On Aug 28, 1:04 pm, "Richard D. Worth" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Again, I think this may be because you failed to download UI Dialog?

Thanks, yes, it was just a little confusing, at least for me. I guess
I didn't fully understand what was meant by "module" -- essentially, a
separate JS file. The jQueryUI site takes a different approach it
seems from the jQuery site, and there's lots of different jargon
specific to jQueryUI that I should commit to memory. Once I figured
out that I needed an additional file (and downloaded it), everything
is working as expected.

> > Found the "getting started" page here:
> >http://jqueryui.com/docs/Getting_Started
>
> > Jumped to the section "After downloading: Intro to using jQuery UI".
> > It suggests there should be an index.html in the root directory. There
> > is not.
>
> Thanks for finding this bug. I created a ticket for it here
>
> http://dev.jqueryui.com/ticket/4811
>
> Sorry we didn't find it first. It looks like we don't include the index.html
> page when you've only selected UI Core. Normally this index page shows a
> preview of each widget you've selected. If you haven't selected any plugins,
> there are no widgets to show. But in any case, we should have an index.html,
> since the guide mentions one. That's why I added the ticket above.

Yes, I did notice that after I included the Dialog module, the index
page appeared. Perhaps there should be some short & sweet demos for
core? A "everything is working, here's a few things you can do..."
type thing. Just throwing that out there.

> If you made it to ui.core.js, you made it to a file that's intended for
> development purposes.

I was using the dev versions because I am still prototyping at this
point, and the individual files help for many reasons (easier to
debug, easier to separate what is required/optional, and just
generally easier to keep a handle on what scripts I have running).

> This may be a simple case where the documentation made it seem harder than
> it really is. The download builder has all the dependency logic built-in. If
> you go to the download builder and all items are checked, but you only want
> dialog, click 'Deselect all components', then click Dialog. It will
> automatically check UI Core as a required dependency. If you want your
> dialog to be draggable and resizable, you'll have to check those yourself,
> as those are optional. The development-bundle/demos and
> development-bundle/docs folders are only populated with demos and docs for
> those plugins you've selected. So you won't get the demos and docs for
> accordion, tabs, progressbar etc, if you've only selected dialog.

Right. Being new to jQueryUI, I had no preconceptions about what
modules were or what the significance of them was. I had no idea that
"module" == +1 JS file. I didn't even realize that Dialog was a
"module" -- I just saw "Dialog" (which is what I was after), clicked
it, went to the page for it, saw it said "UI Core" as the only
required dependency, and thus [wrongly] jumped to the conclusion that
ui.core.js was the only required file. I guess there is just an innate
learning curve required to use the jQueryUI page.

> Good luck, and let us know how you make out with another run.
>
> - Richard

Thanks for the help, and sorry for the "sky is falling" tone, but I
was really at my wit's end at that point. Just one of those days, I
guess!

-ken
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