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jQuery-like API

Taro now officially supports building views using React or Vue, both of which are data-driven declarative rendering approaches.

However, there are a few cases where we need to manipulate the DOM explicitly, and the createQuerySelector API provided by the mini program is more complex to understand. In such cases, we provide a jQuery-like family of APIs, which is as simple as installing the dependencies via NPM: createQuerySelector.

npm i @tarojs/extend

Then you need to use the file to introduce $ that is.

import { $ } from '@tarojs/extend'
to learn more

You can also learn more about the reasoning and design behind the implementation of the jQuery-like API by visiting the jQuery-like API RFC.

Core methods​

$()

  • $(selector, [context]) ⇒ collection
  • $(<collection>) ⇒ same collection
  • $(<DOM nodes>) ⇒ collection
  • $(htmlString) ⇒ collection
  • $(htmlString, attributes) ⇒ collection

A collection object is created by executing a CSS selector, wrapping DOM nodes, or creating multiple elements from a single HTML string.

A collection is an array-like object that has chained methods to manipulate the DOM node it points to, and all methods in the document object are collection methods except for direct methods on the $() object (such as $.extend).

If the content parameter (css selector, dom, or collection object) is present in the selector, then only the css selector is performed in the context of the given node; this function is the same as using $(context).find(selector).

$('view')  //=> All pages with p elements
$('#foo') //=> Elements with ID "foo"

// Create element:
$("<text>Hello</text>") //=> new text element
// Create elements with attributes:
$("<text />", { text:"Hello", id:"greeting", css:{color:'darkblue'} })
//=> <text id=greeting style="color:darkblue">Hello</p>

Please note that :::caution This does not support the jQuery CSS extension, however, the optional "selector " module provides limited support for several of the most commonly used pseudo-selectors, and can be discarded for compatible implementation with existing code or plugins. :::

Please note

Unlike React or Vue, you can use HTML elements like div in Taro's jQuery-like API, but components that use the mini program specification (e.g. view) will run more smoothly in a Taro application. However, the HTML elements that may appear in the examples that follow represent usage methods only, not actual usability.

$.fn​

$.fn is an object that holds all the methods available on a jQuery object, such as addClass(), attr(), and other methods. Add a method to this object and it will be available on all jQuery objects.

Here is an example of implementing jQuery's empty() method.

$.fn.empty = function(){
  return this.each(function(){ this.innerHTML = '' })
}

addClass​

  • addClass(name) ⇒ self
  • addClass(function(index, oldClassName){ ... }) ⇒ self

Add the specified class name to each matching element. Multiple class names are separated by spaces.

after​

  • after(content) ⇒ self

Insert content after each matching element (note: external insertion). The content can be an html string, a dom node, or an array of nodes.

$('form label').after('<p>A note below the label</p>')

append​

  • append(content) ⇒ self

Insert content at the end of each matched element (note: internal insertion). The content can be an html string, a dom node, or an array of nodes.

$('ul').append('<li>new list item</li>')

attr​

  • attr(name) ⇒ string
  • attr(name, value) ⇒ self
  • attr(name, function(index, oldValue){ ... }) ⇒ self
  • attr({ name: value, name2: value2, ... }) ⇒ self

Reads or sets the attributes of dom. If the value parameter is not given, the value of the property of the first element in the object collection is read. When the value parameter is given. then the value of this property is set for all elements in the object collection. When the value parameter is null, then the attribute will be removed (similar to removeAttr) and multiple attributes can be set by means of object key-value pairs.

To read DOM attributes such as checked and selected, use prop.

var form = $('form')
form.attr('action')             //=> read the values
form.attr('action', '/create')  //=> set the values
form.attr('action', null)       //=> remove the values

// more property:
form.attr({
  action: '/create',
  method: 'post'
})

before​

  • before(content) ⇒ self

Insert content in front of each element of the match (note: external insertion). The content can be an html string, a dom node, or an array of nodes.

