jQuery UI Blog http://blog.jqueryui.com All news about jQuery UI Fri, 03 May 2013 20:12:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 jQuery UI 1.10.3 http://blog.jqueryui.com/2013/05/jquery-ui-1-10-3/ http://blog.jqueryui.com/2013/05/jquery-ui-1-10-3/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 20:12:51 +0000 Scott González http://blog.jqueryui.com/?p=1211 Continue reading →]]> The third maintenance release for jQuery UI 1.10 is out. This update brings bug fixes for Draggable, Sortable, Accordion, Autocomplete, Button, Datepicker, Menu, and Progressbar. For the full list of changes, see the changelog. You can download it here:

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Changelog

See the 1.10 Upgrade Guide for a list of changes that may affect you when upgrading from 1.9.x. For full details on what’s included in this release see the 1.10.3 Changelog.

Thanks

Thanks to all who helped with this release, specifically: be.davestein, chri33s, chrisdew, fetis, gdonkers, gtraxx, Jason Moon, jmelis, Jörn Zaefferer, krampstudio, Mamen, maxgalbu, Mike Sherov, mls81, msjolund, NamelessOne, netbucket@yahoo.com.cn, paftek38, Rafael Xavier de Souza, Scott González, Suhail Alkowaileet, TJ VanToll, toc1979, truppo, tyron, vakopian, Woody Gilk, Zbigniew Motyka, zmszaman.

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]]> http://blog.jqueryui.com/2013/05/jquery-ui-1-10-3/feed/ 4 1,000,000 custom downloads in four months http://blog.jqueryui.com/2013/04/1000000-custom-downloads-in-four-months/ http://blog.jqueryui.com/2013/04/1000000-custom-downloads-in-four-months/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:00:17 +0000 Rafael Xavier http://blog.jqueryui.com/?p=1127 Continue reading →]]> We surpassed the millionth download of jQuery UI using our recent DownloadBuilder and ThemeRoller rewrite back on February. As of today, we have served 1,730,000 downloads and counting. Read on for some insights into what we’ve built, and the trends we’ve noticed so far.

The former server-side code was written in PHP.  It’s been rewritten in JavaScript and runs on node.js, and it is much more integrated with jQuery UI release process overall. The client-side has been rewritten as well, although we didn’t make any big changes to the UI/UX.

On the client side, despite the few visual changes, we have some interesting updates. The DownloadBuilder now remembers what user selects and makes it linkable, so it’s easy to share or go back and modify a custom theme. We’re also shortening links automatically if they get too big, by zipping parts of the query string.

The backend in-memory-caches the source files and theme images to speed up the downloads. Since it serves custom downloads, the parts are not simply assembled, but rather modified on build-time and then assembled. The average build & package time is 1.3s.

The download traffic is pretty uniform and constant; we hit an average of 66,000 downloads per week, having more traffic during the weekdays and less traffic during the weekends. When we publish a new release, we see a 10% increase on traffic. Adoption of the new release is really fast, legacy downloads drop virtually immediately. Although, we still have a significant amount of 1.9.x downloads after the 1.10.x release, splitting the total as chart shows below.

Downloads per version

29% of users download the default components with the default theme. Other than that, we have all sorts of custom combinations happening. They choose different components, different themes, or a mix of both.

Among the component customizations (which represent 26% of all total downloads), 15% are only Datepicker (the winner by far), followed by No Components (8.5%), which packages the theme only, Autocomplete (4.5%), Dialog (4.25%), and Tabs (3.75%).

Custom component selection
Datepicker
- Datepicker and its dependencies
- Datepicker, mouse and position		 14.95% (4.34% of all downloads)
- 12.72% (3.69% of all downloads)
- 2.23% (0.65% of all downloads)
No components (theme only) 8.55% (2.48% of all downloads)
Autocomplete and its dependencies 4.53% (1.31% of all downloads)
Dialog only 4.25% (1.23% of all downloads)
Tabs only 3.77% (1.09% of all downloads)
Accordion only 2.91% (0.84% of all downloads)
Slider only 2.58% (0.75% of all downloads)
All, but effects 1.87% (0.54% of all downloads)
Core components (no widgets or interactions) 1.60% (0.46% of all downloads)
Sort interaction only 1.37% (0.40% of all downloads)
Interaction and core (no widgets) 1.33% (0.38% of all downloads)
Draggable interaction only 1.22% (0.35% of all downloads)
Effects only 1.05% (0.30% of all downloads)
Tooltip only 1.04% (0.30% of all downloads)
The core component (solely) 1.02% (0.30% of all downloads)
total 100.00% (26.37% of all downloads)

 

Theme customizations (choosing something other than the default UI Lightness theme) represent 57.5% of all downloads. If we skip the base theme Smoothness too, theme customizations are actually 42.35% of all total downloads. 16% of all downloads are user created themes (Custom Themes), followed by the Redmond (4.86%), UI darkness (2.73%), and Start (2.38%) themes.

