The fantastic reference, 43 Essential Controls for Web Applications, by Theresa Neil, is the inspiration for this page. It collects essential controls surveyed in popular JavaScript widget toolkits as of March 2010 - Ext JS, Adobe Flex/AIR, jQuery (plugins), jQuery UI, jQuery Tools, Dojo, Dojo X, Dijit, OpenLaszlo, MooTools (plugins), JXLib for MooTools, Mocha UI, Vaadin, Telerik for ASP.net, Telerik for Silverlight, ZK, GWT, GWT Ext, GWT Mosaic, YUI 2, YUI 3, LivePipe, Backbase, SmartClient, Prototype, Prototype UI, Scriptaculous, RichFaces, ICEFaces.

 

By comparison, the list below matches the numbers and names of each of the essential controls in that list, but shows only from what's available today in jQuery UI and jQuery plugins.

 

43 Essential (jQuery Plugins) Controls for Web Applications

 

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jQuery UI stable release ( v1.8 )

 

1. Auto-complete/Auto-suggest

• jQuery UI Autocomplete (url:http://jqueryui.com/demos/autocomplete)

 

5. Collapsible Panels

• jQuery UI Accordion (url:http://jqueryui.com/demos/accordion)

 

7. Date Picker: Advanced

• jQuery UI Datepicker (url:http://jqueryui.com/demos/datepicker)

 

9. Dialog

• jQuery UI Dialog (url:http://jqueryui.com/demos/dialog)

 

11. Drag and Drop Manager

• jQuery UI Draggable (url:http://jqueryui.com/demos/draggable)
• jQuery UI Droppable (url:http://jqueryui.com/demos/droppable)
• jQuery UI Selectable (url:http://jqueryui.com/demos/sortable)
• jQuery UI Sortable (url:http://jqueryui.com/demos/sortable)

 

27. Progress Indicator

• jQuery UI Progressbar (url:http://jqueryui.com/demos/progressbar)

 

31. Slider

• jQuery UI Slider (url:http://jqueryui.com/demos/slider)

 

35. Tabs: Advanced

• jQuery UI Tabs (url:http://jqueryui.com/demos/tabs)

 

38. Toolbars

• jQuery UI Button (Styling Buttons and Toolbars with the jQuery UI CSS Framework)

 

41. View Toggle

• jQuery UI Buttonset, part of jQuery UI Button (url:http://jqueryui.com/demos/button)

 

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jQuery UI in active development ( v1.9, v2.0, v2.1 )

 

20. Hover Details

• jQuery UI Tooltip (url:http://wiki.jqueryui.com/Tooltip)

 

36. Table/Grid: Advanced

• jQuery UI Grid (url:http://wiki.jqueryui.com/Grid)

 

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jQuery UI (stable release and in active development) and jQuery plugins

 

1. Auto-complete/Auto-suggest

jQuery UI

• jQuery UI Autocomplete (url: http://jqueryui.com/demos/autocomplete)

jQuery plugins

• jQuery Autocomplete Plugin (url:http://jquery.bassistance.de/autocomplete/demo/)
• Tag Suggest (url: http://remysharp.com/2007/12/28/jquery-tag-suggestion/)
• FaceList (Autocomplete + tags) (url:http://www.iantearle.com/projects/facelist-2)
• BlobList (Tags only) (url : http://deepliquid.com/content/BlobList.html )
• FCBKcomplete (Autocomplete + Tags)  (url : http://www.emposha.com/javascript/jquerymultiselect.html )

 

2. Carousel/Coverflow

jQuery plugins

• jquery.scrollable 1.0.2 (url:http://www.flowplayer.org/tools/scrollable.html)
• jCarousel Lite (url:http://www.gmarwaha.com/jquery/jcarousellite/index.php)
• jCarousel (url:http://sorgalla.com/projects/jcarousel/)
• jQuery plugin - Easy Image or Content Slider (url:http://cssglobe.com/post/3783/jquery-plugin-easy-image-or-content-slider)
• Agile carousel (http://code.google.com/p/agile-carousel/)
• Sliding featured content panels (http://css-tricks.com/creating-a-slick-auto-playing-featured-content-slider/)

 

3. Calendar/Scheduler

jQuery plugins

• ???

