webpack-jquery-ui

Installation

This one package will let you use jquery and jquery-ui (v.1.12.1, for jQuery1.7+) in your project. Use npm install webpack-jquery-ui instead of installing all dependencies and loaders separately.

The following dependencies will be installed:

Package name
jquery
jquery-ui
css-loader
style-loader
file-loader
webpack

Configuration

1. Require the path module in your webpack.config.js file

var path = require('path');

module.exports = {
  //webpack config
}

2. Set output folders for images and fonts used by jquery-ui

The example of folders arrangement:

	output:{
		path: path.join(__dirname,'public/assets/'),
        publicPath:'assets/'
	},

3. Set globals

Use the ProvidePlugin constructor in the plugins object of webpack.config.js file to inject jquery implicit globals:

plugins: [
  new webpack.ProvidePlugin({
      $: "jquery",
      jQuery: "jquery",
      "window.jQuery": "jquery'",
      "window.$": "jquery"
  })
]

4. Set loaders

Add the loaders to your webpack.config.js file to support jquery-ui

module: {
  rules: [
    {
      test: /\.(jpe?g|png|gif)$/i,
      loader:"file-loader",
      query:{
        name:'[name].[ext]',
        outputPath:'images/'
        //the images will be emmited to public/assets/images/ folder
        //the images will be put in the DOM <style> tag as eg. background: url(assets/images/image.png);
      }
    },
    {
      test: /\.css$/,
      loaders: ["style-loader","css-loader"]
    }
  ]
}

Usage

To load all jquery-ui features with its basic css theme use:

require('webpack-jquery-ui');
require('webpack-jquery-ui/css');  //ommit, if you don't want to load basic css theme

To load only jquery-ui interactions or widgets or effects [list of features] use:

don't worry about jquery-ui core files. All neccessary dependencies are automatically loaded

require('webpack-jquery-ui/interactions');
require('webpack-jquery-ui/widgets');
require('webpack-jquery-ui/effects');

To load only particular interactions [list of interactions] use:

don't worry about jquery-ui core files. All neccessary dependencies are automatically loaded with chosen interaction feature

require('webpack-jquery-ui/draggable');
require('webpack-jquery-ui/droppable');
require('webpack-jquery-ui/resizable');
require('webpack-jquery-ui/selectable');
require('webpack-jquery-ui/sortable');

To load only particular widgets [list of widgets] use:

don't worry about jquery-ui core files. All neccessary dependencies are automatically loaded with chosen widget

require('webpack-jquery-ui/accordion');
require('webpack-jquery-ui/autocomplete');
require('webpack-jquery-ui/button');
require('webpack-jquery-ui/checkboxradio');
require('webpack-jquery-ui/controlgroup');
require('webpack-jquery-ui/datepicker');
require('webpack-jquery-ui/dialog');
require('webpack-jquery-ui/menu');
require('webpack-jquery-ui/progressbar');
require('webpack-jquery-ui/selectmenu');
require('webpack-jquery-ui/slider');
require('webpack-jquery-ui/spinner');
require('webpack-jquery-ui/tabs');
require('webpack-jquery-ui/tooltip');

To load only particular effects [list of effects] use:

don't worry about jquery-ui core files. All neccessary dependencies are automatically loaded with chosen effect

require('webpack-jquery-ui/blind-effect');
require('webpack-jquery-ui/bounce-effect');
require('webpack-jquery-ui/clip-effect');
require('webpack-jquery-ui/drop-effect');
require('webpack-jquery-ui/explode-effect');
require('webpack-jquery-ui/fade-effect');
require('webpack-jquery-ui/fold-effect');
require('webpack-jquery-ui/highlight-effect');
require('webpack-jquery-ui/puff-effect');
require('webpack-jquery-ui/pulsate-effect');
require('webpack-jquery-ui/scale-effect');
require('webpack-jquery-ui/shake-effect');
require('webpack-jquery-ui/size-effect');
require('webpack-jquery-ui/slide-effect');
require('webpack-jquery-ui/transfer-effect');

You can also set the entry property in the webpack.config.js file:

entry: [
    "webpack-jquery-ui",
    //"webpack-jquery-ui/accordion";
    //"webpack-jquery-ui/widgets";
    //etc.
    "your-entry-point"
]

Links

• jQuery-UI docs
• jQuery docs

See also

• webpack-babel-installer
• webpack-bootstrap-installer
• webpack-icons-installer
• webpack-css-loaders
• webpack-sass-loaders