Within the users that create a Custom Theme, the majority of users (77%) download the full “all components” bundle, 5.5% download it with no components (theme only), and 17.5% do it with a custom component selection.

Themes
(top 11) 		Default Component
Selection 		Custom Component
Selection
UI lightness (default theme) 38.76% (28.53% of all DLs) 53.20% (14.03% of all DLs)
Custom Theme 17.10% (12.59% of all DLs) 14.11% (3.72% of all DLs)
Smoothness (base theme) 16.34% (12.03% of all DLs) 11.64% (3.07% of all DLs)
Redmond 5.13% (3.77% of all DLs) 4.13% (1.09% of all DLs)
UI darkness 2.80% (2.06% of all DLs) 2.54% (0.67% of all DLs)
Start 2.60% (1.91% of all DLs) 1.78% (0.47% of all DLs)
Cupertino 2.42% (1.78% of all DLs) 1.97% (0.52% of all DLs)
Blitzer 1.58% (1.16% of all DLs) 1.29% (0.34% of all DLs)
Flick 1.44% (1.06% of all DLs) 1.52% (0.40% of all DLs)
Sunny 1.41% (1.04% of all DLs) 0.91% (0.24% of all DLs)
Dark Hive 1.17% (0.86% of all DLs) 0.72% (0.19% of all DLs)
total 100% (73.63% of all DLs) 100% (26.37% of all DLs)

 

Thanks to clark and Splunk for helping us make sense of all this data!

As usual, if you find any bugs or if you have any ideas on how to make the DownloadBuilder or ThemeRoller even more amazing, we’d love to hear from you! But please, don’t use the comments, rather please file an issue here.

]]> http://blog.jqueryui.com/2013/04/1000000-custom-downloads-in-four-months/feed/ 5 jQuery UI 1.10.2 http://blog.jqueryui.com/2013/03/jquery-ui-1-10-2/ http://blog.jqueryui.com/2013/03/jquery-ui-1-10-2/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:57:42 +0000 Scott González http://blog.jqueryui.com/?p=1177 Continue reading →]]> The second maintenance release for jQuery UI 1.10 is out. This update brings bug fixes for Position, Draggable, Droppable, Sortable, Autocomplete, Datepicker, Dialog, Spinner, Tabs, Effects, and CSS Framework. As of this release, the base theme is no longer available on the CDNs (use the smoothness theme; it’s the same). For the full list of changes, see the changelog. You can download it here:

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Changelog

See the 1.10 Upgrade Guide for a list of changes that may affect you when upgrading from 1.9.x. For full details on what’s included in this release see the 1.10.2 Changelog.

Thanks

Thanks to all who helped with this release, specifically: aaronp55426, albi, arpowers, bg100, BlazeCell, Boucman, Christian Wenz, CR, Daazku, djQuery, Drew Waddell, drulia, fracmak, gneier99, jdk, jeff.hagen, John Chen, Jörn Zaefferer, koobin, marventus.wp, Mike Sherov, Nathanael Silverman, Oskar, petersendidit, phloopy, pk_745, psyafter, Rafael Xavier de Souza, rdworth, Scott González, silesianlordt, Skaffen, soulhunter, Steve Urmston, tfs, TJ VanToll, tony@trirand.com, verifier, voithos, whittet@gmail.com, Zaven Muradyan, zerxer, zhizhangchen.

Comments

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If you have feedback on us doing our second maintenance release for jQuery UI 1.10, feel free to leave a comment below. Thank you.

]]> http://blog.jqueryui.com/2013/03/jquery-ui-1-10-2/feed/ 3 jQuery UI 1.10.1 http://blog.jqueryui.com/2013/02/jquery-ui-1-10-1/ http://blog.jqueryui.com/2013/02/jquery-ui-1-10-1/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 22:01:43 +0000 Scott González http://blog.jqueryui.com/?p=1122 Continue reading →]]> The first maintenance release for jQuery UI 1.10 is out. This update brings bug fixes for Accordion, Autocomplete, Datepicker, Dialog, Menu, Slider, Draggable, Position, Effects and CSS Framework. As of this release, minified CSS files are also available on the CDNs. For the full list of changes, see the changelog. You can download it here:

Download

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Changelog

See the 1.10 Upgrade Guide for a list of changes that may affect you when upgrading from 1.9.x. For full details on what’s included in this release see the 1.10.1 Changelog.

