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Tiny DOM manipulation helper with a familiar fluent API.

Installation

npm install @superstructure.net/e

Usage

import E from @superstructure.net/e;

// create collection
new E('.my-selector');
new E('[data-module-role="button"]');
new E(elementOrNodeList);

// create element
new E('<div></div>');

// create element and do stuff
new E('<p></p>')
  .setAttr('data-module-role', 'title')
  .setText('Groovy 🎷')
  .addClass('active')
  .appendTo('body')

API

filter(selector|index)

Filter the current collection by a selector or an index.

find(selector)

Get children of the current collection matching selector.

closest(selector)

Gets the closest parent matching selector.

append(selector|Element|NodeList|E)

Append nodes to the current collection.

appendTo(selector|Element|NodeList|E)

Append the current collection to the passed nodes.

prepend(selector|Element|NodeList|E)

Prepend nodes to the current collection.

prependTo(selector|Element|NodeList|E)

Prepend the current collection to the passed nodes.

clone()

Clone the collection.

remove()

Remove the collection from DOM.

addClass(class)

Add class to the collection.

removeClass(class)

Remove class from the collection.

toggleClass(class)

Toggle class on the collection.

setAttr(key, value [,namespace])

Set attribute key to value. If namespace is passed the key used is data-{namespace}-{key}.

getAttr(key [,namespace])

Get attribute value of key. If namespace is passed the key used is data-{namespace}-{key}.

toggleAttr(key, values [,namespace])

Toggle attribute key between values. If namespace is passed the key used is data-{namespace}-{key}. values must be an array containing exactly two strings.

setText(text)

Set text content of the first collection entry;

getText()

Get text content of the first collection entry;

setHTML(text)

Set inner HTML of the first collection entry;

getHTML()

Get inner HTML of the first collection entry;

css(syles)

Apply styles passed as a key-value-based object. Like {fontSize:'2rem',color:'yellow'}.

nodes(index) / n(index) / get(index) / dom(index)

Get collection entry at index. Returns all collection entries if no index is passed.

isEmpty()

Returns true if the collection is empty.

repaint()

Force repaint on colection entries.

Q&A

This looks a lot like JQ**** ...

Don’t be silly, no one is using JQuery these days, right? 😇

Why not using Vanilly JS instead?

You absolutely could but isn’t it nice to have a chainable API?