Base Dojo: dojo.js

Dojo Base is the functionality you get by just including a stock built dojo.js or dojo.xd.js in your page.

Configuring Dojo

• djConfig

  Possibility to override certain global settings that control how the framework operates

Array utilities

Details on dojo.every,dojo.filter,dojo.forEach,dojo.indexOf,dojo.lastIndexOf,dojo.map,and dojo.some. See the Array QuickStart for an overview.

• dojo.forEach

  Invokes a callback function for every item in array

• dojo.map

  Applies a callback to each element of arr and returns an Array with the results

• dojo.some

  Iterate over an array,escaping when the callback returns true for some logic check.

• dojo.every

  Iterate over an array,escaping when the callback returns false for some logic check.

• dojo.filter

  Iterate over an array,reducing the array based on the callback return.

• dojo.indexOf

  Find the index of some element in an Array.

• NodeList array methods

  • NodeList.indexOf,NodeList.lastIndexOf,NodeList.forEach,NodeList.every,NodeList.some,NodeList.concat,NodeList.map,NodeList.filter,NodeList.at

Language Utilities

• dojo.Deferred

  Communication between threads

• dojo.hitch

  Function that generates a wrapper function that ensures a function that will only ever execute in a defined scope.

• dojo.partial

  Function that generates a wrapper function that ensures a function will only ever execute globally.

• dojo.delegate

  Returns a new object which “looks” to obj for properties which it does not have a value for.

• dojo.isString

  Checks if the parameter is a String

• dojo.isArray

  Checks if the parameter is an Array

• dojo.isFunction

  Checks if the parameter is a Function

• dojo.isObject

  Checks if the parameter is an Object

• dojo.isArrayLike

  Checks if the parameter is like an Array

• dojo.isAlien

  Checks if the parameter is a built-in function

String Utilities

• dojo.trim

  Trim whitespace from a String

• dojo.replace

  Simple templates with parameterized substitutions.

DOM

• dojo.query

  The swiss army knife of DOM node manipulation in Dojo.

• dojo.NodeList

  A class to handle a list of DOM nodes. Most commonly returned from a dojo.query call.

• dojo.doc

  Alias for the current document

• dojo.body

  Return the body element of the document

• dojo.byId

  Select a DOM node by ‘id’

• Manipulation

  • dojo.create

    Creates a dom node with optional values and placement

  • dojo.place

    Place DOM nodes relative to others

  • NodeList.place

    Place DOM nodes in list relative to others

  • NodeList.orphan

  • NodeList.adopt

  • NodeList.clone

  • NodeList.addContent

  • dojo.destroy

    Destroy a DOM element

  • dojo.empty

    Empty the contents of a DOM element

  • NodeList.empty

• Attributes

  • dojo.formToJson

    Create an object from an form node

  • dojo.attr

    Modifying DOM node attributes

  • dojo.NodeList.attr

    Set/Get attributes for nodes in the list

  • dojo.hasAttr

  • dojo.removeAttr

  • dojo.getNodeProp

  • dojo.formToObject

  • dojo.formToQuery

  • dojo.isDescendant

  • dojo.setSelectable

• Styles

  • dojo.coords

    Getter for the coordinates (relative to parent and absolute) of a DOM node. Deprecated in Dojo 1.4.

  • NodeList.coords

    Getter for the coordinates of each node in the list. Deprecated in Dojo 1.4.

  • dojo.position

    Getter for the border-Box x/y coordinates and size of a DOM node.

  • NodeList.position

    Calls dojo.position for each node in the list and returns those objects as an Array.

  • dojo.style

    A getter/setter for styles on a DOM node

  • dojo.getComputedStyle

    Return a cachable object of all computed styles for a node

  • Class Utilities

    • dojo.hasClass

      Returns a boolean depending on whether or not a node has a passed class string.

    • dojo.addClass

      Adds a CSS class to a node.