Thanks

Thanks to all who helped with this release, specifically: ajcrews, antix70517, arcana666, Bruno M. Custódio, C6AC165B-7B1E-445F-804B-A1BFED06162F, David Petersen, David Sullivan, dcarrith, deap82, djQuery, dmethvin, eminence, gnarf, janesconference, jashugan, jbabey, jesse.voogt, JMGrange, Jörn Zaefferer, Kris Borchers, kruncher, limitstudios, mbehm, Mike Sherov, mjrjweb, mollw3, mziech, olejorgenb, qabi@qabi.dk, Rafael Xavier de Souza, rdworth, Scott González, sheu, Shikyo, thayyil, Thomas Jaggi, TJ VanToll, Travis Carden, Vahid Sohrabloo, watanabe, Yerel.

Comments

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If you have feedback on us doing our first maintenance release for jQuery UI 1.10, feel free to leave a comment below. Thank you.

]]> http://blog.jqueryui.com/2013/02/jquery-ui-1-10-1/feed/ 4 jQuery UI 1.10.0 http://blog.jqueryui.com/2013/01/jquery-ui-1-10-0/ http://blog.jqueryui.com/2013/01/jquery-ui-1-10-0/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:11:25 +0000 Scott González http://blog.jqueryui.com/?p=1118 Continue reading →]]> Continuing with the jQuery anniversary announcements, we’re happy to announce the first stable release of jQuery UI 1.10. While, 1.10 doesn’t add any new widgets, it does continue the API redesigns and fixes dozens of bugs.

API Redesign: Dialog

The dialog widget has undergone an API redesign, making it more consistent with other widgets and providing better stacking and modal support. Make sure to read the upgrade guide so you can migrate away from the deprecated APIs.

API Redesign: Progressbar

The progressbar widget has undergone an API redesign, though there are no breaking changes. The only significant change was the addition of support for indeterminate progressbars. Check out the upgrade guide for more information.

Improved Accessibility

We put a lot of effort into making dialog and progrssbar as accessibile as possible. Unfortunately ARIA still needs some work before it can be used without hacks, but we’re working closely with standards bodies, browser vendors, and the accessibility community to improve web accessibility beyond jQuery.

Deprecated APIs

As mentioned above, dialog went through an API redesigns which resulted in some existing APIs being deprecated. These APIs will be removed in 1.11.0. The 1.10.0 release includes a flag to disable all deprecated APIs, allowing you to determine if your code is ready for 1.11.0 even before it is released. There are full details on how to use the flag in the upgrade guide.

Removed 1.8 Back Compat

Several APIs were deprecated in 1.9.0 and have now been removed. If you haven’t already prepared for this change, make sure to read the upgrade guide so you can migrate away from the now obsolete APIs.

Supported jQuery Versions and Browsers

jQuery UI 1.10.0 supports jQuery 1.6 and newer. That’s 13 versions! Multiply that by the number of supported browsers and you’ve got quite a support matrix. Speaking of supported browsers, jQuery UI no longer provides support for IE6.

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Custom Download Builder

Changelog

See the 1.0 Upgrade Guide for a list of changes that may affect you when upgrading from 1.9.x. For full details on what’s included in this release see the 1.10.0 Changelog. You can read more about the API redesigns in a previous blog post.

