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MooTools 1.3 Cookbook

By : Jay L Johnston
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MooTools 1.3 Cookbook

By: Jay L Johnston

Overview of this book

MooTools is a JavaScript framework that abstracts the JavaScript language. JavaScript itself, complex in syntax, provides the tools to write a layer of content interaction for each different browser. MooTools abstracts those individual, browser-specific layers to allow cross-browser scripting in an easy-to-read and easy-to-remember syntax. Animation and interaction, once the domain of Flash, are being taken by storm by the MooTools JavaScript framework, which can cause size, shape, color, and opacity to transition smoothly. Discover how to use AJAX to bring data to today's web page users who demand interactivity without clunky page refreshes. When searching for animation and interactivity solutions that work, MooTools 1.3 Cookbook has individual, reusable code examples that get you running fast! MooTools 1.3 Cookbook readies programmers to animate, perform AJAX, and attach event listeners in a simple format where each section provides a clear and cross-browser compatible sketch of how to solve a problem, whether reading from beginning to finish or browsing directly to a particular recipe solution. MooTools 1.3 Cookbook provides instant solutions to MooTools problems – whatever you want to do with MooTools, this book will tell you how to do it. MooTools 1.3 Cookbook is presented in a progressive order that builds concepts and ideas, while simultaneously being a collection of powerful individual, standalone, recipe solutions.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
MooTools 1.3 Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Making active elements on a ribbon bounce


Ribbons often have a bouncy effect for an active element; let's make our elements bounce.

Getting ready

The previous two recipes set up the hard work for this recipe where we simply add a bouncy effect to the roll-over images. Review those for more information on how to create a slide-in ribbon and links that grow and shrink with the mouse movement of the user.

How to do it...

Transitions are what make MooTools really far superior. Use them in this recipe to make the growth and shrinkage quick and make them bounce!

// make the growth and shrinkage quick
// and make them BOUNCE!
$$('#ribbon a img').set('morph',{
duration:'long',
// i can has mmm bop?
transition:Fx.Transitions.Elastic.easeOut
});
// add the events for mouseover
$$('#ribbon a img').addEvents({
'mouseenter':function() {
grow_shrink(this,64);
if (this.getParent().getPrevious()) var to_my_left =
this.getParent().getPrevious().getFirst('img');
if (to_my_left) grow_shrink(to_my_left,48);
if...