Category Archives: jQuery

Smoothly Scroll to an Element Without a jQuery Plugin

Published on January 22, 2010

After spending some time looking for a plugin to do this, I was amazed to see how easy it was to get a smooth scrolling effect using one line of jQuery.  You can use this inside of any callback function.  … Continue reading →

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jQuery Word-wrap Plugin

Published on December 25, 2009

The Problem When it comes to textareas, the concept of word-wrapping is not as easy as it should be. In most browsers, including Firefox, Safari, Chrome, and Opera, you can set the textarea’s wrap attribute to on or off to … Continue reading →

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Better Captions for jQuery’s FancyBox Plugin

Published on December 5, 2009

A month or two ago I was implementing jQuery’s awesome FancyBox plugin, but the application I was working with demanded long captions.  In some cases, the captions were exceptionally long.  Unfortunately, the one thing that FancyBox doesn’t do well is … Continue reading →

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jQuery UI Star Rating Widget

Published on November 8, 2009

A friend of mine needed a good rating script for a project he’s working on. When he linked me to this star rating widget, I didn’t have very high expectations, but after seeing the widget and its implementation I’m actually … Continue reading →

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jQuery $.live(‘click’) Binds Both the Left and Right Mouse Buttons

Published on May 14, 2009

A little jQuery $.live(‘click’) gotcha and an easy work around for it. Continue reading →

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Jcrop: Cropping Images with jQuery

Published on March 14, 2009

An excellent jQuery plugin for cropping images on the Web. Continue reading →

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jQuery File Upload Plugin

Published on February 24, 2009

Ronnie San releases a great file upload plugin for jQuery. Continue reading →

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Using jQuery with Greasemonkey

Published on January 11, 2009

A snippet that allows you to use jQuery with your Greasemonkey scripts. Continue reading →

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Manipulating Stylesheets with Greasemonkey

Published on January 11, 2009

A set of useful snippets to work with styles in Greasemonkey. Continue reading →

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Prevent White Noise From Appearing in Images After Fading

Published on January 10, 2009

A bug in Internet Explorer causes white space to appear in certain images after fading. Continue reading →

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