The Jude Element

Public Methods

constructs a new Jude Element and returns a reference to it; either gets an inline element or creates a new one (see the tutorials)
HTMLElement	E	( string elementID )
HTMLElement	E	( string elementTag, int x, int y, int w, int h, string htmlOrSrc, string styling )
gets the placement of the element
int	gX	()
int	gY	()
int	gZ	()
sets the placement of the element; sP (setPosition) takes all three arguments at once
void	sX	( int x )
void	sY	( int y )
void	sZ	( int z )
void	sP	( int x, int y, int z )
gets the dimensions of the element
int	gW	()
int	gH	()
gets the total horizontal space (left + right) or total vertical space (top + bottom) taken up by the element's borders
int	gBH	()
int	gBV	()
gets the total horizontal space (left + right) or total vertical space (top + bottom) taken up by the element's padding
int	gPH	()
int	gPV	()
sets the dimensions of the element; sS (setSize) takes both arguments at once
void	sW	( int w )
void	sH	( int h )
void	sS	( int w, int h )
manipulates the visibility of the element: sE (showElement), hE (hideElement), sO (setOpacity)
void	sE	()
void	hE	()
void	sO	( int percentOpacity )
sets the clipping of the element
void	sC	( int top, int right, int bottom, int left )
writes HTML to the element
void	wH	( string html )
for ie5win, determines padding and borders, and adjusts element size accordingly
void	boxFix	()
appends the element to another element or to the document body (defaults to document.body)
HTMLElement	appendTo	( HTMLElement newParent )
parses a style rule and applies the style properties to the element
void	setStyle	( string styleRuleText )

Credit goes to Chris Nott of Dithered for many of the method names. You'll recognize the two-letter names if you've used his 1k DHTML API. Chris' API inspired me — and still does — to create small, efficient code.

Public Properties

judeid

a non-negative integer unique for each Jude Element

Private Methods

void

propagate

( HTMLElement copyToObject )