Get the HTML contents of the first element in the set of matched elements. This method is not available on XML documents. In an HTML document, .html() can be used to get the contents of any element. If the selector expression matches more than one element, only the first match will have its HTML content returned. Consider this code: $( "div.demo-container" ).html(); In order for the following <div>'s content to be retrieved, it would have to be

Bind an event handler to the "scroll" JavaScript event, or trigger that event on an element. This method is a shortcut for .on( "scroll", handler ) in the first and second variations, and .trigger( "scroll" ) in the third. The scroll event is sent to an element when the user scrolls to a different place in the element. It applies to window objects, but also to scrollable frames and elements with the overflow CSS property set to scroll (or auto when th

Call the progressCallbacks on a Deferred object with the given args. Normally, only the creator of a Deferred should call this method; you can prevent other code from changing the Deferred's state or reporting status by returning a restricted Promise object through deferred.promise(). When deferred.notify is called, any progressCallbacks added by deferred.then or deferred.progress are called. Callbacks are executed in the order they were added. Each c

Adds field container styling to an element Note: .fieldcontain() is deprecated as of jQuery Mobile 1.4.0 and will be removed in 1.5.0. You can now construct responsive multi-field forms by wrapping each form element and its label in a div with class ui-field-contain. Adds class ui-field-contain to div wrappers of individual form elements which have a label. The div and the class ensure that the form is rendered responsively. At a sufficient w

Triggered when a swipe event occurs moving in the right direction. Triggered when a horizontal drag of 30px or more (and less than 30px vertically) occurs within 1 second duration in the right direction. See the swipe event entry for more detailed information on the swipe event. jQuery( ".selector" ).on( "swiperight", function( event ) { ... } )

Select a date from a popup or inline calendar The jQuery UI Datepicker is a highly configurable plugin that adds datepicker functionality to your pages. You can customize the date format and language, restrict the selectable date ranges and add in buttons and other navigation options easily. By default, the datepicker calendar opens in a small overlay when the associated text field gains focus. For an inline calendar, simply attach the datepicker to a

Programmatically change from one page to another. Programmatically change from one page to another. This method is used internally for the page loading and transitioning that occurs as a result of clicking a link or submitting a form, when those features are enabled. jQuery.mobile.changePage( to [, options ] ) to

Describes the nature of the event. event.type version added: 1.0 Examples: On all anchor clicks, alert the event type. $( "a" ).click(function( event ) { alert( event.type ); // "click" });

For key or mouse events, this property indicates the specific key or button that was pressed. The event.which property normalizes event.keyCode and event.charCode. It is recommended to watch event.which for keyboard key input. For more detail, read about event.charCode on the MDN. event.which also normalizes button presses (mousedown and mouseupevents), reporting 1 for left button, 2 for middle, and 3 for right. Use event.which instead of event.butto

Check to see if an object is empty (contains no enumerable properties). As of jQuery 1.4 this method checks both properties on the object itself and properties inherited from prototypes (in that it doesn't use hasOwnProperty). The argument should always be a plain JavaScript Object as other types of object (DOM elements, primitive strings/numbers, host objects) may not give consistent results across browsers. To determine if an object is a plain JavaS