Thanks

Thanks to all who helped with this release, specifically: adovenmuehle, adurante, ahuseynov, ajcrews, alistaircobalt, AlmogBaku, Anika Henke, atrigent, aubrey, Avinash R, bavanyo, bchiasson, bdh92123, Bethrezen, bgould, bigorangemachine, Bjørn Johansen, bolerao, borgenk, braddunbar, brian123zx, captdragon, casey, catapricop, chadn, chintsu, chuvikovsky, clifforama, CloudStrife, conradirwin, Corey Frang, Cory Gackenheimer, cowtownfarmboy, dalekocian, danbhfive, davenaeder, David Petersen, David Souther, David.Sullivan, davidmurdoch, dcarrith, developer123, dittodhole, DJtomy, Dominic Barnes, dracos, drakes, drew.waddell, drewkimrey, dutts, eason, ednark, eirc, elisy, emeerson, epascarello, eriz, Ethan Romba, ezufelt, Fabrício Matté, fedot, feugy, fgutmann, fofanafi, fontzter, fracmak, GoZ, gusaroni, homelands, htrex, ilanco, j2jensen, jajo, jamesbathgate, Jay Merrifield, jemunk, jjoemb, jpka, jprell, Juan Pablo Kaniefsky, julienw, jupeter, Jörn Zaefferer, kalou, kenaniah, kenjiyamamoto, KopiasCsaba, Kris Borchers, Krisp PL, kristopolous, kwhat, kyle.davis, larowlan, lisaj, Liv32Inspir3, Lucky, lukepage, lukoff, M.Gaetan89, maciejmrozinski, madogai, maets, mankyd, marcelklomp, MarcoSarti, mariuspuiu, Marshals, Mathias Stenbom, MatteS75, Matthieu Penant, may, mblaney, meotimdihia, MetalArend, Mike Sherov, mikepelley, Mikko Rantanen, misterdai, mjpowersjr, mmartin, MrBigDog2U, mrfr0g, Nate Eagle, nicholashall, Nodens, NovaYear, ollie2893, ours, paul, Pavel Selitskas, Pawel Maruszczyk, PhoenixFnX, pifantastic, PlanetPratt, prinzdezibel, probins, Rafael Xavier de Souza, raphinesse, rdworth, richwag, robmonie, Roman Salnikov, RwwL, salnikov, Samuel Bovée, samycookie, saulotoledo, sc0rchin, Scott González, scoulibaly, Sergey Kartashov, shadowman131, silesianlordt, Simon1979, sjonne, slolife, Spider, sslavic, ssoorriiin, swalke16, symve, techtangents, TheDoci, ThiefMaster, tibi7000, Timo Tijhof, TJ VanToll, tomcastleman, tomjung, uibugger123, Ult Combo, ushi, Viktor Kojouharov, vol7ron, watanabe, wfsiew, wichert, Xar, Xavi, zbapoc, zniki.ru, zoggy.

Comments

Note: please do NOT use the comments section of this blog post for reporting bugs. Bug reports should be filed in the jQuery UI Bug Tracker and support questions should be posted on the jQuery Forum.

If you have feedback on us doing our final release for jQuery UI 1.10.0, feel free to leave a comment below. Thank you.

]]> http://blog.jqueryui.com/2013/01/jquery-ui-1-10-0/feed/ 13 jQuery UI 1.10 Release Candidate (RC1) http://blog.jqueryui.com/2013/01/jquery-ui-1-10-release-candidate-rc1/ http://blog.jqueryui.com/2013/01/jquery-ui-1-10-release-candidate-rc1/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:32:38 +0000 Jörn Zaefferer http://blog.jqueryui.com/?p=1110 Continue reading →]]> The first release candidate for jQuery UI 1.10 is out. We landed more bug fixes since our 1.10 beta release, but nothing major. So the big changes to come in 1.10 are still the same:

  • Dialog API redesign and a ton of accessibility updates: This was our main goal for this release. Dialog is now easier to use (fewer (useless) options), avoids a ton of issues thanks for a new approach to stacking and a lot more accessible. When you press a button to open a dialog, then close that dialog, focus will move back to that opening button. Full keyboard control is therefore much easier. Focus handling inside the dialog also got better. Together this makes dialog much more usable in combination with screenreaders. And you get all that while the API stayed pretty much the same.
  • Progressbar API redesign: The one change here is to add support for indeterminate progress bars.
  • We’ve removed the backward compability layers in Accordion, Autocomplete, Effects, Position, Tabs and Widget, reducing the filesize of these components, quite significantly for Tabs. If you’ve upgraded from 1.8 to 1.9 and haven’t updated your usage yet, check out the 1.9 upgrade guide for necessary changes.

For a full list of changes, see the list of 1.10 fixed tickets. You can read more about the API redesigns in a previous blog post. We’re working on a full changelog and upgrade guide for the final release.

jQuery core 1.9.0rc1 was also just released, so grab a copy and double up on your testing!

As mentioned in the Beta release post: One new widget almost made it into this release: Selectmenu. We’re still working on the accessibility side of that and you can expect it in 1.11, which will come as quickly as 1.10.

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Comments

Note: please do NOT use the comments section of this blog post for reporting bugs. Bug reports should be filed in the jQuery UI Bug Tracker and support questions should be posted on the jQuery Forum.

If you have feedback on us doing our first release candidate for jQuery UI 1.10, feel free to leave a comment below. Thank you.

