namespace Element
Description
A collection of shortcut methods that are added to all DOM elements.
Instance methods
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appear #
Element#appear([, options]) -> element Element.appear(element[, options]) -> element
Make an element appear by fading it in from 0% opacity.
This method can be called either as an instance method or as a generic method. If calling as a generic, pass the instance in as the first argument.
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cloneWithoutIDs #
Element#cloneWithoutIDs() -> element Element.cloneWithoutIDs(element) -> element
Returns a clone of the element with all
id
attributed removed.This method can be called either as an instance method or as a generic method. If calling as a generic, pass the instance in as the first argument.
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fade #
Element#fade([, options]) -> element Element.fade(element[, options]) -> element
Fade out an element from its current opacity setting (or 100%).
This method can be called either as an instance method or as a generic method. If calling as a generic, pass the instance in as the first argument.
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morph #
Element#morph(style[, options]) -> element Element.morph(element, style[, options]) -> element
Dynamically adjust an element's CSS styles to the CSS properties given in the
style
argument.This method is the preferred way to invoke CSS-based effects:
$('element_id').morph('width:500px'); $('element_id').morph('width:500px', 'slow'); $('element_id').morph('width:500px', function(){ alert('finished!'); }); $('element_id').morph('width:500px', 2); // duration 2 seconds
Complex options can be specified with an Object literal:
$('element_id').morph('width:500px;height:500px', { duration: 4, transition: 'linear', delay: .5, propertyTransitions: { width: 'mirror', height: 'easeInOutCirc' }, after: function(){ alert('finished'); } });
Morphs can be chained:
// the height morph will be executed immediately following // the width morph $('element_id').morph('width:500px').morph('height:500px');
By default,
morph
will create a newS2.FX.Queue
for the element if there isn't one already, and use this queue for queueing up chained morphs. To prevent a morph from queuing at the end, use theposition: 'parallel'
option.// the height morph will be executed at the same time as the width morph $('element_id').morph('width:500px').morph('height:500px', { position: 'parallel' });
See also
S2.FX.Morph
.This method can be called either as an instance method or as a generic method. If calling as a generic, pass the instance in as the first argument.
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scrollTo #
Element#scrollTo([, to[, options]]) -> element Element.scrollTo(element[, to[, options]]) -> element
This method augments Prototype's Element.scrollTo method.
With just the
@element
parameter given, it will revert to Prototype's default implementation: the viewport will be scrolled (without animation) to contain the element.If given the
to
parameter, the elements contents will be smoothly scrolled to the specified scrollTop position.This method can be called either as an instance method or as a generic method. If calling as a generic, pass the instance in as the first argument.
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transform #
Element#transform(transforms) -> element Element.transform(element, transforms) -> element
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transforms
(Object
) – rotation angle and scale factor
Rotate and scale an element.
transforms
is an object containing:rotation
: Rotation angle in radiansscale
: Scale factor
Example:
// rotate by 1.5 radians, scale by 200% $('element_id').transform({ rotation: 1.5, scale: 2 });
[[manipulate:update]] event memos can be directly fed into
Element#transform
:$('element_id').observe('manipulate:update', function(event){ $('element_id').transform(event.memo); });
To convert degrees to radians, use:
radians = degrees * (Math.PI/180);
This method can be called either as an instance method or as a generic method. If calling as a generic, pass the instance in as the first argument.
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Class methods
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effect #
Element.effect(@element, effect[, options]) -> element
Initialize and play the specified effect on the element.
This method can be called either as an instance method or as a generic method. If calling as a generic, pass the instance in as the first argument.
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getStyles #
Element.getStyles(@element) -> Object
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element
(String
|Object
) – DOM object or element ID
Returns an object with all currently applied style attributes for a given DOM object. This includes all styles from stylesheets, properties set with style attributes and CSS properties set with the DOM API.
This method can be called either as an instance method or as a generic method. If calling as a generic, pass the instance in as the first argument.
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