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<span>Selectable Widget</span><span class="version-details">version added: 1.0</span>
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<p class="desc"><strong>Description: </strong>Use the mouse to select elements, individually or in a group.</p>
<section id="quick-nav"><header><h2>QuickNav<a href="#entry-examples">Examples</a>
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<h3>Options</h3>
<div><a href="#option-appendTo">appendTo</a></div>
<div><a href="#option-autoRefresh">autoRefresh</a></div>
<div><a href="#option-cancel">cancel</a></div>
<div><a href="#option-delay">delay</a></div>
<div><a href="#option-disabled">disabled</a></div>
<div><a href="#option-distance">distance</a></div>
<div><a href="#option-filter">filter</a></div>
<div><a href="#option-tolerance">tolerance</a></div>
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<h3>Methods</h3>
<div><a href="#method-destroy">destroy</a></div>
<div><a href="#method-disable">disable</a></div>
<div><a href="#method-enable">enable</a></div>
<div><a href="#method-option">option</a></div>
<div><a href="#method-refresh">refresh</a></div>
<div><a href="#method-widget">widget</a></div>
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<h3>Events</h3>
<div><a href="#event-create">create</a></div>
<div><a href="#event-selected">selected</a></div>
<div><a href="#event-selecting">selecting</a></div>
<div><a href="#event-start">start</a></div>
<div><a href="#event-stop">stop</a></div>
<div><a href="#event-unselected">unselected</a></div>
<div><a href="#event-unselecting">unselecting</a></div>
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<p>The jQuery UI Selectable plugin allows for elements to be selected by dragging a box (sometimes called a lasso) with the mouse over the elements. Elements can also be selected via click or drag while holding the ctrl/meta key, allowing for multiple (non-contiguous) selections.</p>
<h3>Dependencies</h3>
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<li><a href="/category/ui-core/">UI Core</a></li>
<li><a href="/jQuery.widget/">Widget Factory</a></li>
<li><a href="/mouse/">Mouse Interaction</a></li>
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<h3>Additional Notes:</h3>
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This widget requires some functional CSS, otherwise it won't work. If you build a custom theme, use the widget's specific CSS file as a starting point.
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<section id="options"><header><h2>Options</h2></header><div id="option-appendTo" class="api-item first-item">
<h3>appendTo<span class="option-type"><strong>Type: </strong><a href="http://api.jquery.com/Types/#Selector">Selector</a></span>
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<strong>Default: </strong><code>"body"</code>
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<div>Which element the selection helper (the lasso) should be appended to.</div>
<strong>Code examples:</strong><p>Initialize the selectable with the <code>appendTo</code> option specified:</p>
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<p>Get or set the <code>appendTo</code> option, after initialization:</p>
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<pre><div class="container"><div class="line"><code><span class="comment">// getter</span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code><span class="keyword">var</span> appendTo = $( <span class="string">".selector"</span> ).selectable( <span class="string">"option"</span>, <span class="string">"appendTo"</span> );</code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code> </code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code><span class="comment">// setter</span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code>$( <span class="string">".selector"</span> ).selectable( <span class="string">"option"</span>, <span class="string">"appendTo"</span>, <span class="string">"#someElem"</span> );</code></div></div></pre>
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<div id="option-autoRefresh" class="api-item">
<h3>autoRefresh<span class="option-type"><strong>Type: </strong><a href="http://api.jquery.com/Types/#Boolean">Boolean</a></span>
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<strong>Default: </strong><code>true</code>
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<div>This determines whether to refresh (recalculate) the position and size of each selectee at the beginning of each select operation. If you have many items, you may want to set this to false and call the <a href="#method-refresh"><code>refresh()</code></a> method manually.</div>
<strong>Code examples:</strong><p>Initialize the selectable with the <code>autoRefresh</code> option specified:</p>
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<p>Get or set the <code>autoRefresh</code> option, after initialization:</p>
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<pre><div class="container"><div class="line"><code><span class="comment">// getter</span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code><span class="keyword">var</span> autoRefresh = $( <span class="string">".selector"</span> ).selectable( <span class="string">"option"</span>, <span class="string">"autoRefresh"</span> );</code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code> </code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code><span class="comment">// setter</span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code>$( <span class="string">".selector"</span> ).selectable( <span class="string">"option"</span>, <span class="string">"autoRefresh"</span>, <span class="literal">false</span> );</code></div></div></pre>
