Questions tagged [mootools]

MooTools is a compact, modular, object-oriented JavaScript framework designed for the intermediate to advanced JavaScript developer. It allows you to write powerful, flexible, and cross-browser code with its elegant, well documented, and coherent API.

Hello World Example

window.addEvent('domready', function(){
    document.getElements('a').addEvent('click', function(event){
        event.stop();
        console.log('hello world from link with href ' + this.get('href'));
    });
});

Questions Tagged with mootools

When asking a mootools question:

1. Consult the MooTools API documentation and search Stack Overflow for similar questions already answered before asking a question.
2. Isolate the problematic code and reproduce it in an online environment such as jsFiddle or JS Bin. If applicable, include a link to the fiddle or online environment in your question. Always include the problematic code in your question.
3. Tag your question with a MooTools version. The available tags are
   mootools1.4, mootools1.2, and mootools1.12.
   If a tag for your MooTools version does not exist, mention it in your question. See the "Version Information" section below for more information.
4. If your question deals with any of the following aspects of MooTools, include the corresponding tag:
   • MooTools Events mootools-events
   • MooTools More mootools-more
   • MooTools Fx mootools-fx
   • MooTools Sortables mootools-sortable
5. Tag the question with other web-development tags if applicable
   (e.g., html, javascript, ajax, etc.).
6. Mention the browser(s) and browser version(s) where the problem occurs. If the browser or browser version is an important aspect of the question, include it as a tag
   (e.g., google-chrome, firefox, internet-explorer-7, etc.).

MooTools for Beginners

If you are just starting with MooTools, then you should read the following guides:

• The MooTorial
• "Up the Moo Herd" articles by Mark "Keeto" Obcena
• Ryan Florence Online and his MooTools 1.3 issue
• jQuery vs MooTools if you are choosing what's the best framework for you
• 11 Tips for Creating Great MooTools Plugins
• MooTools Overview, getting started in German
• 12 Steps to MooTools Mastery (for 1.2)

Version Information

The current version is MooTools 1.6.0 released Jan 14th, 2016. This is a maintenance / bug fix release.

For specific information about a particular MooTools version, see the tag wiki for that version or read the release notes on the official blog.

List of major stable MooTools Versions

• MooTools 1.6.0
• MooTools 1.5.1
• MooTools 1.4.5 mootools1.4
• MooTools 1.3.2
• MooTools 1.2.6 mootools1.2
• MooTools 1.12 mootools1.12

MooTools Resources

Online Resources

• MooTools Core Documentation
• MooTools Core Builder
• MooTools More Documentation
• MooTools More Builder
• MooTools Plugins Forge Repository
• MooTools on GitHub

MooTools Extensions / Utilities

• Moobile - a new mobile application framework launched in April 2012 that is similar to jQuery Mobile in terms of the functionality it affords
• Epitome - a MVC/MVP framework for MooTools 1.4.5+
• MooDocu - a browser-based, client-side MooTools documentation parser with search; it works off-line through localStorage

MooTools Books

• MooTools Essentials by Aaron Newton
• MooTools 1.2 Beginner's Guide by Jacob Gube and Garrick Cheung
• Pro JavaScript with MooTools by Mark Obcena (MooTools 1.3)