Link Nudging Using Dojo

Discussion

1. Pete Higgins

   The mouseenter/mouseleave thing is so common it is actually combined as an API in plugd (soon to be in Dojo proper). With plugd, the Dojo code could look like:

   $.ready(function() {
   	$('a.nudge').forEach(function(link){
   	    var $link = $(link), left = $link.style('paddingLeft');
   		$link.hover(function(e){
   		    $link.anim({ paddingLeft: /enter|over/.test(e.type) ? 20 : left})
   		})
   	});
   });
2. Rafael F P Viana

   Couldn’t agree more on what you said: “The best way to learn to use any javascript framework is to duplicate a given set of code you are familiar with”

   By the way, I think the Mootools code is more semantic than the rest, I mean, with jQuery one has to know that .hover is an event, unlike MooTools which says .addEvent.

   I liked Dojo’s aproch, but the .connect is new to me, but just by reading it I understood that it will connect link to the event and the function.

   Very nice example and keep up the good work.
3. Jack Franklin

   Hi Rafael / David

   @Rafael F P Viana: You can use jQuery’s bind method which is the same as MooTool’s addEvent essentially.

   Good post David, I actually really like Dojo’s layout so I might investigate. However, it’s clear that MT/jQ are the top two so I think I’m concentrating my skill on those two.
4. Brad Pritchard

   Nice one. One note/question – if your anchors needed a default padding-left of 15px, then the effect would be muted a bit. Rather than setting padding-left to a static 20, what about changing line 5 to a relative 20?

   
dojo.anim(link, { paddingLeft: (left + 20) });

5. David Walsh

   @Brad Pritchard: Much better — I’ll update the post!
6. Sid Burn

   Do you just limiting to Dojo Base? In Dojo Core there is dojo.behavior that has some additional functionality.
   http://www.dojotoolkit.org/api/dojo/behavior.html

   With dojo.behavior you can write your code like this:

   dojo.require("dojo.behavior");
   dojo.ready(function(){
     dojo.behavior.add({
       'a.nude': {
         'onmouseenter': function(evt) { 
           dojo.anim(evt.target, { paddingLeft:20 }); 
         },
         'onmouseleave': function(evt) {
           dojo.anim(evt.target, { paddingLeft:left });
         }
       }
     });
     dojo.behavior.apply();
   });
   

   The good part on dojo.behavior is that you can call dojo.behavior.apply() as often as you like. It only updates your DOM incremental. Meaning it only adds the events to newly created DOM nodes, or only add things to a node that you added after the last call to dojo.behavior.apply().

   That means you can do some ajax add nodes to your DOM, and call dojo.behavior.apply() after it. And the new nodes get your defined behavior.
7. David Walsh

   @Sid Burn: Thanks for the tip Sid. By the way, I’ve never given a link the “nude” tag before. :)
8. Sid Burn

   Ah “nude” oder “nudge” for a non-native english speaker it is almost the same. ;)