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<div id="option-cancel" class="api-item">
<h3>cancel<span class="option-type"><strong>Type: </strong><a href="http://api.jquery.com/Types/#Selector">Selector</a></span>
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<strong>Default: </strong><code>"input,textarea,button,select,option"</code>
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<div>Prevents selecting if you start on elements matching the selector.</div>
<strong>Code examples:</strong><p>Initialize the selectable with the <code>cancel</code> option specified:</p>
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<pre><div class="container"><div class="line"><code>$( <span class="string">".selector"</span> ).selectable({ cancel: a,.cancel });</code></div></div></pre>
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<p>Get or set the <code>cancel</code> option, after initialization:</p>
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<pre><div class="container"><div class="line"><code><span class="comment">// getter</span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code><span class="keyword">var</span> cancel = $( <span class="string">".selector"</span> ).selectable( <span class="string">"option"</span>, <span class="string">"cancel"</span> );</code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code> </code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code><span class="comment">// setter</span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code>$( <span class="string">".selector"</span> ).selectable( <span class="string">"option"</span>, <span class="string">"cancel"</span>, a,.cancel );</code></div></div></pre>
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<div id="option-delay" class="api-item">
<h3>delay<span class="option-type"><strong>Type: </strong><a href="http://api.jquery.com/Types/#Integer">Integer</a></span>
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<strong>Default: </strong><code>0</code>
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<div>Time in milliseconds to define when the selecting should start. This helps prevent unwanted selections when clicking on an element.</div>
<strong>Code examples:</strong><p>Initialize the selectable with the <code>delay</code> option specified:</p>
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<p>Get or set the <code>delay</code> option, after initialization:</p>
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<pre><div class="container"><div class="line"><code><span class="comment">// getter</span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code><span class="keyword">var</span> delay = $( <span class="string">".selector"</span> ).selectable( <span class="string">"option"</span>, <span class="string">"delay"</span> );</code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code> </code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code><span class="comment">// setter</span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code>$( <span class="string">".selector"</span> ).selectable( <span class="string">"option"</span>, <span class="string">"delay"</span>, <span class="number">150</span> );</code></div></div></pre>
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<h3>disabled<span class="option-type"><strong>Type: </strong><a href="http://api.jquery.com/Types/#Boolean">Boolean</a></span>
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<strong>Default: </strong><code>false</code>
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<div>Disables the selectable if set to <code>true</code>.</div>
<strong>Code examples:</strong><p>Initialize the selectable with the <code>disabled</code> option specified:</p>
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<p>Get or set the <code>disabled</code> option, after initialization:</p>
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<pre><div class="container"><div class="line"><code><span class="comment">// getter</span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code><span class="keyword">var</span> disabled = $( <span class="string">".selector"</span> ).selectable( <span class="string">"option"</span>, <span class="string">"disabled"</span> );</code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code> </code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code><span class="comment">// setter</span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code>$( <span class="string">".selector"</span> ).selectable( <span class="string">"option"</span>, <span class="string">"disabled"</span>, <span class="literal">true</span> );</code></div></div></pre>
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<h3>distance<span class="option-type"><strong>Type: </strong><a href="http://api.jquery.com/Types/#Number">Number</a></span>
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<strong>Default: </strong><code>0</code>
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<div>Tolerance, in pixels, for when selecting should start. If specified, selecting will not start until the mouse has been dragged beyond the specified distance.</div>
<strong>Code examples:</strong><p>Initialize the selectable with the <code>distance</code> option specified:</p>
