This document provides a summary of jQuery selectors, core functions, traversing methods, events, AJAX capabilities and shorthand methods. It lists various selectors like #id, .class, :first, :even etc. It describes core jQuery functions like $, jQuery, each. It outlines traversing methods to navigate the DOM like children(), closest(), find(), offsetParent(). It also covers events, AJAX including $.ajax(), $.get(), $.post(), and global event handlers.

1. jQuery 1.4 API Cheat Sheet
Selectors Core Traversing Events AJAX
Basics Hierarchy jQuery function Filtering Page Load Low-Level Interface
#id ancestor descendant $ .jQuery( selector [, context] ), .jQuery( element ), $ .eq( index ) $ .ready( fn() ) XHR jQuery.ajax( options )
element parent > child .jQuery( elementArray ), .jQuery( jQueryObject ), $ .first( ) 1.4+ Event Handling bool async = true fn beforeSend( XHR )
.class, .class.class prev + next .jQuery( ) 1.4∗ $ .last( ) 1.4+ bool cache = true fn complete(XHR, status)
$ .bind( type [, data ], fn(eventObj) ), .bind( array ) 1.4∗
* prev ~ siblings $ .jQuery( html [, ownerDocument] ), $ .has( selector ), .has( element ) 1.4+ str contentType obj context
.jQuery( html, props ) 1.4∗
$ .one( type [, data ], fn(eventObj) )
selector1, selector2 $ .filter( selector ), .filter( fn(index) ) obj, str data fn dataFilter( data, type )
$ .jQuery( fn ) $ .trigger( event [, data])
bool .is( selector ) bool global = true bool ifModified = false
Basic Filters Content Filters obj .triggerHandler( event [, data]) str jsonp fn jsonpCallback
:first :contains(text)
jQuery Object Accessors $ .map( fn(index, element) ) $ .unbind( [type] [, fn]) str password bool processData = true
:last :empty
$ .each( fn(index, element) ) $ .not( selector ), .not( elements ), $ .delegate( selector, eventType, [eventData], handler) num timeout str type = 'GET'
:not(selector) :has(selector) num .size( ), .length .not( fn( index ) ) 1.4+ str url = curr. page str username
str .selector $ .slice( start [, end] ) $ .undelegate( [selector, eventType, [handler]]) 1.4+ fn xhr str scriptCharset
:even :parent str dataType ∈ {xml, json, script, html}
:odd el .context Tree traversal
$ .eq( index ) Live Events fn error( XHR, status, errorThrown ) fn success( data, status, XHR )
:eq(index) Visibility Filters $ .children( [selector] ) $ .live( eventType [, data], fn() )
:hidden jQuery.error( str ) 1.4+ jQuery.ajaxSetup( options )
:gt(index) $ .closest( selector [, context] ) 1.4∗ $ .die( ) 1.4+, .die( [eventType] [, fn() ])
:lt(index) :visible [el],el .get( [index] ) arr .closest( selectors [, context] ) 1.4+
Shorthand Methods
:header num .index( ) 1.4∗, .index( selector ) 1.4∗, .index( element ) Interaction Helpers $ .load( url [, data] [, fn( responseText, status, XHR )] )
$ .find( selector ) $ .hover( fnIn(eventObj), fnOut(eventObj))
:animated $ jQuery.pushStack( elements, [name, arguments] ) XHR jQuery.get( url [, data] [, fn( data, status, XHR )] [, type] )
$ .next( [selector] ) $ .toggle( fn(eventObj), fn2(eventObj) [, ...])
arr .toArray( ) 1.4+ XHR jQuery.getJSON( url [, data] [, fn( data, status )] )
Child Filters Attribute Filters $ .nextAll( [selector] )
Interoperability Event Helpers XHR jQuery.getScript( url [, fn( data, status )] )
:nth-child(expr) [attribute] $ .nextUntil( [selector] ) 1.4+
$ jQuery.noConflict( [extreme] ) $ .blur( [fn] ), .mousedown( [fn] ), XHR jQuery.post( url [, data] [, fn( data, status )] [, type] )
:first-child [attribute=value] $ .offsetParent( )
$ .parent( [selector] ) .change( [fn] ), .mouseenter( [fn] ), Global Ajax Event Handlers
:last-child [attribute!=value]
:only-child [attribute^=value] Attributes $ .parents( [selector] ) .click( [fn] ), .mouseleave( [fn] ), $ .ajaxComplete( fn( event, XHR, options ) )
[attribute$=value] Attributes $ .parentsUntil( [selector] ) 1.4+ .dblclick( [fn] ), .mousemove( [fn] ), $ .ajaxError( fn( event, XHR, options, thrownError ) )
[attribute*=value] str .attr( name ) $ .prev( [selector] ) .error( [fn] ), .mouseout( [fn] ), $ .ajaxSend( fn( event, XHR, options ) )
[attribute|=value] $ .attr( name, val ), .attr( map ), .attr( name, fn(index, attr) ) $ .prevAll( [selector] ) .focus( [fn] ), .mouseover( [fn] ), $ .ajaxStart( fn( ) )
[attribute~=value] $ .removeAttr( name ) $ .prevUntil( [selector] ) 1.4+ .focusin( [fn] ), 1.4+ .mouseup( [fn] ), $ .ajaxStop( fn( ) )
[attribute][attribute2] $ .siblings( [selector] ) .focusout( [fn] ), 1.4+ .resize( [fn] ), $ .ajaxSuccess( fn(event, XHR, options) )
