DOM functions
The following functions concern DOM manipulation including events.
qs
Get an element in the DOM
Parameters
selector
(type: String) - The selector to match againstscope
(type: Node) - An element to search within
Returns
- (type: Node) - The first matching element
Example
$foo = $.qs('.foo')
qsa
Get all matching elements in the DOM as an array
Parameters
selector
(type: String) - The selector to match againstscope
(type: Node) - An element to search within
Returns
- (type: Array) - The matching elements
TIP
Because qsa
returns as an array, you have access to array prototype methods
Example
$foo = $.qsa('.foo')
children
Get the children of an element
Parameters
el
(type: Node) - The element to search
Returns
- (type: Array) - The children of the passed element
Example
$foo = $.qs('.foo')
$fooChildren = $.children($foo)
siblings
Get the siblings of an element
Parameters
el
(type: Node) - The element to search
Returns
- (type: Array) - The siblings of the passed element
Example
$foo = $.qs('.foo')
$fooSiblings = $.siblings($foo)
contains
Check if element contains child
Parameters
el
(type: Node) - The element to searchchild
(type: Node) - The child element to search for
Returns
- (type: Boolean) - Whether or not child was found
Example
$foo = $.qs('.foo')
$bar = $.qs('.bar')
console.log($.contains($foo, $bar))
empty
Removes all children from element
Parameters
el
(type: Node) - The element to empty
Example
$foo = $.qs('.foo')
$.empty($foo)
remove
Remove element from the DOM
Parameters
el
(type: Node) - The element to remove
Example
$foo = $.qs('.foo')
$.remove($foo)
fromTop
Get the distance between an element and the top of the page
Parameters
el
(type: Node) - The element to check
Returns
- (type: Number) - The distance from the top of the page (in pixels)
Example
$foo = $.qs('.foo')
$.fromTop($foo) // 100
show
Show selected element
Parameters
el
(type: Node) - The element to show
Example
$foo = $.qs('.foo')
$.show($foo)
hide
Hide selected element
Parameters
el
(type: Node) - The element to hide
Example
$foo = $.qs('.foo')
$.hide($foo)
toggle
Toggle visibility of selected element
Parameters
el
(type: Node) - The element to toggle
Example
$foo = $.qs('.foo')
$.toggle($foo)
css
Apply multiple inline styles to an element
Parameters
el
(type: Node) - The element to apply the styles toobj
(type: Object) - An object of CSS rules
Example
$foo = $.qs('.foo')
$.css($foo, {
backgroundColor: 'red',
fontWeight: 'bold'
})
on
Apply propagating event handlers
Parameters
event
(type: String) - The event to trigger onarray
(type: Array) - The array of nodes to apply toselector
(type: String) - Query selector for event to bind to [optional]cb
(type: Function) - The function to run upon event
Example
$foo = $.qsa('.foo')
$.on('click', $foo, 'a', e => {
console.log(e)
})
ready
Run callback function once DOM has fully loaded
Parameters
cb
(type: Function) - The function to run once ready
Example
$.ready(() => {
console.log('DOM is ready')
})