    • dojo.removeClass

      Removes a class from a Node.

    • dojo.toggleClass

      Toggles a className (or now in 1.4 an array of classNames).

  • dojo.marginBox

    Getter/setter for the margin-Box of node

  • dojo.contentBox

    Getter/setter for the content-Box of node

Effects

• dojo.animateProperty

  The workhorse of most dojo.fx animations. Used for animating CSS properties

• dojo.Animation

  1.4+ prevIoUsly dojo._Animation,the class behind all dojo.fx

• dojo.anim

  Shorthand version of animateProperty using positional arguments

• dojo.fadeOut

• dojo.fadeIn

Events

• dojo.connect

  Connects events to methods

• NodeList.connect

  Connects events to every node in the list,like dojo.connect

• NodeList.events

  Common event names mapped as functions on a NodeList - eg: .onclick(function(){})

• dojo.disconnect

  Disconnects methods from linked topics

• dojo.subscribe

  Linked a listener to a named topic

• dojo.unsubscribe

  Remove a topic listener

• dojo.publish

  Publish an event to all subscribers of a topic

• dojo.connectPublisher

  Ensure that everytime an event is called,a message is published on the topic.

• dojo.stopEvent

  Stop an event’s bubbling and propagation.

Document Lifecycle

• dojo.addOnLoad

  Call functions after the DOM has finished loading and widgets declared in markup have been instantiated

• dojo.ready

  1.4+ Alias for dojo.addOnLoad

• dojo.addOnUnload

  Call functions when the page unloads

• dojo.addOnWindowUnload

  Call functions when window.onunload fires

• dojo.windowUnloaded

  Signal fired by impending window destruction

Ajax / IO

• IO Pipeline Topics

• dojo.contentHandlers

  1.4+ Pre-defined XHR content handlers,and an extension point to add your own custom handling.

• dojo.xhr

  Core for all xhr* verbs,eg: xhrPost,getGet

• dojo.xhrDelete

• dojo.xhrGet

• dojo.xhrPost

• dojo.xhrPut

• dojo.rawXhrPost

• dojo.rawXhrPut

Package System

• dojo.registerModulePath

  Maps module name to a path

• dojo.require

  Loads a Javascript module from the appropriate URI

• dojo.provide

• dojo.moduleUrl

JSON Tools

• dojo.fromJson

  Parses a JSON string to return a JavaScript object

• dojo.toJson

  Returns a JSON serialization of an object

Objects / OO Tools

• dojo.mixin

  Mixes one object into another. Can be used as a shallow copy

• dojo.declare

  Creates a constructor using a compact notation for inheritance and prototype extension

• dojo.extend

• dojo.exists

  Determine if an object supports a given method

• dojo.delegate

  Delegate an Object (beget)

• dojo.getObject

  Get a property from a dot-separated string,such as “A.B.C”

• dojo.setObject

  Set a property from a dot-separated string,such as “A.B.C”

• dojo.objectToQuery

• dojo.queryToObject

• NodeList.instantiate

  Create classes out of each node in the list

Colors

• dojo._base.Color

  Color object and utility functions to handle colors. Details on

• dojo.colorFromArray

• dojo.colorFromHex

• dojo.colorFromString

• dojo.colorFromRgb.

Miscellaneous Base

• dojo.deprecated

  Log a debug message to indicate that a behavior has been deprecated

• dojo.eval

  Evaluate some string of JavaScript

• dojo.global

  Alias for the global scope

• dojo.keys

  A collection of key constants.

• dojo.locale

  A string containing the current locale as defined by Dojo

• dojo.setContext

  Changes the behavior of many core Dojo functions that deal with namespace and DOM lookup

• dojo.version

  The current version number of Dojo

• dojo.withDoc

  Call callback with documentObject as dojo.doc

• dojo.withGlobal

  Call callback with globalObject as dojo.global and globalObject.document as dojo.doc