Class .keydown( [fn] ), .scroll( [fn] ),
Forms Form Filters $ .addClass( class ), .addClass( fn(index, class) ) 1.4∗ Miscellaneous Miscellaneous
.keypress( [fn] ), .select( [fn] ), str .serialize( )
:input :enabled bool .hasClass( class ) $ .add( selector [, context] ), .add( elements ),
.keyup( [fn] ), .submit( [fn] ), [obj] .serializeArray( )
:text :disabled $ .removeClass( [class] ), .add( html ) 1.4∗
$ .andSelf( ) .load( fn ), .unload( fn ) str jQuery.param( obj, [traditional] ) 1.4∗
:password :checked .removeClass( fn(index, class) ) 1.4∗
:radio :selected $ .toggleClass( class [, switch] ), $ .contents( ) Event object
:checkbox .toggleClass( fn(index, class) [, switch] ) 1.4∗ $ .end( ) event
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Utilities
:submit HTML, text Browser and Feature Detection
* data,
:image
:reset
str .html( ) Manipulation bool isDefaultPrevented(), obj jQuery.support
$ .html( val ), .html( fn(index, html) ) 1.4∗ Inserting Inside bool isImmediatePropagationStopped(), obj jQuery.browser deprecated
:button str jQuery.browser.version deprecated
str .text( ) $ .append( content ), bool isPropagationStopped(),
:file num pageX,
$ .text( val ), .text( fn(index, html) ) 1.4∗ .append( fn( index, html ) ) 1.4∗ bool jQuery.boxModel deprecated
$ .appendTo( target ) num pageY,
Value preventDefault(), Basic operations
$ .prepend( content ),
Legend str,arr .val( )
.prepend( fn( index, html ) ) 1.4∗
el relatedTarget, obj jQuery.each( obj, fn( index, valueOfElement ) )
$ .val( val ), .val( fn() ) 1.4∗ obj result, obj jQuery.extend( [deep,] target, obj1 [, objN] )
$ .prependTo( target ) stopImmediatePropagation(),
Conventional signs arr jQuery.grep( array, fn( element, index ) [, invert] )
Inserting Outside stopPropagation(),
[obj] — array of objects CSS $ .after( content ), .after( fn() ) 1.4∗ el target,
arr jQuery.makeArray( obj )
1.4+ — new in 1.4 CSS arr jQuery.map( array, fn( element, index ) )
num timeStamp,
str .css( name ) $ .before( content ), .before( fn() ) 1.4∗ str type, num jQuery.inArray( val, array )
1.4∗ — changed in 1.4 $ .insertAfter( target )
$ .css( name, val ), .css( map ), str which arr jQuery.merge( first, second )
Data types .css( name, fn(index, val) ) 1.4∗ $ .insertBefore( target ) } fn jQuery.noop 1.4+
Inserting Around fn jQuery.proxy( fn, scope ), jQuery.proxy( scope, name ) 1.4+
* — anything Positioning
$ — jQuery object obj .offset( ) $ .unwrap( ) 1.4+ Effects arr jQuery.unique( array )
$ .offset( coord ), .offset( fn( index, coord ) ) 1.4+ $ .wrap( wrappingElement ), .wrap( fn ) 1.4∗ Basics str jQuery.trim( str )
arr — array $ .wrapAll(wrappingElement ), $ .show( [ duration [, fn] ] ) obj jQuery.parseJSON( str ) 1.4+
bool — boolean
$ .offsetParent( )
.wrapAll( fn ) 1.4∗ $ .hide( [ duration [, fn] ] ) Data functions
obj .position( )
el — DOM element $ .wrapInner( wrappingElement ), $ .toggle( [showOrHide] ) $ .clearQueue( [name] ) 1.4+
int .scrollTop( )
fn — function .wrapInner( fn ) 1.4∗ $ .toggle( duration [, fn] ) $ .dequeue( [name] ), jQuery.dequeue( [name] )
$ .scrollTop( val )
int — integer int .scrollLeft( ) Replacing Sliding obj jQuery.data( element, key ), jQuery.data( ) 1.4+
obj — object $ .scrollLeft( val ) $ .replaceWith( content ), $ .slideDown( duration [, fn] ) obj .data( ), .data( key )
str — string .replaceWith( fn ) 1.4∗ $ .slideUp( duration [, fn] ) $ .data( key, val ), .data( obj ) 1.4∗
Height and Width $ .replaceAll( selector )
XHR — XMLHttpRequest $ .slideToggle( [duration] [, fn] ) $ .removeData( [name] )
int .height( )
Removing Fading [fn] .queue( [name] ) jQuery.queue( [name] )
$ .height( val ), .height( fn(index, height ) ) 1.4∗
$ .detach( [selector] ) 1.4+ $ .fadeIn( duration [, fn] ) $ .queue( [name,] fn( next ) ), jQuery.queue( [name,] fn( ) )
int .width( )
http://futurecolors.ru/jquery/ $ .width( val ), .width(( fn(index, height ) ) 1.4∗
$ .empty( ) $ .fadeOut( duration [, fn] ) $ .queue( [name,] queue ), jQuery.queue( [name,] queue )
ver. 09-03-2010 int .innerHeight( )
$ .remove( [selector] ) $ .fadeTo( duration, opacity [, fn] ) Test operations
int .innerWidth( ) Copying Custom bool jQuery.isArray( obj )
int .outerHeight( [margin] ) $ .clone( [withDataAndEvents] ) $ .animate( params [, duration] [, easing] [, fn] ) bool jQuery.isEmptyObject( obj ) 1.4+
int .outerWidth( [margin] ) $ .animate( params, options ) bool jQuery.isFunction( obj )
$ .stop( [clearQueue] [, jumpToEnd] ) bool jQuery.isPlainObject( obj ) 1.4+
$ .delay( duration [, queueName] ) 1.4+
Settings
bool jQuery.fx.off