javascript Programming Glossary: chainability

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10487850/jquery-val-idiom

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2830542/prevent-double-submission-of-forms-in-jquery

submit can be ignored form.data 'submitted' true Keep chainability return this Use it like this 'form' .preventDoubleSubmission..

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3709604/why-doesnt-jquery-bomb-if-your-selector-object-is-invalid

improve this question There are a few good reasons here chainability is the main drive the ability to write very terse code by chaining..

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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5477394/getting-initial-selector-inside-jquery-plugin

'ul' .hide returns the jQuery object to allow for chainability. return this javascript jquery share improve this question..

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/603499/javascript-object-method-chaining-useful

the Object of which they are methods this then leads to chainability. My question then how can this be useful I threw this together..

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7389944/this-vs-this-in-jquery

below from the jQuery website plugin tutorial showing how chainability works function .fn.lockDimensions function type return this.each..