]]> http://blog.jqueryui.com/2013/01/jquery-ui-1-10-release-candidate-rc1/feed/ 3 jQuery UI 1.10 Beta http://blog.jqueryui.com/2012/12/jquery-ui-1-10-beta/ http://blog.jqueryui.com/2012/12/jquery-ui-1-10-beta/#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:58:35 +0000 Jörn Zaefferer http://blog.jqueryui.com/?p=1095 Continue reading →]]> The first beta release for jQuery UI 1.10 is out, barely more than two months after the 1.9 release. Naturally, we’ve focused on specific widgets for this release, along with a usual barrage of bug fixes.

The big changes:

  • Dialog API redesign and a ton of accessibility updates: This was our main goal for this release. Dialog is now easier to use (fewer (useless) options), avoids a ton of issues thanks for a new approach to stacking and a lot more accessible. When you press a button to open a dialog, then close that dialog, focus will move back to that opening button. Full keyboard control is therefore much easier. Focus handling inside the dialog also got better. Together this makes dialog much more usable in combination with screenreaders. And you get all that while the API stayed pretty much the same.
  • Progressbar API redesign: The one change here is to add support for indeterminate progress bars.
  • We’ve removed the backward compability layers in Accordion, Autocomplete, Effects, Position, Tabs and Widget, reducing the filesize of these components, quite significantly for Tabs. If you’ve upgraded from 1.8 to 1.9 and haven’t updated your usage yet, check out the 1.9 upgrade guide for necessary changes.

For a full list of changes, see the list of 1.10 fixed tickets. You can read more about the API redesigns in a previous blog post. We’re working on a full changelog and upgrade guide for the final release.

One new widget almost made it into this release: Selectmenu. We’re still working on the accessibility side of that and you can expect it in 1.11, which will come as quickly as 1.10.

Download

File Downloads

Git (contains source files, with @VERSION not yet replaced with 1.10.0-beta.1, base theme only)

Comments

Note: please do NOT use the comments section of this blog post for reporting bugs. Bug reports should be filed in the jQuery UI Bug Tracker and support questions should be posted on the jQuery Forum.

If you have feedback on us doing our first beta release for jQuery UI 1.10, feel free to leave a comment below. Thank you.

]]> http://blog.jqueryui.com/2012/12/jquery-ui-1-10-beta/feed/ 8 jQuery UI 1.9.2 http://blog.jqueryui.com/2012/11/jquery-ui-1-9-2/ http://blog.jqueryui.com/2012/11/jquery-ui-1-9-2/#comments Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:40:04 +0000 Jörn Zaefferer http://blog.jqueryui.com/?p=1090 Continue reading →]]> The second maintenance release for jQuery UI 1.9 is out. This update brings bug fixes for Accordion, Autocomplete, Button, Datepicker, Dialog, Menu, Tabs, Tooltip and Widget Factory. For the full list of changes, see the changelog. You can download it here:

Download

File Downloads

Git (contains source files, with @VERSION not yet replaced with 1.9.2, base theme only)

Google Ajax Libraries API (CDN)

Microsoft Ajax CDN (CDN)

Custom Download Builder

Changelog

See the 1.9 Upgrade Guide for a list of changes that may affect you when upgrading from 1.8.x. For full details on what’s included in this release see the 1.9.2 Changelog.

Thanks

Thanks to all who helped with this release, specifically: abacada, acouch, amasniko, Avinash R, AzaToth, BikingGlobetrotter, cgack, cmex, Corey Frang, Cory Gackenheimer, drew.waddell, dsargent, ezyang, fofanafi, forw, frediani.adrien, gigi81, gtr053, jdomnitz, Jörn Zaefferer, Mamen, Mike Sherov, Narretz, omuleanu, petersendidit, rmetayer, Scott González, StefanKern, TJ VanToll, wfsiew

Comments

Note: please do NOT use the comments section of this blog post for reporting bugs. Bug reports should be filed in the jQuery UI Bug Tracker and support questions should be posted on the jQuery Forum.

If you have feedback on us doing our second maintenance release for jQuery UI 1.9, feel free to leave a comment below. Thank you.

