The jqDock plugin for jQuery has been updated to version 1.7!

The full Change Log is available in the jqDock documentation but briefly, there is one bugfix, and one additional option :

• the click handler attached to labels was returning false, which meant that, for instances where images were being wrapped in anchors, any clicks on labels were not being notified to the parent anchor; this has been rectified (and my apologies for such a rookie mistake!)
  
• an alignment of 'middle' or 'center' can now have a biased expansion instead of being 50/50 from the mid-point

I have updated the documentation and Demonstrator, and added a couple of examples to illustrate the new bias option. I have also upgaded the documentation site to use the most recent version of jQuery (currently v1.5).

The jqDock plugin for jQuery has been updated to version 1.8!

The full Change Log is available in the jqDock documentation but briefly, there is one final attempt at a bugfix, and a minor code adjustment :

• the click handler attached to labels has caused some problems for a while now: version 1.5 tried to fix it with a return false; statement, which v1.7 then had to back out. I've now come to my senses, and this version fixes it for good!
  
• Having been asked if labels could be kept permanently on display - to which the anser was Yes, but only for images within anchors - I have now tweaked a small bit of code so that labels can also be made permanent for menus consisting of just images.
  

I have updated and re-vamped the documentation, and I have also upgraded the documentation site to use the most recent version of jQuery (currently v1.5.1).

The jqDock plugin for jQuery has been updated to version 1.9!

The full Change Log is available in the jqDock documentation but briefly :

• Bug fix : jQuery v1.2.x did not allow Chrome to hide() elements not yet attached to the DOM, which affected labels. Labels are now hidden after insertion (so jQuery v1.2.3 is still the lowest required version, though bot the recommended/preferred!)
  
• a boolean false can now be specified for the onReady, onSleep and onWake options, in place of having to supply a function that only/always returns false
• added handling for an HTML5 data-jqdock attribute (as an object in valid JSON syntax) on the menu element
• made jqDock caseless, eg. $.jqdock == $.jqDock, and $.fn.jqdock() == $.fn.jqDock(), so either can be used
• minor syntax tweaks to the code, mainly to appease jslint
• site and examples upgraded to use jQuery 'latest' from CDN
  

I have updated the documentation, added a couple of examples, and upgraded the site and all examples to use jQuery 'latest' from CDN. There is also 1 new Known Issue (see FAQs page).

The jqDock plugin for jQuery has been updated (version 1.5).

This update fixes 1 minor bug, but adds a load of hooks and custom events that will enable more interaction with the plugin. It's in response to requests for being able to determine when the dock has been initialised, and also to be able to 'hide' the dock if not in use.

The full change log is available in the jqDock documentation but in brief : there a now onReady, onSleep and onWake hooks in the options; there are custom events - dockshow, docksleep and dockwake - to listen for; there are custom events - dockidle and docknudge - that can be triggered; the labels are more customisable, with addition of an extra layer; and I have added an option that enables other elements on the page to 'flow' around the dock (I personally would not recommend using it, but it was requested so ...). All in all, it's quite a big upgrade, and I hope you enjoy it. Oh, and I've added several more examples that use the new functionality.

Apologies (25th August 2010) : It would appear that during this most recent upgrade I 'broke' a number of the examples (8 to be precise) by loading a non-existent script. I have now fixed this mistake (and re-checked all the examples!) and I can only apologise for any inconvenience caused.