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<p>Get or set the <code>distance</code> option, after initialization:</p>
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<pre><div class="container"><div class="line"><code><span class="comment">// getter</span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code><span class="keyword">var</span> distance = $( <span class="string">".selector"</span> ).selectable( <span class="string">"option"</span>, <span class="string">"distance"</span> );</code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code> </code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code><span class="comment">// setter</span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code>$( <span class="string">".selector"</span> ).selectable( <span class="string">"option"</span>, <span class="string">"distance"</span>, <span class="number">30</span> );</code></div></div></pre>
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<div id="option-filter" class="api-item">
<h3>filter<span class="option-type"><strong>Type: </strong><a href="http://api.jquery.com/Types/#Selector">Selector</a></span>
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<strong>Default: </strong><code>"*"</code>
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<div>The matching child elements will be made selectees (able to be selected).</div>
<strong>Code examples:</strong><p>Initialize the selectable with the <code>filter</code> option specified:</p>
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<p>Get or set the <code>filter</code> option, after initialization:</p>
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<pre><div class="container"><div class="line"><code><span class="comment">// getter</span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code><span class="keyword">var</span> filter = $( <span class="string">".selector"</span> ).selectable( <span class="string">"option"</span>, <span class="string">"filter"</span> );</code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code> </code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code><span class="comment">// setter</span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code>$( <span class="string">".selector"</span> ).selectable( <span class="string">"option"</span>, <span class="string">"filter"</span>, li );</code></div></div></pre>
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<h3>tolerance<span class="option-type"><strong>Type: </strong><a href="http://api.jquery.com/Types/#String">String</a></span>
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Specifies which mode to use for testing whether the lasso should select an item. Possible values:
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<strong>Code examples:</strong><p>Initialize the selectable with the <code>tolerance</code> option specified:</p>
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<p>Get or set the <code>tolerance</code> option, after initialization:</p>
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<pre><div class="container"><div class="line"><code><span class="comment">// getter</span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code><span class="keyword">var</span> tolerance = $( <span class="string">".selector"</span> ).selectable( <span class="string">"option"</span>, <span class="string">"tolerance"</span> );</code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code> </code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code><span class="comment">// setter</span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code>$( <span class="string">".selector"</span> ).selectable( <span class="string">"option"</span>, <span class="string">"tolerance"</span>, <span class="string">"fit"</span> );</code></div></div></pre>
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</div></section><section id="methods"><header><h2>Methods</h2></header><div id="method-destroy"><div class="api-item first-item">
<h3>destroy()<span class="returns">Returns: <a href="http://api.jquery.com/Types/#jQuery">jQuery</a> (<a href="http://learn.jquery.com/jquery-ui/widget-factory/widget-method-invocation/">plugin only</a>)</span>
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Removes the selectable functionality completely. This will return the element back to its pre-init state.
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<ul><li><div class="null-signature">This method does not accept any arguments.</div></li></ul>
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<div id="method-disable"><div class="api-item">
<h3>disable()<span class="returns">Returns: <a href="http://api.jquery.com/Types/#jQuery">jQuery</a> (<a href="http://learn.jquery.com/jquery-ui/widget-factory/widget-method-invocation/">plugin only</a>)</span>
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Disables the selectable.
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<ul><li><div class="null-signature">This method does not accept any arguments.</div></li></ul>
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<strong>Code examples:</strong><p>Invoke the disable method:</p>
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<div id="method-enable"><div class="api-item">
<h3>enable()<span class="returns">Returns: <a href="http://api.jquery.com/Types/#jQuery">jQuery</a> (<a href="http://learn.jquery.com/jquery-ui/widget-factory/widget-method-invocation/">plugin only</a>)</span>
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Enables the selectable.