$('table').before('<p>See the following table:</p>')

children​

  • children([selector]) ⇒ collection

Get the direct children of each matched element collection element, if selector is given, then the returned result contains only the elements that match the css selector.

$('ol').children('*:nth-child(2n)')
//=> every other list item from every ordered list

clone (3.0.0-rc.6)​

  • clone() ⇒ collection

Copy all elements in the collection by deep cloning.

closest​

  • closest(selector, [context]) ⇒ collection
  • closest(collection) ⇒ collection
  • closest(element) ⇒ collection

Starts with the element itself and matches it step by step up to the higher-level elements, and returns the element that first matches the selector. If the context node argument is given, then only the descendant elements of that node are matched. This method is somewhat similar to parents(selector), but it only returns the ancestor element that was matched first.

If the argument is a jQuery object collection or an element, the result must match the given element instead of the selector.

var input = $('input[type=text]')
input.closest('form')

contents​

  • contents() ⇒ collection

Gets the children of each matched element collection element, including text and comment nodes. (Note: The .contents() and .children() methods are similar, except that the former includes the text node as well as the HTML elements generated in the jQuery object.)

css​

  • css(property) ⇒ value
  • css([property1, property2, ...]) ⇒ object
  • css(property, value) ⇒ self
  • css({ property: value, property2: value2, ... }) ⇒ self

Retrieve or set the css property of a DOM element. When the value parameter does not exist, return the css property of the first element in the object collection. When the value parameter is present, sets the corresponding css property of each element in the object collection.

Multiple properties can be obtained at once by passing an array of property names. Multiple properties can be set using object key-value pairs.

When value is empty (empty string, null or undefined), that css property will be moved out. When the value parameter is a unitless number, "px" will be automatically added to the css property if it requires units.

var elem = $('h1')
elem.css('background-color')          // read property
elem.css('background-color', '#369')  // set property
elem.css('background-color', '')      // remove property

// set multiple properties:
elem.css({ backgroundColor: '#8EE', fontSize: 28 })

// read multiple properties:
elem.css(['backgroundColor', 'fontSize'])['fontSize']

data​

  • data(name) ⇒ value
  • data(name, value) ⇒ self

Reads or writes to the data-* property of dom. Behaves a bit like attr, but with data- in front of the attribute name.

When the attribute value is read, the following conversions are made:

  • "true", "false", and "null" are converted to the corresponding types.
  • numeric values are converted to the actual numeric type.
  • JSON values will be parsed, if it is valid JSON.
  • Everything else is returned as a string.

each​

  • each(function(index, item){ ... }) ⇒ self

Iterates over each element of a collection of objects. In the iterator function, the this keyword points to the current item (passed as the second argument to the function). If the iterator function returns false, the iteration ends.

$('form input').each(function(index){
  console.log('input %d is: %o', index, this)
})

empty​

  • empty() ⇒ self

Clears the DOM content of each element in the object collection.

eq​

  • eq(index) ⇒ collection

Get the element with the given index value (note: base 0) from the current object collection.

$('li').eq(0)   //=> only the first list item
$('li').eq(-1)  //=> only the last list item

filter​

  • filter(selector) ⇒ collection
  • filter(function(index){ ... }) ⇒ collection

Filter the set of objects and return the items in the set of objects that satisfy the css selector. If the argument is a function, the element will be returned only when the function returns an actual value. In the function, the this keyword points to the current element.

find​

  • find(selector) ⇒ collection
  • find(collection) ⇒ collection v1.0+
  • find(element) ⇒ collection v1.0+

Finds the descendant elements of each element that matches the CSS selector within the current object's former collection.

If given a Zepto object collection or elements, filter them and only return them if they are in the current Zepto collection object.

var form = $('#myform')
form.find('input, select')

first​

  • first() ⇒ collection

Get the first element of the current object collection.

