Category Archives: jQuery

jQuery Difference Between event.PreventDefault And event.stopPropagation

event.preventDefault(): Stops the default action of an element from happening.
event.stopPropagation(): Prevents the event from bubbling up the DOM tree, preventing any parent handlers from being notified of the event.

For example, if there is a link with a click method attached inside of a DIV or FORM that also has a click method attached, it will prevent the DIV or FORM click method from firing.

jQuery Difference Between prop() and Attr()

attr(): Get the value of an attribute for the first element in the set of matched elements. Whereas,.prop(): (Introduced in jQuery 1.6) Get the value of a property for the first element in the set of matched elements.

Attributes carry additional information about an HTML element and come in name=”value” pairs. Where Property is a representation of an attribute in the HTML DOM tree. once the browser parse your HTML code ,corresponding DOM node will be created which is an object thus having properties.

.attr() gives you the value of element as it was defined in the html on page load. It is always recommended to use .prop() to get values of elements which is modified via javascript/jquery , as it gives you the original value of an element’s current state.

jQuery Animation

The .animate() method allows us to create animation effects on any numeric CSS property. This method changes an element from one state to another with CSS styles. The CSS property value is changed gradually, to create an animated effect.

Syntax is:

(selector).animate({styles},speed,easing,callback)

  • styles: Specifies one or more CSS properties/values toanimate.
  • duration: Optional. Specifies the speed of the animation.
  • easing: Optional. Specifies the speed of the element in different points of the animation. Default value is “swing”.
  • callback: Optional. A function to be executed after the animation completes.

Simple use of animate function is,

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$(“btnClick”).click(function(){
$(“#dvBox”).animate({height:”100px”});
});

jQuery eq() And get()

eq() returns the element as a jQuery object. This method constructs a new jQuery object from one element within that set and returns it. That means that you can use jQuery functions on it.

get() return a DOM element. The method retrieve the DOM elements matched by the jQuery object. But as it is a DOM element and it is not a jQuery-wrapped object. So jQuery functions can’t be used.