]]> http://blog.jqueryui.com/2012/11/jquery-ui-1-9-2/feed/ 5 jQuery UI 1.9.1 http://blog.jqueryui.com/2012/10/jquery-ui-1-9-1/ http://blog.jqueryui.com/2012/10/jquery-ui-1-9-1/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:47:42 +0000 Jörn Zaefferer http://blog.jqueryui.com/?p=1077 Continue reading →]]> The first maintenance release for jQuery UI 1.9 is out. This update brings bug fixes for Accordion, Autocomplete, Button, Datepicker, Dialog, Slider, Spinner, Tabs, Tooltip, Draggable, Resizable, Sortable, Widget Factory, Effects and CSS Framework. For the full list of changes, see the changelog. You can download it here:

Download

File Downloads

Git (contains source files, with @VERSION not yet replaced with 1.9.1, base theme only)

Google Ajax Libraries API (CDN)

Microsoft Ajax CDN (CDN)

Custom Download Builder

Changelog

See the 1.9 Upgrade Guide for a list of changes that may affect you when upgrading from 1.8.x. For full details on what’s included in this release see the 1.9.1 Changelog.

Thanks

Thanks to all who helped with this release, specifically: 0cis32f, Andrew Couch, arnold.simha, at4u, bchiasson, Benco, bolerao, brendandc, codeRebelBase, colcode, Corey Frang, Corwin, crowcoder, Dale Kocian, Dave Methvin, David Petersen, dittodhole, drew.waddell, dsargent@gmail.com, erethnor, gsmedley, ikarlik, John Chen, josepsanzcamp, Jörn Zaefferer, Kato Kazuyoshi, Klap-in, kvgeorge1, Maciej Mroziński, maenu, maimairel, Mamen, Marc-Andre Lafortune, MarcoVanK, martinkoutny, mattac, Mike Sherov, mike.dormitorio, millepixel, nicola7290, nix, pvipul, Richard D. Worth, sammyhk, Scott González, shnitz, shuoink, skurka, southerd, stefek99, TJ VanToll, tomblench, Trey Hunner, zhizhangchen

Comments

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If you have feedback on us doing our first maintenance release for jQuery UI 1.9, feel free to leave a comment below. Thank you.

]]> http://blog.jqueryui.com/2012/10/jquery-ui-1-9-1/feed/ 12 jQuery UI 1.9.0 http://blog.jqueryui.com/2012/10/jquery-ui-1-9-0/ http://blog.jqueryui.com/2012/10/jquery-ui-1-9-0/#comments Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:40:19 +0000 Scott González http://blog.jqueryui.com/?p=1051 Continue reading →]]> The jQuery UI team has been pretty busy for the past two and a half years. With more than 500 bug fixes spread over two dozen releases, we’ve been working hard to make jQuery UI as stable and flexible as possible. Last year, we announced a lofty goal:

Our goal is to have a completely refreshed project with the 2.0 release. We will have a much simpler API, better stability, full documentation and a full test suite for every plugin.

Today, we’re proud to announce the first major step toward reaching that goal. jQuery UI 1.9.0 is now available with hundreds of bug fixes, a bigger and better test suite, and improved APIs. In addition to the code, we’ve also deployed all new sites and improved documentation.

New Widget: Menu

The menu widget was technically released in 1.8, but it was bundled inside the autocomplete widget and mostly hidden from users. Menu is now a first class citizen in jQuery UI and is great for inline or popup menus, as well as a great starting point for more complex menu systems. Check out the menu demos and menu documentation for more details.

New Widget: Spinner

The spinner, or number stepper, widget is perfect for handling all kinds of numeric input. Spinners allow users to type a value directly or modify an existing value by spinning with the keyboard, mouse or scrollwheel. When combined with Globalize, you can even spin currencies and dates in a variety of locales. Check out the spinner demos and spinner documentation for more details.

New Widget: Tooltip

The tooltip widget supports a wide variety of uses: local and remote content, custom positioning and animation, mouse tracking, event delegation, and more. Check out the tooltip demos and tooltip documentation for more details.

API Redesign: Accordion

The accordion widget has undergone an API redesign, making it more consistent with other widgets and providing better animation support. Make sure to read the upgrade guide so you can migrate away from the deprecated APIs.

API Redesign: Tabs

The tabs widget has undergone an API redesign, making it more consistent with other widgets and providing better ajax support. Make sure to read the upgrade guide so you can migrate away from the deprecated APIs.

API Redesign: Position

The position utilty has undergone an API redesign, providing better collision detection and support for percent-based offsets. Make sure to read the upgrade guide so you can migrate away from the deprecated APIs.

Improved Widget Factory

We’ve added a lot of functionality to the widget factory, especially related to instantiation and inheritance. There are lots of new features for widget developers and a few new APIs and improvements for widget users as well. Check out the upgrade guide for more details.