 

4. Charts and Graphs

jQuery plugins

• Accessible progressive enhancement charts (url:http://www.filamentgroup.com/lab/creating_accessible_charts_using_canvas_and_jquery/)
• jqChart (url:http://www.reach1to1.com/sandbox/jquery/jqchart/)
• Flot (url:http://code.google.com/p/flot/)

 

5. Collapsible Panels

jQuery UI

• jQuery UI Accordion (url:http://jqueryui.com/demos/accordion)

jQuery plugins

• Sliding collapsible panel (http://nettuts.com/javascript-ajax/build-a-top-panel-with-jquery)
• Revealing photo slider description (http://css-tricks.com/revealing-photo-slider/)
• Horizintal accordion (http://letmehaveblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/haccordion-simple-horizontal-accordion.html)

 

6. Combobox: Multiselect

jQuery plugins

• asmSelect ( http://www.ryancramer.com/journal/entries/select_multiple/ )
• Search ahead list builder (http://www.emposha.com/javascript/jquery/jquerymultiselect.html)
• fcbkListSelection (facebook friends selector like)   (url : http://www.emposha.com/javascript/fcbklistselection-like-facebook-friends-selector.html )

 

7. Date Picker: Advanced

jQuery UI

• jQuery UI Datepicker (url:http://jqueryui.com/demos/datepicker)

jQuery plugins

• jQuery date picker plug-in (url:http://www.kelvinluck.com/assets/jquery/datePicker/v2/demo/)
• jQuery date picker (url:http://keith-wood.name/datepick.html)
• jQuery date picker plug-in (url:http://www.eyecon.ro/datepicker/)
• jQuery date range picker with shortcut menu (url:http://www.filamentgroup.com/lab/date_range_picker_using_jquery_ui_16_and_jquery_ui_css_framework/)

 

8. Diagrammer

jQuery plugins

• ???

 

9. Dialog

jQuery UI

• jQuery UI Dialog (url:http://jqueryui.com/demos/dialog)

jQuery plugins

• Facebox (url:http://famspam.com/facebox)
• FancyBox (url:http://fancy.klade.lv/)
• FacyBox (url:http://bitbonsai.com/facybox/)
• iBox v2 (a jQuery lightbox clone) (url:http://www.ibegin.com/labs/ibox/)
• jqModal (url:http://dev.iceburg.net/jquery/jqModal/)
• jQuery Alert Dialogs (Alert, Confirm, & Prompt Replacements)  (url:http://abeautifulsite.net/notebook/87)
• lightBox (url:http://leandrovieira.com/projects/jquery/lightbox/)
• nyroModal (url:http://nyromodal.nyrodev.com/)
• prettyPhoto (a jQuery lightbox clone) (url:http://www.no-margin-for-errors.com/projects/prettyPhoto/auto)
• SimpleModal (url:http://www.ericmmartin.com/simplemodal/)
• Slimbox 2, the ultimate lightweight Lightbox clone for jQuery (url:http://www.digitalia.be/software/slimbox2/)
• SWIP DOMWIndow (url:http://swip.codylindley.com/DOMWindowDemo.html)
• ThickBox (url:http://jquery.com/demo/thickbox/)

 

10. Dockable Panels and Toolbars

• Floating, collapsible containers - http://www.open-lab.com/mb.ideas/index.html#mbContainer

11. Drag and Drop Manager

jQuery UI

• jQuery UI Draggable ( url:http://jqueryui.com/demos/draggable )
• jQuery UI Droppable (url:http://jqueryui.com/demos/droppable)
• jQuery UI Selectable (url:http://jqueryui.com/demos/sortable)
• jQuery UI Sortable (url:http://jqueryui.com/demos/sortable)

jQuery plugins

• ???

 

12. Dynamic Filter

jQuery plugins

• liveSearch ( ejohn.org/apps/livesearch/ Proof of Concept )
• quicksearch (http://rikrikrik.com/jquery/quicksearch/)

 

13. Feedback

jQuery plugins

• humanmsg ( http://code.google.com/p/humanmsg/ )
• jQuery Growl ( http://projects.zoulcreations.com/jquery/growl/ )

 

14. Fisheye

jQuery plugins

• jQuery Sky magnify (http://code.google.com/p/jquery-sky)

 

15. Floating Footer

jQuery plugins

• ???

 

16. Gantt Chart

jQuery plugins

• ???

 

17. Growing Textarea

jQuery plugins

• ???

 

18. Hotkeys/Keyboard Shortcuts

jQuery plugins

• Hot Keys (url: http://code.google.com/p/js-hotkeys/)

 

19. Hover Actions

jQuery plugins

• ???

