As previously announced, today we’re bringing you the alpha release of jQuery 1.1. We’d really appreciate it if you could help us test this alpha, so that we can have a stand-up release this weekend – just in time for jQuery’s 1 Year Anniversary! (January 14th)
This is going to be a fantastic release. In fact, this release is so good that we’re going to be taking this entire week to tell you about what’s new and how you can best use it. The Evangelism team has a bunch of stuff lined up to get you introduced and ready to use this great new version of jQuery.
Here’s the quick-and-dirty on jQuery 1.1:
- Its selectors are 10-20x faster than those in jQuery 1.0.4.
- The documentation has been completely revamped.
- The complexity of the API has dropped by 47%.
- It has a ton of bug fixes.
- It has a bunch of great new features.
- … and it’s still the small 19KB that you’ve come to expect.
We’re going to have the full run down during the next couple days, but for right now, it’s shaping up to be a great release.
Download
- Download Uncompressed (Testing Only!)
- Please submit new bug reports here: New Bug Report
API Changes
NOTE: We will release a backwards compatibility plugin together with the full release of jQuery 1.1, when it is released this weekend.
It’s important to note that there’s been a lot of API changes. Some in the form of additions, some in the form of reorganization. If you’d like to help us test this alpha release, please keep these changes in mind:
:nth-child() now starts at 1, instead of 0. Our implementation of the CSS 3 selector started its numbering at 0, instead of 1. This is a bug fix, but one that may effect your code.
// 1.0.x: Get the first column from a table
$("td:nth-child(0)")
// 1.1: Get the first column from a table
$("td:nth-child(1)")
The following methods have been renamed/reorganized in this version, here is how you can continue to use them, as you would expect:
| Old Way (1.0.x) | New Way (1.1) |
|---|---|
| .ancestors() | .parents() |
| .width() | .css(”width”) |
| .height() | .css(”height”) |
| .top() | .css(”top”) |
| .left() | .css(”left”) |
| .position() | .css(”position”) |
| .float() | .css(”float”) |
| .overflow() | .css(”overflow”) |
| .color() | .css(”color”) |
| .background() | .css(”background”) |
| .id() | .attr(”id”) |
| .title() | .attr(”title”) |
| .name() | .attr(”name”) |
| .href() | .attr(”href”) |
| .src() | .attr(”src”) |
| .rel() | .attr(”rel”) |
| .oneblur(fn) | .one(”blur”,fn) |
| .onefocus(fn) | .one(”focus”,fn) |
| .oneload(fn) | .one(”load”,fn) |
| .oneresize(fn) | .one(”resize”,fn) |
| .onescroll(fn) | .one(”scroll”,fn) |
| .oneunload(fn) | .one(”unload”,fn) |
| .oneclick(fn) | .one(”click”,fn) |
| .onedblclick(fn) | .one(”dblclick”,fn) |
| .onemousedown(fn) | .one(”mousedown”,fn) |
| .onemouseup(fn) | .one(”mouseup”,fn) |
| .onemousemove(fn) | .one(”mousemove”,fn) |
| .onemouseover(fn) | .one(”mouseover”,fn) |
| .onemouseout(fn) | .one(”mouseout”,fn) |
| .onechange(fn) | .one(”change”,fn) |
| .onereset(fn) | .one(”reset”,fn) |
| .oneselect(fn) | .one(”select”,fn) |
| .onesubmit(fn) | .one(”submit”,fn) |
| .onekeydown(fn) | .one(”keydown”,fn) |
| .onekeypress(fn) | .one(”keypress”,fn) |
| .onekeyup(fn) | .one(”keyup”,fn) |
| .oneerror(fn) | .one(”error”,fn) |
| .unblur(fn) | .unbind(”blur”,fn) |
| .unfocus(fn) | .unbind(”focus”,fn) |
| .unload(fn) | .unbind(”load”,fn) |
| .unresize(fn) | .unbind(”resize”,fn) |
| .unscroll(fn) | .unbind(”scroll”,fn) |
| .ununload(fn) | .unbind(”unload”,fn) |
| .unclick(fn) | .unbind(”click”,fn) |
| .undblclick(fn) | .unbind(”dblclick”,fn) |
| .unmousedown(fn) | .unbind(”mousedown”,fn) |
| .unmouseup(fn) | .unbind(”mouseup”,fn) |
| .unmousemove(fn) | .unbind(”mousemove”,fn) |
| .unmouseover(fn) | .unbind(”mouseover”,fn) |
| .unmouseout(fn) | .unbind(”mouseout”,fn) |
| .unchange(fn) | .unbind(”change”,fn) |
| .unreset(fn) | .unbind(”reset”,fn) |
| .unselect(fn) | .unbind(”select”,fn) |
| .unsubmit(fn) | .unbind(”submit”,fn) |
| .unkeydown(fn) | .unbind(”keydown”,fn) |
| .unkeypress(fn) | .unbind(”keypress”,fn) |
| .unkeyup(fn) | .unbind(”keyup”,fn) |
| .unerror(fn) | .unbind(”error”,fn) |
I realize that’s a long list – but you’d be surprised how much of that no one was using. By removing all of those methods we’ve been able to reduce the size of the jQuery API by 47%. We’re going to have more information about the API changes in particular, but for now, this list should help you to sort out any major differences in your code.
If you have any questions, feel free to post them here in the comments and we’ll get them answered right away.
