Element.dollar
The dollar function has a dual purpose: Getting the element by its id, and making an element in Internet Explorer “grab” all the Element methods. Official MooTools Documentation.
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MooTools for Beginners Part 4 – Selecting and Manipulating DOM Elements
January 12, 2010
Most of the time the whole point of using mootools is to manipulate an element or collection of elements. (But not always, as you’ll see in Part 5.) Now that you know some basics we’re going to get more in depth by learning the various ways to select dom elements to manipulate them–traversing the dom, [...]
MooTools for Beginners Part 3 – Effects (Fx)
January 9, 2010
Most people’s interest in a javascript framework lies in the animation effects. MooTools has the best. This article will not only show you the various ways to use effects, but will also talk a little about the philosophy of mootools.
Basic AJAX and JSON Requests Using MooTools’ Request.HTML and Request.JSON
January 2, 2010
The best designs aren’t noticed. When you walk through an airport and get exactly where you intend to go, you don’t realize and attribute it to an excellent way-finding design. Such is the case with the web.
Ajax and JSON requests can subtly enhance the usability of a site where the user doesn’t notice the site “thinking” as much as all the page loads of yesteryear. Try the search on this site to see what I mean. After going through this tutorial you’ll have a solid foundation to use this powerful feature of the web with mootools.
MooTools for Beginners Part 1 – The Basics
December 29, 2009
This is basic tutorial to help get you started with mootools. We’ll be manipulating elements, adding and removing event listeners, and playing with magic.