Learning jQuery

We talk a lot about event methods on this site, but not so much about jQuery's selectors. Selectors in jQuery are actually similar in a lot of ways to selectors in CSS. For example, when you want to select an ID, you precede it with the "#" symbol, and when you want to select a […]

If you want to add an audio player to your website or project, building one out by yourself isn't exactly your best option. Doing so would be extremely time consuming and probably not worth the effort, considering all of the free plugins available that allow you to add audio players to your project in a […]

jQuery's .queue() method is one that is actually an effect method. The .queue() method can be used to show the length of the queue for a particular selected element. The queue is the list of functions in line to be executed on a single selected element. So if you've got an element with five different […]

Making a user friendly website can be quite a challenging task. There are many areas where user interactions can improve and become friendlier. One area that can almost always be improved is navigation, and one great way to do this is by adding keyboard shortcuts to anchor elements that allow the user to open hyperlinks […]

A virtual keyboard is a component that allows a user to enter characters without a physical keyboard. It’s an alternative input mechanism for those who cannot use a physical keyboard, or for multi-lingual users who switch frequently between different character sets or alphabets. Virtual keyboards are commonly used as an on-screen input method on smart […]

Creating "sticky" elements is something that can often be done simply by using CSS to change an element's position from relative or absolute to fixed. The process of creating a sticky element is usually pretty straightforward. If you want to create a sticky or fixed element that is more dynamic, however, you'll have to use […]