dom-tools
A lightweight, tiny collection of DOM Helpers for IE8+. The API attempts to mirror much of jQuery's API. (e.g. DOMUtils.css(el, 'height') -> $(el).css('height'))
This library is just naive wrappers around common DOM API inconsistencies. Cross browser work is minial and mostly taken from jQuery and react-bootstrap/dom-helpers. If you need robust cross-browser support, you should use jQuery instead.
This library does not put a lot of effort to normalize behavior across browsers. Instead it seeks to provide a common interface and help reduce boilerplate code for having to check if (IE8).
For example, DOMTools.addEventListener works in all browsers IE8+. Otherwise you'd be writing:
if (document.addEventListener) {
element.addEventListener(eventType, handler);
} else if (document.attachEvent) {
element.attachEvent('on' + eventType, handler);
}
One advantage of this collection is that any method can be required individually. If you use build tools such as Browserify or Webpack, it will only include the exact methods you use. This is great for when environments where jQuery doesn't make sense, or is not a requirement, such as React where you only occasionally need to do direct DOM manipulations.
Installation
Using npm:
npm install dom-tools --save
Using as inline <script> tag
Just include the dom-tools.js or dom-tools.min.js file.
Basic usage
Template:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>DOMTools: Basic usage</title>
<style>
#foo {
height: 50px;
passing: 5px;
margin: 5px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="foo" style="margin-right: 5px; border: 1px solid #333;">bar</div>
</body>
</html>
Inline <script> tag
<script src="dom-tools.js"></script>
<script>
var foo = document.getElementById('foo');
console.log(DOMTools.css(foo, 'width'));
console.log(DOMTools.css(foo, 'height'));
console.log(DOMTools.outerWidth(foo, true));
console.log(DOMTools.outerWidth(foo, false));
// 1491px
// 50px
// 1503
// 1493
</script>
CommonJS:
var DOMTools = require('dom-tools');
var foo = document.getElementById('foo');
console.log(DOMTools.css(foo, 'width'));
console.log(DOMTools.css(foo, 'height'));
console.log(DOMTools.outerWidth(foo, true));
console.log(DOMTools.outerWidth(foo, false));
// 1491px
// 50px
// 1503
// 1493
API
@todo:
What's next?
- Create tests
- Complete API documentation
- Add additional methods