

  Display or hide the matched elements.

• .toggle()

  Mouse Events

  Bind two or more handlers to the matched elements, to be executed on alternate clicks.

• .toggleClass()

  Attributes, Class Attribute, CSS

  Add or remove one or more classes from each element in the set of matched elements, depending on either the class's presence or the value of the switch argument.

• .trigger()

  Event Handler Attachment

  Execute all handlers and behaviors attached to the matched elements for the given event type.

• jQuery.trim()

  Utilities

  Remove the whitespace from the beginning and end of a string.

• .unbind()

  Event Handler Attachment

  Remove a previously-attached event handler from the elements.

• .unload()

  Document Loading

  Bind an event handler to the "unload" JavaScript event.

• .val()

  Attributes, Forms, General Attributes

  Get the current value of the first element in the set of matched elements.

• :visible Selector

  jQuery Extensions, Visibility Filter

  Selects all elements that are visible.

• .width()

  CSS, Dimensions, Style Properties

  Get the current computed width for the first element in the set of matched elements.

• .wrap()

  DOM Insertion, Around

  Wrap an HTML structure around each element in the set of matched elements.

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