MooTools Tutorials

• By David WalshOctober 13, 2009

  MooTools Kwicks Plugin

  I wrote a post titled Get Slick with MooTools Kwicks ages ago. The post was quite popular and the effect has been used often. Looking back now, the original code doesn't look as clean as it could. I've revised the original...

• By David WalshOctober 12, 2009

  MooTools Documentation Search Favelet

  I'm going to share something with you that will blow your mind: I don't have the MooTools documentation memorized. I just don't. I visit the MooTools docs frequently to figure out the order of parameters of More classes and how best to use...

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• By David WalshOctober 7, 2009

  Do / Undo Functionality with MooTools

  We all know that do/undo functionality is a God send for word processing apps. I've used those terms so often that I think of JavaScript actions in terms of "do" an "undo." I've put together a proof of concept Do/Undo class with MooTools. The MooTools...

• By David WalshOctober 5, 2009

  MooTools-Like Element Creation in jQuery

  I really dislike jQuery's element creation syntax. It's basically the same as typing out HTML but within a JavaScript string...ugly! Luckily Basil Goldman has created a jQuery plugin that allows you to create elements using MooTools-like syntax. Standard jQuery Element Creation Looks exactly like writing out...

• By David WalshSeptember 23, 2009

  Create an “Add to TextMate” Widget Using MooTools

  If a sword is a soldier's best friend, the best friend of a programmer is a his text editor. TextMate has been my text editor of choice and a big reason for that is the ability to add snippets for quick use later. Since...

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• By David WalshSeptember 22, 2009

  iPhone Click Effect Using MooTools or jQuery

  One thing I love about love about Safari on the iPhone is that Safari provides a darkened background effect when you click a link. It's the most subtle of details but just enforces than an action is taking place. So why not implement that...

• By David WalshSeptember 17, 2009

  Code-Parsing Regular Expressions via Lighter.js

  Perfecting a regular expression can take a lot of time and testing but once achieved can be a absolutely golden. While looking through the source code of MooTools syntax highlighter Lighter.js I stumbled upon a few code-parsing regular expressions that you might be interested...

• By David WalshSeptember 16, 2009

  Highlight Table Rows, Columns, and Cells Using MooTools 1.2.3

  Row highlighting and individual cell highlighting in tables is pretty simple in every browser that supports :hover on all elements (basically everything except IE6). Column highlighting is a bit more difficult. Luckily MooTools 1.2.3 makes the process easy. The XHTML A normal table. The cells...

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• By David WalshSeptember 14, 2009

  Input Incrementer and Decrementer with MooTools

  Chris Coyier's CSS-Tricks blog is everything mine isn't. Chris' blog is rock star popular, mine is not. Chris prefers jQuery, I prefer MooTools. Chris does posts with practical solutions, I do posts about stupid video-game like effects. If I...

• By David WalshSeptember 10, 2009

  Remove Broken Images Using MooTools or jQuery

  A while back I wrote a post called Send Email Notifications for Broken Images Using MooTools AJAX. Looking back on that post, I failed to address the image itself. After some thought I've decided it would be best to remove the broken image...