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I have collected the most common JavaScript and jQuery snippets that we use almost for every project. Honestly I couldn’t write a jQuery “document-ready” function on a blank piece of paper because my memory is not too sharp. This resource will help keeping these all together so we can always sneak a peek if necessary.<\/p>\n

Check out the interactive JavaScript Cheat Sheet<\/a> to find them all in one place!
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\nShow an element when another is clicked:<\/strong><\/p>\n

$<\/span>(document<\/span>).ready(function<\/span> () {\n    $<\/span>(\"#button\"<\/span>).click<\/span>(function<\/span>(event<\/span>) {\n        $<\/span>(\"#box\"<\/span>).show();\n    });\n});\n<\/pre>\n
Go through every instance of a class:<\/strong><\/p>\n
$<\/span>(\".myclass\"<\/span>).each(function<\/span>() {\n    console<\/span>.log<\/span>($<\/span>(this<\/span>).html());\n});\n<\/pre>\n
Get the content of an element by ID<\/strong><\/p>\n
var<\/span> x =<\/span> document<\/span>.getElementById<\/span>(\"demo\"<\/span>).innerHTML;\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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