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jQuery Tools is a collection of the most important user-interface components for today's websites. This single JavaScript file weighs only 5.72 Kb
Tabs is the most popular JavaScript tool on the web. Tabs, horizontal tabs and accordions, finally done the right way.
Great looking tooltips. Big or small. Pluggable effects. Yet another crucial tool.
Visually appealing overlays. This tool is a significant part of the JavaScript/Web 2.0 landscape.
Make your HTML elements stand out by fading out the surrounding elements with the expose tool.
Scrollable is the most successfull tool in this library. It allows you to scroll your HTML in wildly different ways.
The role of JavaScript is rising with tremendous speed. However, Flash still has its place and you need a proper tool for embedding.
Version: 1.1.2. What's new?
Essential tools for modern websites
Let's face it: do you really need drag-and-drop, resizable windows or sortable lists in your web applications? Websites are not desktop applications. They are different.
What you really need are tabs, tooltips, accordions, overlays, high usability, striking visual effects and all those "web 2.0" goodies that you have seen on your favourite websites.
This library contains six of the most useful JavaScript tools available for today's website. The beauty of this library is that all of these tools can be used together, extended, configured and styled. In the end, you can have hundreds of different widgets and new personal ways of using the library.
This library is open source and dual licensed under MIT and GPL 2+ licenses.
Performance never seen before
This library weighs 5.72 Kb. This is possible with good programming habits, compressed files and a Content Delivery Network (CDN).
The file size is definitely not the primary reason why this library speeds up your site. The fact that this tool is a single file makes it performance friendly. According to Yahoo experts, this is the first rule for making highly responsive websites.
Yahoo's second rule state: "Use a Content Delivery Network". Well, we will give you one for free! It has been configured with the proper expire headers and compression settings making the file load with the maximum performance possible. You can use the CDN in every possible situation, including production environments.
For beginners
You don't need to be a programmer to use these tools. We have lots of demos you can explore and you can copy their source code to your site and things will work.
Our CSS files use minimal syntax and the crucial parts have been documented. You can use them as a template for your own work.
And if you find suitable graphics you can freely use them on your site. In fact we have downloadable zip files for graphics designers that can be used as a starting point.
Each tool is used in a similar manner and by learning one tool you can easily learn the other tools. Can programming be any simpler?
For serious programmers
Each tool does only what it is supposed to do and nothing else. If you want modify this default behaviour, we offer clever ways of altering and/or extending it.
The API design is probably the strongest area of these tools. The design patterns are understandable. We follow the UNIX tradition of providing tools - not policy.
CSS is never mixed with code. This library takes this seriously. CSS is the ultimate tool for styling - not JavaScript.
And above all, the library is constantly maintained and updated. Expect to see new releases coming out on a regular basis. You are in good hands with jQuery Tools.
