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MooTools 1.3 Cookbook

By : Jay L Johnston
Book Image

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

Chapter 6. Easy Come, Easy Go: Drag and Drop

That dodgy term Web 2.0 is difficult to pin down, and this is mainly because it carries such varied meaning across its usership. Most will agree, though, that drag-and-drop usage is clearly a feature of Web 2.0.

Note

As we explore some ideas for using drag-and-drop that will assuredly increase the "ooh that's slick" rating of our sites, we keep in mind those that are disabled and may need to navigate using a keyboard and not a mouse. The scope of the book, however, is MooTools, so the graceful degradation will not be evident in the recipes. Attempt to always include it in your applications.

That being said, what type of cross-browser compliant drag-and-drop action will we be pursuing in this Chapter?

  • Drag-and-dropping in a shopping cart implementation

  • Organizing a home screen of window widgets

  • Surveying of some super-sweet, sortable lists