May 28, 2012 · $ sign is used as an alias to Jquery. instead of using jquery.hide,jquery.show every where we can use the alias $ ($.hide) Since we are using this word lot of times.

I have a select field with some options in it. Now I need to select one of those options with jQuery. But how can I do that when I only know the value of the option that must be selected? I have the

Sep 18, 2012 · When inside a jQuery method’s anonymous callback function, this is a reference to the current DOM element. $ (this) turns this into a jQuery object and exposes jQuery’s …

Mar 29, 2022 · A '$' in a variable means nothing special to the interpreter, much like an underscore. From what I've seen, many people using jQuery (which is what your example …

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Mar 16, 2011 · The only way to return the data from the function would be to make a synchronous call instead of an asynchronous call, but that would freeze up the browser while it's waiting for …

In jQuery's case, $ is just an alias for jQuery, so all functionality is available without using $. If we need to use another JavaScript library alongside jQuery, we can return control of $ back to the …

Just to be sure this is clear: you cannot put the script reference to jquery-ui before the jquery script itself. That's what fixed the problem to me: first jquery-x.x.x.min.js, then jquery-ui-xxxxxx.js.

The only way to remove an inline "display:none" via jQuery's css-api is by resetting it with the empty string (null does NOT work btw!!). According to the jQuery docu this is the general way …

Apr 6, 2011 · If you call click on a class with jQuery it can bubble to other elements and register multiple clicks. Stopping the propagation of that click event to other elements is how to solve this.