aFarkasImportant note: Webshim is not compatible with upcoming jQuery 3.x and I do not plan to work on a new major version. I will still fix critical bugs in the future though.
Webshim
The polyfilling, capability based loading JavaScript Library
General Principles
- HTML5 compliant: correctly and accurately implemented (HTML5) Markup-, JS- and DOM-APIs
- capability based loading: extremely lightweight in modern browsers
- cross-browser support: All A-Graded browsers including latest version of Opera are tested
- extendable: if we have not implemented a feature you want, you can easily implement it on your own
Features
- canvas
- HTML5 form features including: constraint validation and form widgets (input[type="range"], input[type="date"], input[type="number"], input[type="time"], input[type="month"], output, progress, input[list]/datalist)
- HTML5 audio/video/track implementation
- matchMedia
- interactive elements: summary/details
- XHR2 / filereader (including, XHR2/AJAX CORS and FormData handling)
- picture / img[srcset]
- promise
- geolocation
- ECMAScript 5 / JavaScript 1.8.5 features
- window.URL
- getUserMedia ('usermedia' currently only access to user's camera, not microphone)
- sticky (position: sticky)
Installation and Usage
1 - Download the Webshim Lib and put the js-webshim folder in your project.
2 - Include the JavaScript:
<script src="js/jquery.js"></script>
<script src="js-webshim/minified/polyfiller.js"></script>
<script>
// load and implement all unsupported features
webshims.polyfill();
// or only load a specific feature
//webshims.polyfill('forms es5');
</script>3 - Wait till everything has been loaded and then use it:
<script>
$(function(){
// work with the HTML5 API
$('input:invalid').each(function(){
$(this).after( $.prop(this, 'validationMessage') );
});
// ...
});
</script>Download via bower
bower install webshim --save-dev
License
The Webshims Lib core is licensed under the MIT-License.
Webshims Lib uses many great third party scripts:
| Script | License | URL |
|---|---|---|
| flashcanvas | MIT | http://code.google.com/p/flashcanvas |
| flashcanvaspro | closed | http://flashcanvas.net |
| Jaris FLV | GPL 3.0 | http://jarisflvplayer.org |
| excanvas | Apache License 2.0 | http://excanvas.sourceforge.net |
| moxie | GPL 3.0 | https://github.com/moxiecode/moxie |
| es5 | MIT | https://github.com/280north/narwhal |
| swfmini | MIT | https://code.google.com/p/swfobject |
| track | BSD 2 clause | https://github.com/cgiffard/Captionator |
| color-picker | MIT | http://johndyer.name/post/2007/09/PhotoShop-like-JavaScript-Color-Picker.aspx |
| forms-picker | MIT | https://github.com/brandonaaron/jquery-mousewheel |
| jme.woff | GPL / CC BY 3.0 | http://icomoon.io/#preview-free |
| picture | MIT | https://github.com/scottjehl/picturefill |
| url | any (OSI approved) Open Source licence | https://github.com/inexorabletash/polyfill |
Questions?
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them on stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/webshim.
Please tag your questions with 'webshim'.