jQuery Plugin Roundup 11: Default, YoxView, Panel Magic
Welcome to the jQuery Plugin Roundup, episode 11. Remember you can send your plugins in for review through our contact form or @dailyjs.
Default
Default (MIT and GPL) by James Brumond can be used to manage default text for form fields. The API can be accessed by calling defaultText on a form element:
$('input').defaultText({ defText: 'Enter your first name' }))
Alternatively, title attributes will be used for the defText option when calling defaultText with no parameters.
YoxView
YoxView (MIT license) by Yossi Kolesnicov is yet another lightbox-style image viewer. It can work with video sites like YouTube, and also image sharing sites like Flickr. It’s also optimised for search engines. Multiple images can be assigned for a single thumbnail as well, which not all lightbox libraries support.
After installing the script and required assets, usage is pretty simple:
$("#images").yoxview([options]);
The expected HTML is a set of images inside a div. For more details, see the API documentation.
Panel Magic
jquery-panel-magic (MIT License) by Craig Hoover is a curious plugin that turns a page into a set of panels that can be navigated between in a fashion similar to Apple’s Exposé (or Safari’s home screen). The author is experimenting with iPad support, and it seems like a good fit for touchscreens.