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<ul><li><div class="null-signature">This method does not accept any arguments.</div></li></ul>
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<h3>option( optionName )<span class="returns">Returns: <a href="http://api.jquery.com/Types/#Object">Object</a></span>
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<div>Gets the value currently associated with the specified <code>optionName</code>.</div>
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<div>The name of the option to get.</div>
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<strong>Code examples:</strong><p>Invoke the method:</p>
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<h3>option()<span class="returns">Returns: <a href="http://api.jquery.com/Types/#PlainObject">PlainObject</a></span>
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<div>Gets an object containing key/value pairs representing the current selectable options hash.</div>
<ul><li><div class="null-signature">This signature does not accept any arguments.</div></li></ul>
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<strong>Code examples:</strong><p>Invoke the method:</p>
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<h3>option( optionName, value )<span class="returns">Returns: <a href="http://api.jquery.com/Types/#jQuery">jQuery</a> (<a href="http://learn.jquery.com/jquery-ui/widget-factory/widget-method-invocation/">plugin only</a>)</span>
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<div>Sets the value of the selectable option associated with the specified <code>optionName</code>.</div>
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<div>The name of the option to set.</div>
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<div>Type: <a href="http://api.jquery.com/Types/#Object">Object</a>
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<strong>Code examples:</strong><p>Invoke the method:</p>
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<div>Sets one or more options for the selectable.</div>
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<div>Type: <a href="http://api.jquery.com/Types/#Object">Object</a>
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<strong>Code examples:</strong><p>Invoke the method:</p>
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<div id="method-refresh"><div class="api-item">
<h3>refresh()<span class="returns">Returns: <a href="http://api.jquery.com/Types/#jQuery">jQuery</a> (<a href="http://learn.jquery.com/jquery-ui/widget-factory/widget-method-invocation/">plugin only</a>)</span>
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<div>Refresh the position and size of each selectee element. This method can be used to manually recalculate the position and size of each selectee when the <a href="#option-autoRefresh"><code>autoRefresh</code></a> option is set to <code>false</code>.</div>
<ul><li><div class="null-signature">This method does not accept any arguments.</div></li></ul>
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<strong>Code examples:</strong><p>Invoke the refresh method:</p>
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<h3>widget()<span class="returns">Returns: <a href="http://api.jquery.com/Types/#jQuery">jQuery</a></span>
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Returns a <code>jQuery</code> object containing the selectable element.
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<strong>Code examples:</strong><p>Invoke the widget method:</p>
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<h3>create( event, ui )<span class="returns">Type: <code>selectablecreate</code></span>
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Triggered when the selectable is created.
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<div><strong>event</strong></div>
<div>Type: <a href="http://api.jquery.com/Types/#Event">Event</a>
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<div><strong>ui</strong></div>
<div>Type: <a href="http://api.jquery.com/Types/#Object">Object</a>
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<p><em>Note: The <code>ui</code> object is empty but included for consistency with other events.</em></p>
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<strong>Code examples:</strong><p>Initialize the selectable with the create callback specified:</p>
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<p>Bind an event listener to the selectablecreate event:</p>
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<div id="event-selected" class="api-item">
<h3>selected( event, ui )<span class="returns">Type: <code>selectableselected</code></span>
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<div>Triggered at the end of the select operation, on each element added to the selection.</div>
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<div><strong>event</strong></div>
<div>Type: <a href="http://api.jquery.com/Types/#Event">Event</a>
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<div><strong>ui</strong></div>
<div>Type: <a href="http://api.jquery.com/Types/#Object">Object</a>
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<div><strong>selected</strong></div>
<div>Type: <a href="http://api.jquery.com/Types/#Element">Element</a>
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<div>The selectable item that has been selected.</div>
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<p>Bind an event listener to the selectableselected event:</p>
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<h3>selecting( event, ui )<span class="returns">Type: <code>selectableselecting</code></span>
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<div>Triggered during the select operation, on each element added to the selection.</div>
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<div><strong>event</strong></div>
<div>Type: <a href="http://api.jquery.com/Types/#Event">Event</a>
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<div><strong>ui</strong></div>
<div>Type: <a href="http://api.jquery.com/Types/#Object">Object</a>
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<div>Type: <a href="http://api.jquery.com/Types/#Element">Element</a>
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<div>The current selectable item being selected.</div>
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<h3>start( event, ui )<span class="returns">Type: <code>selectablestart</code></span>
