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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

Creating new form elements when more inputs are needed


Variable numbers of inputs can be tricky when creating a web form. We have all come across those web forms that have a static number of multiple blanks all set to take variable amounts of the same type of information. For instance, what if our form is to collect employment information; the arbitrary number of 5 blanks might be too many for some and still not enough for most. Creating that form with a variable number of blanks would solve that issue.

Getting ready

Knowing which information we need to collect will really speed up our development. We can write down on a sheet of paper the fields we will need to collect, group them intelligently, and then lay them out in our HTML in an eye-appealing fashion before beginning our JavaScript.

Before beginning the scripting, create a FORM that can be used in our recipe.

<form action="javascript:" method="get" id="my_form">
<div id="my_parent">
<div id="automobile1" style="background...