How do I use jquery ui with requirejs

Question

I want to use jQuery UI's addClass function in my application.

Beside I am using the normal jQuery, underscore, backbone all tiered together with requirejs.

I have configured jQuery UI like this:

require.config({

    deps: ["main"],

    paths: {
        "text": "lib/text"
        , "jquery": "lib/jquery"
        , "jquery-ui": "lib/jquery-ui"
        , "underscore": "lib/underscore"
        , "backbone": "lib/backbone"
        , "bootstrap": "lib/bootstrap"
        , "templates": "../templates"
    },

    shim: {
        "jquery-ui": {
            exports: "$",
            deps: ['jquery']
        },
        "underscore": {
            exports: "_"
        },
        "backbone": {
            exports: "Backbone",
            deps: ["underscore", "jquery"]
        },
        "bootstrap": ['jquery']
    }

});

In the application I do:

define(['jquery', 'underscore', 'backbone'], function($, _, Backbone) {
    $('div').addClass('white');
});

Unfortunately this only does the normal addClass not the animated one from jQuery UI.

PS: I use the full jQuery edition.

off-subject: white is a really bad classname; classnames should not include the css that is assigned to it so you can change the underlying CSS and not affect the semantic value of the class. — Ruan Mendes
– Ruan Mendes, Commented Aug 24, 2012 at 16:26

Austin · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-24 16:37:35Z

34

You need to include jquery-ui:

define(['jquery-ui', 'backbone'], function() {
    $('div').addClass('white');
});

jquery should be required automatically as it is a dependency of jquery-ui

Additionally, none of these scripts return anything, but their variables are assigned to the window object. No need to assign them.

edited Aug 24, 2012 at 16:37

answered Aug 24, 2012 at 16:26

Austin

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9 Comments

Ruan Mendes Over a year ago

Shouldn't need to list underscore? Since it's already listed as a dependency of backbone?

nickaknudson Over a year ago

IDK if jquery-ui will correctly add itself to $ if jQuery doesn't get assigned to $ in the closure

Austin Over a year ago

No, actually they do not need to be assigned at all. They assign themselves to the window object (window.$, window._, window.Backbone). Require works by passing in the return value of the included file, these libraries return nothing, but set their global references.

nickaknudson Over a year ago

What if different versions are needed, compatibility is on, or multiple $ libraries are used?

Austin Over a year ago

Regardless, this is not how require works with these libraries. If this was kept as a function, the values passed in would be null because the scripts return nothing, but preform a global action.

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nickaknudson · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-24 16:26:34Z

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try

define(['jquery', 'jquery-ui', 'underscore', 'backbone'], function($, ui, _, Backbone) {
    // $.ui should be defined, but do
    // $.ui = ui if its not
    $('div').addClass('white');
});

answered Aug 24, 2012 at 16:26

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2 Comments

Ruan Mendes Over a year ago

Don't need jquery, all the other ones already list it as a dependency.

nickaknudson Over a year ago

I've never used requirejs before, so I am just shooting in the dark, but I was concerned about $ being defined for jquery-ui to add itself to $.ui within the closure.

T J · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-04 07:42:15Z

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Sometimes you only need a small subsection of jQuery UI. For example, I recently needed sortable, but if I tried to load the whole thing then I got a conflict between $.button() on jquery-ui and $.button() in bootstrap. jQuery UI now comes with AMD support, So I used RequireJS' build tool r.js to build exactly the subset that I needed.

edited Jul 4, 2016 at 7:42

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