1. Prototype.js cheat sheet 1.6.0.2
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Utility Methods
Prototype
Event Element (constructor) Enumerable document
absolutize ( element )
element ( event ) $ ( id | element )
K ( argument )
all ( iterator ) fire ( eventName[, memo] )
extend ( event ) addClassName ( element, className ) $$ ( cssRule )
emptyFunction ( )
any ( iterator ) observe ( eventName, handler )
findElement ( event, tagName ) addMethods ( [methods] ) $A ( iterable )
collect ( iterator ) stopObserving ( eventName[, handler] )
fire ( element, eventName[, memo] ) adjacent ( element[, selectors... ] ) $F ( element )
detect ( iterator ) Prototype.Browser
isLeftClick ( event ) ancestors ( element ) $H ( [obj] )
each ( iterator ) document.viewport IE
observe ( element, eventName, handler ) childElements ( element ) $R ( start, end[, exclusive = false] )
eachSlice ( size, iterator ) getDimensions ( ) Opera
pointerX ( event ) classNames $w ( String )
entries ( ) WebKit
getHeight ( )
pointerY ( event ) cleanWhitespace ( element ) Try.these ( Function... )
find ( iterator ) Gecko
getScrollOffsets ( )
stop ( event ) clonePosition ( element, source[, options] ) document.getElementsByClassName
findAll ( iterator ) MobileSafari
getWidth ( )
stopObserving ( element[, eventName[, handler]] ) cumulativeOffset ( element ) grep ( regex, iterator )
cumulativeScrollOffset ( element ) inGroupsOf ( size ) Prototype.BrowserFeatures Class
String (String.prototype)
descendantOf ( element, ancestor )
Form include ( object ) XPath addMethods ( methods )
blank ( )
descendants ( element ) inject ( accumulator, iterator )
disable ( formElement )
create ( [superclass][, methods... ])
camelize ( )
down ( element[, cssRule ][, index = 0] ) invoke ( methodName[, args ] )
enable ( formElement )
capitalize ( ) RegExp
empty ( element ) map ( iterator )
findFirstElement ( formElement ) dasherize ( ) escape ( string ) Position
extend ( element ) max ( iterator )
focusFirstElement ( formElement ) empty ( )
absolutize
fire ( eventName[, memo ] ) member ( object )
getElements ( formElement ) endsWith ( substring )
clone
RegExp (RegExp.prototype)
firstDescendant ( element ) min ( iterator )
getInputs ( formElement[, type[, name]] ) escapeHTML ( )
cumulativeOffset
getDimensions ( element ) match ( string )
partition ( iterator )
request ( [options] ) evalJSON ( [sanitize] )
offsetParent
getElementsByClassName pluck ( propertyName )
reset ( formElement ) evalScripts ( )
overlap
getElementsBySelector reject ( iterator )
serialize ( formElement[, getHash = false] ) extractScripts ( ) PeriodicalExecuter (constructor) page
getHeight ( element ) select ( iterator )
serializeElements ( elements[, getHash = false] ) gsub ( pattern, replacement )
positionedOffset
stop ( event )
getOffsetParent ( element ) size ( ) include ( substring )
prepare
getStyle ( element, property ) sortBy ( iterator )
Form.Element inspect ( [useDoubleQuotes] ) realOffset
getWidth ( element ) ObjectRange (constructor)
toArray ( )
activate ( element ) interpolate ( object[, pattern] ) relativize
hasClassName ( element, className ) zip ( Sequence..., iterator ) include ( value )
clear ( element ) isJSON ( ) within
hide ( element )
disable ( element ) parseQuery ( [separator = &] ) withinIncludingScrolloffsets
identify ( element )
Hash (constructor)
enable ( element ) scan ( pattern, iterator ) Template (constructor)
immediateDescendants
focus ( element ) clone ( ) startsWith ( substring ) evaluate ( object )
Insertion
insert ( element, {position: content} )
getValue ( element ) each ( iterator ) strip ( )
inspect ( element ) After
present ( element ) stripScripts ( )
get ( key )
TimedObserver
makeClipping ( element ) Before
stripTags ( )
select ( element ) inspect ( )
new Form.Element.Observer ( element, freq, callback )
makePositioned ( element ) Bottom
sub ( pattern, replacement[, count = 1] )
serialize ( element ) keys ( )
new Form.Observer ( element, freq, callback ) Top
match ( element, selector ) succ ( )
setValue ( element, value ) merge ( object )
next ( element[, cssRule][, index = 0] ) times ( count )
set ( key, value )
nextSiblings ( element ) toArray ( )
Ajax toJSON ( )
observe ( element, eventName, handler ) toJSON ( )
toObject ( )
new Ajax.PeriodicalUpdater ( container, url[, options] ) Offsets/Dimensions
positionedOffset ( element ) toQueryParams ( [separator = &] )
toQueryString ( )
new Ajax.Request ( url[, options] )
previous ( element[, cssRule][, index = 0] ) truncate ( [length = 30[, suffix = ‘...’]] )
unset ( key )
new Ajax.Updater ( container, url[, options] )
var dOsets = document.viewport.getScrollOsets();
previousSiblings ( element ) underscore ( )
update ( object )
readAttribute ( element, attribute ) unescapeHTML ( )
values ( )
Ajax.Responders recursivelyCollect ( element, property ) unfilterJSON ( [filter = Prototype.JSONFilter] )
register ( responder ) relativize ( element )
dOsets.top
Object
unregister ( responder ) Number (Number.prototype)
remove ( element )
clone ( obj )
removeClassName ( element, className ) abs ( )
extend ( dest, src )
replace ( element[, html] )
Array (Array.prototype) ceil ( )
inspect ( obj )
scrollTo ( element ) floor ( )
clear ( )
isArray ( obj ) viewportOset.top
round ( )
select ( element, selector... )
clone ( )
isElement ( obj ) succ ( ) cumulativeOset.top
setOpacity ( element, opacity )
compact ( )
isFunction ( obj ) dOsets.left
times ( iterator )
setStyle ( element, styles )
each ( iterator )
isHash ( obj ) toColorPart ( )
show ( element )
first ( )
isNumber ( obj ) toJSON ( ) fd
flatten ( ) siblings ( element )
isString ( obj ) toPaddedString ( length[, radix] )
from ( iterable ) stopObserving ( element[, eventName[, handler]] )
document.viewport.getHeight()
isUndefined ( obj )
indexOf ( value ) viewportOset.left
toggle ( element )
keys ( obj )
Function (Function.prototype)
inspect ( ) toggleClassName ( element, className )
toHTML ( obj )
last ( ) undoClipping ( element ) argumentNames ( )
Element
toJSON ( obj ) cumulativeOset.left
reduce ( ) undoPositioned ( element ) bind ( thisObj[, arg...] )
toQueryString ( obj )
reverse ( [inline = true] ) up ( element[, cssRule][, index = 0] ) bindAsEventListener ( thisObj[, arg...] )
values ( obj )
size ( ) update ( element[, newContent] ) curry ( arg... )
toArray ( ) viewportOffset ( element ) defer ( arg... ) document.viewport.getWidth()
Date (Date.prototype)
toJSON ( )
visible ( element ) delay ( seconds[, arg...] )
uniq ( ) toJSON ( )
wrap ( element, wrapper[, attributes] ) methodize ( )
without ( value... )
writeAttribute ( element, attribute[, value = true] ) wrap ( wrapperFunction[, arg...] )