$('form').first()

forEach​

  • forEach(function(item, index, array){ ... }, [context])

Iterates over each element of the object collection, somewhat similar to each, but the arguments to the iterator function are different and the iteration does not stop when the function returns false.

get​

  • get() ⇒ array
  • get(index) ⇒ DOM node

Get all elements or a single element from the current object collection. When the index argument does not exist, all elements are returned as a normal array. When index is specified, only the elements of the set are returned. This is different from eq, which returns the DOM node, not the Zepto object collection.

var elements = $('h2')
elements.get()   //=> get all headings as an array
elements.get(0)  //=> get first heading node

has​

  • has(selector) ⇒ collection
  • has(node) ⇒ collection

Determine if the current object collection has child elements that match the selector or contains the specified DOM node, if so, return a new object collection that filters out objects that do not contain elements that match the selector or do not contain the specified DOM node.

$('ol > li').has('a[href]')
//=> get only LI elements that contain links

hasClass​

  • hasClass(name) ⇒ boolean

Check if any element in the object collection contains the specified class.

$("li").hasClass("test")

height​

  • height() ⇒ Promise<number>
  • height(value) ⇒ self
  • height(function(index, oldHeight){ ... }) ⇒ self

Get the height of the first element in the object collection; or set the height of all elements in the object collection.

const height = await $('#foo').height() // => 123
Please note that

height() returned by the Promise object.

hide​

  • hide() ⇒ self

Hide the elements in the object collection by setting the css property display to none.

html​

  • html() ⇒ string
  • html(content) ⇒ self
  • html(function(index, oldHtml){ ... }) ⇒ self

Gets or sets the HTML content of the elements in the object collection. When no content argument is given, returns the innerHtml of the first element in the object collection. when the content argument is given, replaces the content of each element in the object collection with it. content can be of all the types described in append.

// autolink everything that looks like a Twitter username
$('.comment p').html(function(idx, oldHtml){
  return oldHtml.replace(/(^|\W)@(\w{1,15})/g,
    '$1@<a href="https://twitter.com/$2">$2</a>')
})

index​

  • index([element]) ⇒ number

Gets the index value of an element (note: counts from 0). When the elemen argument is not given, returns the position of the current element in the sibling node. When the element argument is given, returns its position in the current set of objects. If the element is not found, -1 is returned.

$('li:nth-child(2)').index()  //=> 1

insertAfter​

  • insertAfter(target) ⇒ self

Inserts an element from a collection after the specified target element (note: external insertion). This is a bit like after, but used in the opposite way.

$('<p>Emphasis mine.</p>').insertAfter('blockquote')

insertBefore​

  • insertBefore(target) ⇒ self

Inserts an element of the collection in front of the specified target element (note: external insertion). This is a bit like before, but used in the opposite way.

$('<p>See the following table:</p>').insertBefore('table')

last​

  • last() ⇒ collection

Gets the last element of the object collection.

$('li').last()

map​

  • map(function(index, item){ ... }) ⇒ collection

Iterates over all elements in a collection of objects. A new collection object is formed by the return value of the traversal function. This key in the traversal function points to the item of the current loop (the second argument in the traversal function).

The traversal will end when null and undefined are returned in the traversal.

elements.map(function(){ return $(this).text() }).get().join(', ')

next​

  • next() ⇒ collection
  • next(selector) ⇒ collection

Get the next sibling node of each element in the object collection (optionally with a filter selector).

not​

  • not(selector) ⇒ collection
  • not(collection) ⇒ collection
  • not(function(index){ ... }) ⇒ collection

Filter the current collection of objects to get a new collection of objects whose elements do not match the css selector. If the other argument is a Zepto object collection, then none of the elements in the returned new Zepto object are included in that argument object. If the argument is a function. Contains only the elements when the function is executed as false worth, and the function's this keyword points to the current loop element.

