Toolkit Overview

An Ajax-powered tab-strip component with native support for other Nitobi components, client-side statefulness, and skinnability. Download our Nitobi Tabstrip component and implement a rich tab-based user interface immediately.

Ajax Architecture

Harness a rich framework of Ajax, JavaScript, and DHTML behaviours in your own applications with the same code library used in Nitobi components and applications.

Cross-Browser Support

Native support for an array of modern browsers including Internet Explorer 6.0+, Firefox 1.3+, Safari 3+, Netscape 7.1+, and Camino.

XMLHttpRequest tools

Throttling, polling, timeout, and access to events.

DOM Events and Accessors

A complete library of simplified cross-browser DOM helpers allowing high-speed manipulation of page document elements.

MVC Based JavaScript Event Model

Strict adherence to model-view-control design principals makes event handling simple and keeps your code clean.

Declaration Parsing

Provide declarative HTML interfaces to your own components with the Nitobi declaration parser.

Back Button History

Simplify the handling of page state and back-button history in one cross-browser object.

Drag and Drop

Easily implement constraint-based drag and drop behaviours.

Also Includes

• DataSet / DataTable Objects (ActiveRecord based)
• Object Serialization (XML and JSON)
• OO Inheritance (OOP), Interfaces and Garbage Collection
• Cross Browser HTML and DOM accessors
• Cross Browser CSS accessors
• Cross Browser XML library