JavaScript Library Script.aculo.us Updated

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Wednesday, August 16, 2006; 06:28 AM

The popular JavaScript library Script.aculo.us, brainchild of Austrian programmer Thomas Fuchs, has been updated to v.1.6.2.  The latest version is primarily a bugfix release, and ships as a ~100KB download, complete with v.1.5 of the required Prototype framework.

Scriptaculous is a cross-browser JavaScript collection that contains functions for creating visual effects and user interfaces.  Notably, it is included in the Ruby on Rails development framework. Script.aculo.us provides five main effects: Opacity, Scale, MoveBy, Highlight, and Parallel. Additional effects are achieved using combinations of the core effects . Programmers can extend the library and create new effects.

New in Script.aculo.us 1.6.2:

• Fix a problem in the drag and drop logic if an reverting/drag ending draggable was initialized for a new drag (for example by clicking repeatedly) for all cases where the default start/revert/end-effects are used, fixes #4706
  
• Fix possible memory leaks with Draggables, fixes #3436
  
• Throw nicer errors when requires script.aculo.us libraries are not loaded, fixes #5339
• Make slider handles work when not displayed initially by using CSS width/height, fixes #4011
• Update sortable functional test with onUpdate counter
• Make more Element extensions unit tests work on Safari
• Add the assertMatch unit test assertion for asserts with RegExps
  
• Fix a problem with Effect.Move causing "jumping" elements because of very low float numbers in some situations
• Fix a missing semicolon in dragdrop.js, fixes #5569
  
• Fix a slight inaccuracy with Effect.Scale that could lead the scaling to be one pixel off
• Be more prototypish with Effect.Transitions.linear
• Make Effect.Scale recognize font sizes that use the pt unit, fixes #4136
  
• Fix IE hack in Effect.Opacity, fixes #5444
  
• Fix IFRAME layout fix for IE and Autocompleter, fixes #5192
  
• Fix only option in onEmptyHover, fiex #5348
  
• Fix Effect.BlindDown and SwitchOff handling of supplied callbacks, fixes #5089
  
• Fix a problem with field focus on Ajax.InPlaceEditor and loading external text, fixes #4988, #5244
  
• Do not attempt to scroll if scrollspeed is 0/0, fixes #5035
• Fix a problem with Sortable Tree serialization, fixes #4939, #4688, #4767
  
• Fix an endless loop with sliders, fixes #3226, #4051, #4765
  
• Make autocompleter work with update DIVs that have scrollbars, fixes #4782
  
• Corrected options parsing on switchoff effect, fixes #4710