For the opposite function, see filter.

offset​

  • offset() ⇒ Promise<object>
  • offset(coordinates) ⇒ self
  • offset(function(index, oldOffset){ ... }) ⇒ self

Gets the position of the current element relative to the document. Returns an object containing: top, left, width and height.

offsetParent​

  • offsetParent() ⇒ collection

Find the first positioned ancestor element, meaning it has a css position attribute with a value of "relative", "absolute" or "fixed "

parent​

  • parent([selector]) ⇒ collection

Get the direct parent of each element in the object collection. If the css selector parameter is given. Filter out the elements that match the conditions.

parents​

  • parents([selector]) ⇒ collection

Get all ancestor elements of each element of the object collection. If the css selector parameter is given, filter out the elements that match the criteria.

If you want to get the direct parent element, use parent. If you want to get only the first element that matches the css selector, use closest.

$('h1').parents()   //=> [<div#container>, <body>, <html>]

position​

  • position() ⇒ object

Get the position of the first element in the object collection. Relative to offsetParent. This method is useful when an absolutely positioned element is close to another element.

var pos = element.position()

// position a tooltip relative to the element
$('#tooltip').css({
  position: 'absolute',
  top: pos.top - 30,
  left: pos.left
})

prepend​

  • prepend(content) ⇒ self

Inserts the content of the argument in front of each matching element (note: inserted inside the element). The element inserted into d can try an html string fragment, a dom node, or an array of nodes.

$('ul').prepend('<li>first list item</li>')

prependTo​

  • prependTo(target) ⇒ self

Inserts all elements in front of the target (note: inserts inside elements). This is a bit like prepend, but in the opposite way.

$('<li>first list item</li>').prependTo('ul')

prev​

  • prev() ⇒ collection
  • prev(selector) ⇒ collection

Get the previous sibling node of each element in the object collection, filtered by a selector.

prop​

  • prop(name) ⇒ value
  • prop(name, value) ⇒ self
  • prop(name, function(index, oldValue){ ... }) ⇒ self

Reads or sets the value of an attribute of a dom element. It takes precedence over attr in the case of reading attribute values that can change due to user interaction, such as checked and selected.

Short or lowercase names such as for, class, readonly and similar attributes will be mapped to actual attributes such as htmlFor, className, readOnly, etc.

remove​

  • remove() ⇒ self

Remove the element in the current collection from its parent node, effectively removing it from the dom.

removeAttr​

  • removeAttr(name) ⇒ self

Removes the specified attribute from all elements of the current object collection.

removeClass​

  • removeClass([name]) ⇒ self
  • removeClass(function(index, oldClassName){ ... }) ⇒ self

Removes the specified class from all elements of the current object collection. if no name parameter is specified, all classes are removed. multiple class parameter names can be separated by spaces. The following example removes two classes.

$("#check1").removeClass("test")

removeProp​

  • removeProp(name) ⇒ self

Removes an attribute from each DOM node of a collection. This is done using JavaScript's delete operator. It is worth noting that if you try to delete some of the DOM's built-in properties, such as className or maxLength, it will have no effect because the browser forbids the deletion of these properties.

replaceWith​

  • replaceWith(content) ⇒ self

Replaces all matching elements with the given content. (including the element itself). content parameter can be of the type described in before.

scrollLeft​

  • scrollLeft() => Promise<number>
  • scrollLeft(value) ⇒ self

Gets or sets the pixel value of the scrolling element on the page or the entire window scrolling to the right.

const height = await $('#foo').scrollLeft() // => 123

scrollTop​

  • scrollTop() => Promise<number>
  • scrollTop(value) ⇒ self

Gets or sets the pixel value of the scrolling element on the page or the entire window scrolling down.

const height = await $('#foo').scrollTop() // => 123

show​

  • show() ⇒ self

siblings​

  • siblings([selector]) ⇒ collection

Gets the sibling nodes of all elements in the object collection. If given CSS selector parameters, filter out the elements that match the selector.

size​

  • size() ⇒ number

Get the number of elements in the object collection.

slice​

  • slice(start, [end]) ⇒ array

Extracts a subset of this array array, starting from start, and if end is given, extracts the elements starting from start and ending at end, but not including the elements at end.

text​

  • text() ⇒ string
  • text(content) ⇒ self
  • text(function(index, oldText){ ... }) ⇒ self