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<div>Triggered at the beginning of the select operation.</div>
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<div>Type: <a href="http://api.jquery.com/Types/#Event">Event</a>
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<div>Type: <a href="http://api.jquery.com/Types/#Object">Object</a>
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<p><em>Note: The <code>ui</code> object is empty but included for consistency with other events.</em></p>
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<div>Triggered at the end of the select operation.</div>
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<div>Type: <a href="http://api.jquery.com/Types/#Event">Event</a>
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<div>Type: <a href="http://api.jquery.com/Types/#Object">Object</a>
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<p><em>Note: The <code>ui</code> object is empty but included for consistency with other events.</em></p>
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<div>Triggered at the end of the select operation, on each element removed from the selection.</div>
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<div>Type: <a href="http://api.jquery.com/Types/#Element">Element</a>
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<div>The selectable item that has been unselected.</div>
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<p>Bind an event listener to the selectableunselected event:</p>
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<h3>unselecting( event, ui )<span class="returns">Type: <code>selectableunselecting</code></span>
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<div>Triggered during the select operation, on each element removed from the selection.</div>
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<div>Type: <a href="http://api.jquery.com/Types/#Element">Element</a>
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class="attribute">rel</span>=<span class="value">"stylesheet"</span> <span class="attribute">href</span>=<span class="value">"//code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.2/themes/base/jquery-ui.css"</span>&gt;</span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code> <span class="tag">&lt;<span class="title">style</span>&gt;</span><span class="css"></span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code> <span class="id">#selectable</span> <span class="class">.ui-selecting</span> <span class="rules">{</span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code> <span class="rule"><span class="attribute">background</span>:<span class="value"> <span class="hexcolor">#ccc</span>;</span></span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code> <span class="rule">}</span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code> <span class="id">#selectable</span> <span class="class">.ui-selected</span> <span class="rules">{</span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code> <span class="rule"><span class="attribute">background</span>:<span class="value"> <span class="hexcolor">#999</span>;</span></span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code> <span class="rule">}</span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code> <span class="tag">&lt;/<span class="title">style</span>&gt;</span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code> <span class="tag">&lt;<span class="title">script</span> <span class="attribute">src</span>=<span class="value">"//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.8.3.js"</span>&gt;</span><span class="javascript"></span><span class="tag">&lt;/<span class="title">script</span>&gt;</span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code> <span class="tag">&lt;<span class="title">script</span> <span class="attribute">src</span>=<span class="value">"//code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.2/jquery-ui.js"</span>&gt;</span><span class="javascript"></span><span class="tag">&lt;/<span class="title">script</span>&gt;</span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code><span class="tag">&lt;/<span class="title">head</span>&gt;</span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code><span class="tag">&lt;<span class="title">body</span>&gt;</span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code> </code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code><span class="tag">&lt;<span class="title">ul</span> <span class="attribute">id</span>=<span class="value">"selectable"</span>&gt;</span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code> <span class="tag">&lt;<span class="title">li</span>&gt;</span>Item 1<span class="tag">&lt;/<span class="title">li</span>&gt;</span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code> <span class="tag">&lt;<span class="title">li</span>&gt;</span>Item 2<span class="tag">&lt;/<span class="title">li</span>&gt;</span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code> <span class="tag">&lt;<span class="title">li</span>&gt;</span>Item 3<span class="tag">&lt;/<span class="title">li</span>&gt;</span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code> <span class="tag">&lt;<span class="title">li</span>&gt;</span>Item 4<span class="tag">&lt;/<span class="title">li</span>&gt;</span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code> <span class="tag">&lt;<span class="title">li</span>&gt;</span>Item 5<span class="tag">&lt;/<span class="title">li</span>&gt;</span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code><span class="tag">&lt;/<span class="title">ul</span>&gt;</span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code> </code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code><span class="tag">&lt;<span class="title">script</span>&gt;</span><span class="javascript"></span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code>$( <span class="string">"#selectable"</span> ).selectable();</code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code><span class="tag">&lt;/<span class="title">script</span>&gt;</span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code> </code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code><span class="tag">&lt;/<span class="title">body</span>&gt;</span></code></div></div><div class="container"><div class="line"><code><span class="tag">&lt;/<span class="title">html</span>&gt;</span></code></div></div></pre>
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