Improved Accessibility

We put a lot of effort into making accordion, autocomplete, tabs, menu, spinner, and tooltip as accessibile as possible. Unfortunately ARIA still needs some work before it can be used without hacks, but we’re working closely with standards bodies, browser vendors, and the accessibility community to improve web accessibility beyond jQuery. Our documentation site now includes details about keyboard navigation for each widget.

Renamed Effects Files

All effects files have been renamed to match the jquery.ui.*.js naming pattern. If you’re using individual effect files, you’ll need to update your file references.

Deprecated APIs

As mentioned above, many plugins went through API redesigns. As a result, many existing APIs were deprecated. These APIs will be removed in 1.10.0. The 1.9.0 release includes a flag to disable all deprecated APIs, allowing you to determine if your code is ready for 1.10.0 even before it is released. There are full details on how to use the flag in the upgrade guide.

Supported jQuery Versions

jQuery UI 1.9.0 supports jQuery 1.6 and newer. That’s 11 versions! Multiply that by the number of supported browsers and you’ve got quite a support matrix.

New Sites

Assuming you’re not reading this in a feed reader or some other syndicated format, you’ve probably already noticed that our web site has a brand new look. The sites are still under development, so please bear with us as we add more content and improve upon the design. We’ve also deployed a brand new API documentation site which includes a lot of information that was missing from the old site. If you’re interested in helping improve any of our sites, they’re all hosted on GitHub now, with the repository names matching the domain names. For example, the repository for jqueryui.com is https://github.com/jquery/jqueryui.com.

Download

File Downloads

Git (contains source files, with @VERSION not yet replaced with 1.9.0, base theme only)

Google Ajax Libraries API (CDN)

Microsoft Ajax CDN (CDN)

Custom Download Builder

Changelog

See the 1.9 Upgrade Guide for a list of changes that may affect you when upgrading from 1.8.x. For full details on what’s included in this release see the 1.9.0 Changelog. You can read more about the API redesigns in a previous blog post.

