JQWidgets explained

Logo Size:	200px
Screenshot Alt:	A screenshot of a dashboard web application created using jQWidgets controls.
Developer:	jQWidgets Ltd
Latest Release Version:	19.2.0
Latest Release Date:	^[1]
Genre:	Plug-in
Programming Language:	JavaScript
License:	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License and Commercial License^[2]

jQWidgets is a software framework with widgets (graphical control elements), themes, input validation, drag & drop plug-in, data adapters, built-in WAI-ARIA accessibility, internationalization and MVVM support. It is built on the open standards and technologies HTML5, CSS, JavaScript and jQuery.^[3] This library is used for developing responsive web and mobile applications.^[4] Some developers consider jQWidgets one of the top alternatives to the open-source jQuery UI.^{[5] [6] [7]}

Some notable users of jQWidgets include Green Card Program USA, the French citizen portal Vie-publique.fr,^[8] the University of Iowa^[9] and the University of Maryland.^[10] The framework is also used in NSB/AppStudio.^[11]

jQWidgets has been integrated with a variety of other frameworks and web technologies, such as Vue.js,^[12] React,^[13] Angular 2+, AngularJS, TypeScript, Apache Cordova, WordPress, Joomla, Bootstrap and Knockout.^[14]

Features

jQWidgets features more than 60 widgets and plug-ins. Some of the most used of them^[15] are:

• jqxGrid - a grid view widget that displays tabular data.^{[16] [17]}
• jqxChart - a chart widget.
• jqxTree - a tree view widget that displays a hierarchical collection of items.^[18]
• jqxTreeGrid - a widget which represents data in a tree-like structure.^[19]
• jqxDropDownList - a drop-down list widget.
• jqxDataTable - a widget built as an alternative to HTML Tables.^[20]
• jqxWindow - a dialog box widget.
• jqxComboBox - a combo box control.
• jqxDateTimeInput - a date picker widget that enables the user to select a date or time using a popup calendar display or by keyboard input into the text field.^[21]
• jqxScheduler - a personal information manager control akin to Google Calendar and Apple's Calendar.^[22] It supports the iCalendar file format.
• jqxDockingLayout - a widget that can be used for creating IDE-like layouts.^[23]

Smart HTML Elements

In 2018, JQWidgets Ltd released Smart HTML Elements, a framework with widgets which are represented by Custom HTML elements (a functionality part of Web Components). The framework is built with HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript and is not dependent on any third-party software. It supports modern web browsers and mobile devices.^{[24] [25]}

Smart HTML Elements also provides arbitrary-precision arithmetic and mathematical functions and DateTime precision up to a yoctosecond (10^-24 second).

Smart HTML Elements has been featured on the website webcomponents.org, which showcases reusable web UI components.^[26]

Smart HTML Elements also includes UI components for Angular, React, Vue and Blazor. As of January 2021, Admin & Dashboard Templates are available.

Further reading

• Book: Pande , Arun . September 24, 2014. jQuery 2 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach. Apress. 473–543. 978-1-4302-6433-0.
• Book: McFarland , David . September 2014. JavaScript & jQuery: The Missing Manual. O'Reilly Media. 3rd. 302 . 978-1449399023.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 21 May 2024 . jQWidgets Release History. www.jqwidgets.com .
2. Web site: License . www.jqwidgets.com . 16 December 2015.
3. Web site: jQWidgets - jQuery HTML5 UI Widgets framework . www.jqwidgets.com . 16 December 2015.
4. Book: Pande, Arun . 24 September 2014 . jQuery 2 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach . Apress . 473 . 978-1-4302-6433-0.
5. Web site: 12 Best jQuery Based UI Frameworks for Web Designers - FromDev . www.fromdev.com . 15 August 2014 . 16 December 2015.
6. Web site: Top 5 jQuery UI Alternatives . www.sitepoint.com . 16 December 2015.
7. Web site: The Five Most Used jQuery UI Alternatives - SiteProNews . www.sitepronews.com . 16 December 2015.
8. Web site: Libscore . libscore.com . 16 December 2015.
9. Web site: JQWidgets - Information Technology Services . its.uiowa.edu . 16 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151218153721/http://its.uiowa.edu/campus-software-program/jqwidgets . 18 December 2015 . dead .
10. Web site: JQuery - All Documents . www.facilities.umd.edu . 15 June 2016.
11. Web site: Category:JqWidgets - NSB App Studio . wiki.nsbasic.com . 2 March 2016.
12. Web site: Vue Components Demos . www.jqwidgets.com . 4 October 2018.
13. Web site: React Javascript User Interface Components Demos . www.jqwidgets.com . 16 January 2017.
14. Web site: jQuery and HTML5 UI framework for building web and mobile apps - jQWidgets Demos . www.jqwidgets.com . 8 September 2016.
15. Web site: Forums Archive - Javascript, HTML5, jQuery Widgets . www.jqwidgets.com . 17 December 2015.
16. Web site: Getting Started with the jQuery Grid plugin . www.jqwidgets.com . 17 December 2015.
17. Web site: Advanced JQX Grid With All Functionality . www.codeproject.com . 21 October 2014 . 17 December 2015.
18. Web site: jQuery Tree . www.jqwidgets.com . 17 December 2015.
19. Web site: Getting Started with the jQuery TreeGrid plugin . www.jqwidgets.com . 17 December 2015.
20. Web site: Getting Started with the jQuery DataTable plugin . www.jqwidgets.com . 17 December 2015.
21. Web site: jQuery DateTimeInput . www.jqwidgets.com . 17 December 2015.
22. Web site: jQuery Scheduler . www.jqwidgets.com . 17 December 2015.
23. Web site: jQuery Docking Layout . www.jqwidgets.com . 17 December 2015.
24. Web site: 2 May 2018 . HTML UI Elements for Mobile & Web Applications. www.htmlelements.com .
25. Web site: Docs - HTML UI Elements for Mobile & Web Applications . www.htmlelements.com . 2 May 2018.
26. Web site: webcomponents.org - Discuss & share web components . www.webcomponents.org . 2 May 2018.