Gets or sets the text content of all elements in the object collection. When the content parameter is not given, returns the text content of the first element in the current object collection (including the text content of the child nodes). When the content parameter is given, it is used to replace the text content of all elements in the object collection. It is to be used like html, except that it cannot be used to get or set HTML.

toggle​

  • toggle([setting]) ⇒ self

Show or hide matching elements. If setting is true, it is equivalent to show(). If setting is false. it is equivalent to hide().

toggleClass​

  • toggleClass(names, [setting]) ⇒ self
  • toggleClass(function(index, oldClassNames){ ... }, [setting]) ⇒ self

Adds or removes one or more style classes to each element in the matched set of elements. If the name of the class exists, remove it, if not, add it. If the value of setting is true, this function is similar to addClass, and if false, this function is similar to removeClass.

unwrap​

  • unwrap() ⇒ self

Removes the immediate parent node of each element in the collection and keeps their child elements in their original position. Basically, this method removes the previous ancestor element, while keeping the current element in the DOM.

val​

  • val() ⇒ string
  • val(value) ⇒ self
  • val(function(index, oldValue){ ... }) ⇒ self

Get or set the value of the matched element. When no value parameter is given, the value of the first element is returned. When the value parameter is given, then the values of all elements will be set.

width​

  • width() ⇒ Promise<number>
  • width(value) ⇒ self
  • width(function(index, oldWidth){ ... }) ⇒ self

Get the width of the first element in the object collection; or set the width of all elements in the object collection.

await $('#foo').width()   // => 123

事件​

off​

  • off(type, [selector], function(e){ ... }) ⇒ self
  • off({ type: handler, type2: handler2, ... }, [selector]) ⇒ self
  • off(type, [selector]) ⇒ self
  • off() ⇒ self

Removing events added with on. To remove a specific event handler, you must pass the same function that was added with on(). Otherwise, calling this method with just the event type will remove all handlers of that type. If there are no arguments, all registered events on the current element will be removed.

on​

  • on(type, [selector], function(e){ ... }) ⇒ self
  • on(type, [selector], [data], function(e){ ... }) ⇒ self
  • on({ type: handler, type2: handler2, ... }, [selector]) ⇒ self
  • on({ type: handler, type2: handler2, ... }, [selector], [data]) ⇒ self

Adds event handlers to elements in a collection of objects. Multiple events can be added as strings with spaces, or as objects with event types as keys and functions as values. If a css selector is given, the event will be fired when it is initiated on an element matching that selector (note: i.e., event delegation, or event proxy).

If the data parameter is given, this value will be used as a useful event.data property during the execution of the event handler

The event handler is executed in the context of the element to which the handler is added, or the element that matches the selector in the given selector case (note: this points to the element that triggered the event). When an event handler returns false, preventDefault() and stopPropagation() are called by the current event to prevent default browser actions, such as links.

var elem = $('#content')
// observe all clicks inside #content:
elem.on('click', function(e){ ... })
// observe clicks inside navigation links in #content
elem.on('click', 'nav a', function(e){ ... })
// all clicks inside links in the document
$('#test').on('click', 'a', function(e){ ... })
// disable following any navigation link on the page
$('#test').on('click', 'nav a', false)

one​

  • one(type, [selector], function(e){ ... }) ⇒ self
  • one(type, [selector], [data], function(e){ ... }) ⇒ self
  • one({ type: handler, type2: handler2, ... }, [selector]) ⇒ self
  • one({ type: handler, type2: handler2, ... }, [selector], [data]) ⇒ self

Like on(), adds a handler event to the element, which is automatically unbound after the first execution of the event, ensuring that the handler is executed at most once on each element.

trigger​

  • trigger(event, [args]) ⇒ self

Triggers the specified event on an element of the object collection. If the args argument is given, it will be passed as an argument to the event function.

$('#test').trigger('tap', ['one', 'two'])

triggerHandler​

  • triggerHandler(event, [args]) ⇒ self

Like trigger, it only fires an event on the current element, but does not bubble it.