Thanks

Thanks to all who helped with this release, specifically: 2Toad, aaronpeterson, acheetham, acimeha, acwhite, Adam Baratz, adam j. sontag, Adam Parod, aidan, aifam5, Alberto Fernández Capel, Alberto Monteiro, Alex Dovenmuehle, Alex Rhea, AlexW, Amir E. Aharoni, Andrew Newcomb, Andrew Powell, artyv, aschild, asgeo1, AsherMaximum, awgy, AzaToth, azendal, Azhrei, Baoju Yuan, basti, beatryder, bekok, Ben Boyle, Ben Hollis, Benjamin Sterling, Bernhard Sirlinger, Bertjh, bluecabbie, BobbyStealz, borsuk, bruce511, bthompson00, bugbegone, Campbell, Carl Fürstenberg, carl@stonefintech.com, Carson McDonald, certator, cherif, Chris Kelly, Christopher McCulloh, clear00, Cloudream, coling, collin, coredan, Corey Frang, cosmicnet, Courthead, cozydozy, creage, crumbles, cs94njw, CTAPbIuMABP, ctrlaltdev, cyberboy, d.wachss, dalibor983, Dan Heberden, danbhfive, Daniel Steigerwald, Danny Trunk, dannyzit, Dave Methvin, Dave Stein, David De Sloovere, David Leal, David Murdoch, David Petersen, David Soms, dblood, dclawson, dcohn, ddstreet, deckberg, Den, dennydaugherty, Diego, dkiselev, dlee, dmcmeans, dmitriy.paramoshkin, Dmitry Petrov, dominiquevincent, doomedelite, Doug Neiner, DouglasKing, dwebb66, dwt, ebspromo, Eddie Monge, eduyanez, Edward Faulkner, efoster, Eike Send, Eneko Illarramendi, epascarello, ergec, eric.muyser, ericw, EungJun Yi, Everett Zufelt, ExplosionPills, eXtreme, fdemmer, feklee, Felix Nagel, fernando1124, fiance, Florian Gutmann, fofanafi, G Karunakar, Garrison Locke, garyz, Gaëtan Muller, George Marshall, Gilmore Davidson, Giovanni Giacobbi, Glenn Goodrich, gpbmike, gromo, guettli, Guillaume Gautreau, haeberle, Hans Hillen, haraldo, Harri Kilpio, Heiko Henning, Herbalite, Hogan Long, Holger Rüprich, hoxworth, huemorgan, hughlomas, hyperlink, iainxt, idavemm, igor milla, Ildefonse, Infeligo, irrational, israelrios, itsadok, Ivan Peters, J. Ryan Stinnett, j.hermsen, Jack Hsu, JackT, Jacob, James Khoury, jamiejag, Jared A. Scheel, jaredwilli, Jason Davies, Jason Moon, Jason Prell, JasonBerry, Jasvir Nagra, Jay Merrifield, Jay Oster, jbergenthal, jdalton, jdart1, jdomnitz, jdufresne, Jean-Francois Remy, Jeff Remy, Jeff Roush, Jelly, Jellyfrog, jenters, Jesse Baird, jgv, Jiayi Yang, jihohan, jitter, jjross, Jo Liss, joaoeiras, John Firebaugh, John Resig, john.culviner, johnashenfelter, johntrepreneur, jomyjohn, Jon Palmer, Jorge Barreiro, jorisdekinder, josh3736, jquery@pvt, jsgoupil, JustinMacCarthy, Ján Suchal, Jörn Zaefferer, kapouer, Karl Kirch, Karl Swedberg, Kato Kazuyoshi, kbwood, Ken Penn, keturn, Kevin Dalman, Khaled AlHourani, KhoaTon, Klaus Hartl, kliehm, kobrigo, kolak, Kouhei Sutou, kradmiy, Kris Borchers, Kyle Florence, Kyle Wilkinson, Lado Lomidze, Lee Rowlands, levushka, lex1982, liangent, Lim Chee Aun, Lopo, lorak110786, lorife, lotjuh, lschult2, Luis Dalmolin, lukas.olson, Lukasz Lipinski, lukebrookhart, m157y, macarthy, Maciej Mroziński, maggiewachs, maljub01, malsup, Marcel Toele, marcis20@yahoo.com, marcneuwirth, marcos.sousa, Marian Rudzynski, Mario Visic, Mark Aaron Shirley, Mark Johnson, marteadrian, Martin Hoch, Martin Solli, martinf55, Marwan Al Jubeh, maspwr, Matt Hoskins, Max Schnur, MaxPower15, mdellanoce, meh-cfl, Michael DellaNoce, Michael P. Jung, michaelmwu, Michel Weimerskirch, midlis, Mike Hollis, Mike Sherov, Mike Stay, milan, millman, mirv, mkemmerling, mkowalski, mofle, mohdyusuf, monoblaine, moxen, mpetrovich, mriffault, MrMaxx, MSwaff, mwlang, myr, Nate Ferrero, neil.pugh, Nick_Craver, NielsJanssen, ninjaxify, nirvanaforu, nogwater, nonplus, offnight, ohlavacek, Olson.dev, onaiggac, oojacoboo, ORIGINALUSRNM, ornicar, ostgals, pantsmann, paul, Paul Irish, Pavel Stetina, pegomes, pheiberg, Philip Graham, Philipp Benjamin Köppchen, Phillip Barnes, Pierre-Henri Ausseil, piouPiouM, pkruithof, pmawhinney, polomoshnov, poplix, Probot, pulpulpullie, qicboy, r2363c, Rafael Xavier de Souza, Ralph Whitbeck, reedmaniac, Richard D. Worth, Rick Waldron, ripper234, Rob Loach, RobinHerbots, Robson Braga Araujo, RobWilkinsonUK, rockwild, roman.chizhevsky, ronchalant, rozwell, rp, RR1000, rthapar, rubyruy, ryanolton, Saji, saks, Samuel Cormier-Iijima, sc0rchin, Scott González, scott.moore, scr4ve, sergids, sexconker, sgruenholz, shadwdrgn, Shahyar G, Shannon, sigmasquirrel, Simon, Sindre Sorhus, SineSwiper1, sixhead, skeetergraphics, skorpan, snb, snover, sp, speaktorob, spekary, SpoonNZ, stafil, stefanlivens, steptom, stevee@gmail.com, Steven Roussey, stojce, stringfold, Stéphane Raimbault, sunaku, suner, sunshine, synek, T.Lindig, t34, tadudek, tashekelahi, teaspoon000, techtangents, tfotherby, thedoc, thomsbg, ThrushAAX, Tiago Freire, ticketmaster, tillkruess, Timmy Willison, Timo Tijhof, TJ VanToll, Tobias Brunner, Todd Parker, tomgallacher, tomykaira, Tony Ross, Trey Hunner, trixta, tyron, tzkuei, victorq10, Viktar Varvanovich, vrtxf, watanabe, Wesley Walser, whittet, William Griffiths, William Kevin Manire, wkmanire, xaav, Xavi, xirzec, yourfavorite, ZeK, Ziling Zhao.

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