Version 2 of GWT Ext has been released and it's insane! The collection of form, table, and numerous other controls are absolutely memorizing. Even if you have your framework picked out or even if you don't care about JavaScript, check out the GWT Ext demo -- it's amazing!
One event that's always been lacking within the document is a signal for when the user is looking at a given tab, or another tab. When does the user switch off our site to look at something else? When do they come back?
One of the web components I've always loved has been Facebook's modal dialog. This "lightbox" isn't like others: no dark overlay, no obnoxious animating to size, and it doesn't try to do "too much." With Facebook's dialog in mind, I've created LightFace: a Facebook lightbox...
The responsibilities taken on by CSS seems to be increasingly blurring with JavaScript. Consider the -webkit-touch-callout CSS property, which prevents iOS's link dialog menu when you tap and hold a clickable element. The pointer-events property is even more JavaScript-like, preventing:
click actions from doing...
We all joke about the days of Web yesteryear. You remember them: stupid animated GIFs (flames and "coming soon" images, most notably), lame counters, guestbooks, applets, etc. Another "feature" we thought we had gotten rid of was the marquee. The marquee was a rudimentary, javascript-like...
Interesting…I wonder if it plays nice with jquery…
Thanks for the post!
Jay, yes, it plays nice with jQuery
Does this work with Jquery??? . I am working with something at the moment and I dont understand how it can. GWT is Java based, and outputs html, but I dont know how I can use it with Jquery. All I want to do is add a lightbox effect to links. An on click event, maybe with jquery live. Any help greatly appreciated.
looks really great!
ExtJs + jQuery = coolio!
dan
How much it costs?
@Almas: $0.00. Free. Nothing. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Gratis.