Exercises

To complete these exercises, you will need the index.html file for this chapter, as well as the finished JavaScript code as found in complete.js. These files can be downloaded from the Packt Publishing website at http://www.packtpub.com/support.

The challenge exercises may require the use of the official jQuery documentation at http://api.jquery.com/.

1. Create new plugin methods called .slideFadeIn() and .slideFadeOut(), combining the opacity animations of .fadeIn() and .fadeOut() with the height animations of .slideDown() and .slideUp().

2. Extend the customizability of the .shadow() method so that the z-index of the cloned copies can be specified by the plugin user.

3. Add a new submethod called isOpen to the tooltip widget. This submethod should return true if the tooltip is currently displayed and false otherwise.

4. Add code that listens for the tooltipopen event that our widget fires and logs a message to the console.

5. Challenge: Provide an alternative content option for the tooltip widget...