Chapter 8. jQuery UI widgets
This chapter covers
- What jQuery UI widgets are
- Using the jQuery UI widget framework
- Applying the design principles
- Creating a complete jQuery UI plugin
In the previous part of the book, you saw how to create a collection plugin by using a framework to manage basic interactions with jQuery. Now you’ll see how jQuery UI provides a similar framework to ensure that the collection of plugins that make up this package work in a standard manner.
jQuery UI “is a curated set of user interface interactions, effects, widgets, and themes built on top of the jQuery JavaScript Library” (http://jqueryui.com). It’s an official jQuery add-on that includes several UI components known as widgets. It uses the ThemeRoller tool (http://jqueryui.com/themeroller/) to generate a consistent look and feel for all the widgets that it manages.