 

20. Hover Details

jQuery UI

• jQuery UI Tooltip ( http://wiki.jqueryui.com/Tooltip )

jQuery plugins

• jQuery cluetip plugin ( http://plugins.learningjquery.com/cluetip/ )
• Tooltip plugin ( http://bassistance.de/jquery-plugins/jquery-plugin-tooltip/ )
• Coda style help popups (http://jqueryfordesigners.com/coda-popup-bubbles/)
• BeautyTips Demo (url:http://www.lullabot.com/files/bt/bt-latest/DEMO/index.html)
• Amazon style summary overlay (http://nettuts.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/create-an-amazoncom-books-widget-with-jquery-and-xml/)

 

21. Inline Edit

jQuery plugins

• jEditable (url:http://plugins.jquery.com/project/jeditable)

 

22. List: Advanced

jQuery plugins

• ???

 

23. Magnify

jQuery plugins

• ???

 

24. Mapping

jQuery plugins

• ???

 

25. Multiple Document Interface

jQuery plugins

• ???

 

26. Portals

jQuery plugins

• ???

 

27. Progress Indicator

jQuery UI

• jQuery UI Progressbar (url:http://jqueryui.com/demos/progressbar)

jQuery plugins

• JQuery Progress Bar 1.1 (url:http://t.wits.sg/2008/06/20/jquery-progress-bar-11/auto)

 

28. Rating

jQuery plugins

• Star Rating Plugin (url:http://zensoftware.org/archives/483)
• rating (url:http://plugins.learningjquery.com/half-star-rating/)
• jQuery Star Rating Plugin v2.61  (url:http://www.fyneworks.com/jquery/star-rating/)

 

29. Record Locator / Paginator

jQuery plugins

• jQuery Pagination Plugin (url:http://d-scribe.de/webtools/jquery-pagination/demo/demo_options.htm)
• Pagination jQuery Plugin (url:http://eric.garside.name/docs.html?p=pagination)

 

30. Rule Builder/Predicate Editor

jQuery Plugins

• ???

 

31. Slider

jQuery UI

• jQuery UI Slider (url:http://jqueryui.com/demos/slider)

jQuery plugins

• Progressive enhancement sider with axis and tooltip (extends jQuery UI Slider) (url:http://www.filamentgroup.com/lab/update_jquery_ui_16_slider_from_a_select_element/)

 

32. Scoped Search

jQuery plugins

• ???

 

33. Sparklines

jQuery plugins

• jQuery Sparklines plugin (http://omnipotent.net/jquery.sparkline/)

 

34. Splitter

jQuery plugins

• UI/Layout - (url:http://layout.jquery-dev.net)

 

35. Tabs: Advanced

jQuery UI

• jQuery UI Tabs (url:http://jqueryui.com/demos/tabs)

jQuery plugins

• ???

 

36. Table/Grid: Advanced

jQuery UI

• jQuery UI Grid (url:http://wiki.jqueryui.com/Grid)

jQuery plugins

• Table Sorter 2 (url: http://tablesorter.com/docs/)
• jqGrid (url: http://www.trirand.com/blog/)
• ingrid (url:http://reconstrukt.com/ingrid/)
• tree table (http://blog.cubicphuse.nl/2008/11/12/jquery-treetable-2-0)
• Animated Sortable Data Table jQuery plugin - jTPS  (url:http://www.overset.com/2008/08/30/animated-sortable-datagrid-jquery-plugin-jtps/)
• LiteGrid: http://code.google.com/p/litegrid/
• DataTables: http://datatables.net/ 

 

37. Tree: Advanced

jQuery plugins

• jsTree: (url: http://www.jstree.com/) 

 

38. Toolbars

jQuery UI

• Styling Buttons and Toolbars with the jQuery UI CSS Framework. - (url:http://www.filamentgroup.com/lab/styling_buttons_and_toolbars_with_the_jquery_ui_css_framework/)

jQuery plugins

• ???

 

39. Tooltips: Advanced

jQuery plugins

• ???

 

40. Vertical Browser

jQuery plugins

• iPod style drilldown menu - http://www.filamentgroup.com/lab/jquery_ipod_style_drilldown_menu/
• jquery-column-navigation (url:http://code.google.com/p/jquery-column-navigation/)

 

41. View Toggle

jQuery UI

• jQuery UI Buttonset, part of jQuery UI Button (url:http://jqueryui.com/demos/button)

jQuery plugins

• ???

 

42. WYSIWYG/ Rich Text Editor

jQuery plugins

• jwysiwyg (url:http://code.google.com/p/jwysiwyg/)
• markitup (url:http://markitup.jaysalvat.com/home/)
• WYMEditor (url: http://www.wymeditor.org)
• Aloha Editor (url:http://aloha-editor.org/)

 

43. Zoom and Pan

jQuery plugins

• JQZoom (url:http://www.mind-projects.it/projects/jqzoom/)
• magnify (url:http://www.jnathanson.com/index.cfm?page=pages/jquery/magnify/magnify)