Thomas Fuchs
Hi, I'm Thomas Fuchs. I'm the author of Zepto.js, of script.aculo.us, and I'm a Ruby on Rails core alumnus. With Amy Hoy I'm building cheerful software, like Noko Time Tracking and Every Time Zone and write books like Retinafy.me.
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Upcoming features for script.aculo.us

December 14th, 2005

With script.aculo.us 1.5 finally out, it’s now time to add great new features. The SVN trunk already has some brand-new stuff added:

  • Effect.toggle allows silly easy implementation of toggling elements with Slide, Blind and Appear/Fade effects: Effect.toggle('element_id','slide')
  • Effect defaults can now be set globally by manipulating the Effect.DefaultOptions hash
  • Scoped effect queues for multiple parallel running effect queues: Effect.Appear('element_id', {queue:{scope:'myscope', position:'end'}})
  • Dynamic loading of components allows you to tune your site per-page for including only the script.aculo.us components you need: <script src="scriptaculous.js?load=effects,dragdrop" type="text/javascript"></script>
  • New Effect.Move that replaces the old Effect.MoveBy that also allows for absolute movement: new Effect.Move('element_id', {x:30, y:10, mode: 'absolute'})

Special thanks to David Zülke for coming up with the basis for the scoped effects queues and the dynamic loading!

This and more coming soon to a script.aculo.us near you. 🙂