Tutorial Display Browser and Version

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This is jQuery specific, and contains a bit of a hack/fix for dealing with Chrome. This works between jQuery 1.5.1 and jQuery 1.8.3. It's gone in jQuery 1.9. Presumably because it was used too improperly too frequently and it was hurting the web. Better to feature detect when possible.

var userAgent = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase(),
    browser   = '',
    version   = 0;

$.browser.chrome = /chrome/.test(navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase());

// Is this a version of IE?
if ($.browser.msie) {
  userAgent = $.browser.version;
  userAgent = userAgent.substring(0,userAgent.indexOf('.'));	
  version = userAgent;
  browser = "Internet Explorer";
}

// Is this a version of Chrome?
if ($.browser.chrome) {
  userAgent = userAgent.substring(userAgent.indexOf('chrome/') + 7);
  userAgent = userAgent.substring(0,userAgent.indexOf('.'));	
  version = userAgent;
  // If it is chrome then jQuery thinks it's safari so we have to tell it it isn't
  $.browser.safari = false;
  browser = "Chrome";
}

// Is this a version of Safari?
if ($.browser.safari) {
  userAgent = userAgent.substring(userAgent.indexOf('safari/') + 7);	
  userAgent = userAgent.substring(0,userAgent.indexOf('.'));
  version = userAgent;	
  browser = "Safari";
}

// Is this a version of Mozilla?
if ($.browser.mozilla) {
	//Is it Firefox?
	if (navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf('firefox') != -1) {
		userAgent = userAgent.substring(userAgent.indexOf('firefox/') + 8);
		userAgent = userAgent.substring(0,userAgent.indexOf('.'));
		version = userAgent;
		browser = "Firefox"
	}
	// If not then it must be another Mozilla
	else {
	  browser = "Mozilla (not Firefox)"
	}
}

// Is this a version of Opera?
if ($.browser.opera) {
	userAgent = userAgent.substring(userAgent.indexOf('version/') + 8);
	userAgent = userAgent.substring(0,userAgent.indexOf('.'));
	version = userAgent;
	browser = "Opera";
}

// Now you have two variables, browser and version
// which have the right info

Tutorial Disable / Re-enable Inputs

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Disable:

$("#submit-button").attr("disabled", true);

Re-enable:

$("#submit-button").removeAttr("disabled");

Tutorial Detect First Visible Element of Certain Class

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Adds a class of "first" to the first element that has a class of "activity" that is visible in the browser window. 

$(window).scroll(function(){
	var scrollTop = $(window).scrollTop();
	var windowHeight = $(window).height();		
	var first = false;
	$(".activity").each( function() {
		var offset = $(this).offset();
		if (scrollTop <= offset.top && ($(this).height() + offset.top) < (scrollTop + windowHeight) && first == false) {
			$(this).addClass("first");
			first=true;
		} else {
			$(this).removeClass("first");
			first=false;
		}
	});
});

Tutorial Cycle Through a List

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This code will cycle through an unordered list with an ID of 'cyclelist'. Can be used on any element with children. Replace "ul#cyclelist li" with the elements you want to cycle through.

$(document).ready(function() {

	 var j = 0;
	 var delay = 2000; //millisecond delay between cycles
	 function cycleThru(){
	         var jmax = $("ul#cyclelist li").length -1;
	         $("ul#cyclelist li:eq(" + j + ")")
	                 .animate({"opacity" : "1"} ,400)
	                 .animate({"opacity" : "1"}, delay)
	                 .animate({"opacity" : "0"}, 400, function(){
	                         (j == jmax) ? j=0 : j++;
	                         cycleThru();
	                 });
	         };

	 cycleThru();

 });
ul#cyclelist {width:200px;border:solid;position:relative;overflow:hidden;height:200px}
ul#cyclelist li {font-size:1.4em;padding:20px;opacity:0;position:absolute}

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Tutorial Combine Slide and Fade Functions

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$.fn.slideFadeToggle  = function(speed, easing, callback) {
        return this.animate({opacity: 'toggle', height: 'toggle'}, speed, easing, callback);
};

Usage

$("#something").click(function() {
   $(this).slideFadeToggle();
});

Tutorial Click Once and Unbind

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Have something happen on a click event, but only once! Unbind the click handler after the element has been clicked once.

$('#my-selector').bind('click', function() {
       $(this).unbind('click');
       alert('Clicked and unbound!');
});

Also see Ben's comment below for jQuery's .one() function which is essentially the same thing.

Tutorial Clear Default Search String on Focus

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$("#s")
    .val("Search...")
    .css("color", "#ccc")
    .focus(function(){
        $(this).css("color", "black");
        if ($(this).val() == "Search...") {
            $(this).val("");
        }
    })
    .blur(function(){
        $(this).css("color", "#ccc");
        if ($(this).val() == "") {
            $(this).val("Search...");
        }
    });
Set value of field to "Search..." When field comes into focus, set color to black. If value is default, remove it. When field goes out of focus, set color back to light gray. If value is empty, put back default value