jQWidgets jqxToolBar tools Property

Last Updated : 28 Nov, 2021

jQWidgets is a JavaScript framework for making web-based applications for PC and mobile devices. It is a very powerful, optimized, platform-independent, and widely supported framework. The jqxToolBar is used to illustrate a jQuery widget that shows a toolbar where various tools can be spontaneously appended. Moreover, the jqxToolBar favor some widgets namely jqxButton, jqxToggleButton, jqxDropDownList, jqxComboBox as well as jqxInput. However, the custom tools can also be appended.

The tools property is used to set or return the varieties of tools in the displayed jqxToolBar in the direction they begin. It is of type string and its default value is “”.

Syntax:

Set the tools property.

$('#Selector').jqxToolBar({ 
   tools: "button button button | toggleButton | dropdownlist combobox | input" 
});

Return the tools property.

var tools = $('#Selector').jqxToolBar('tools');

Linked Files: Download jQWidgets from the given link. In the HTML file, locate the script files in the downloaded folder.

<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css” type=”text/css” />
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”scripts/jquery-1.11.1.min.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxcore.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxbuttons.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxscrollbar.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxlistbox.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxdropdownlist.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxcombobox.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxinput.js”></script>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”jqwidgets/jqxtoolbar.js”></script>

Example: The below example illustrates the jqxToolBar tools property in jQWidgets.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html lang="en"> 
  
<head> 
    <link rel="stylesheet" 
          href="jqwidgets/styles/jqx.base.css"
          type="text/css" /> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="scripts/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/jqxcore.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/jqxbuttons.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/jqxscrollbar.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/jqxlistbox.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/jqxdropdownlist.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/jqxcombobox.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/jqxinput.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script type="text/javascript" 
            src="jqwidgets/jqxtoolbar.js"> 
    </script> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <center> 
        <h1 style="color:green"> 
            GeeksforGeeks 
        </h1> 
  
        <h3>jQWidgets jqxToolBar tools property 
        </h3> 
  
        <div id="jqxtb"></div> 
  
        <div> 
            <input type="button" id="jqxBtn" 
                style="margin-top: 25px" value="Click here" /> 
        </div> 
        <br> 
        <div id="log"></div> 
    </center> 
  
    <script type="text/javascript"> 
        $(document).ready(function () { 
            $("#jqxtb").jqxToolBar({ 
                width: "470px", 
                theme: "energyblue", 
                height: 70, 
                tools: "button button | dropdownlist combobox | input", 
                initTools: 
                    function (type, index, tool, menuToolIninitialization) { 
                        switch (index) { 
                            case 0: 
                                tool.text("Button1"); 
                                break; 
                            case 1: 
                                tool.text("Button2"); 
                                break; 
                            case 2: 
                                tool.jqxDropDownList({ 
                                    width: 100, 
                                    source: ["Java", "Scala", "C++"], 
                                    selectedIndex: 2 
                                }); 
                                break; 
                            case 3: 
                                tool.jqxComboBox({ 
                                    width: 60, 
                                    source: [4, 5, 8, 10, 15], 
                                    selectedIndex: 3 
                                }); 
                                break; 
                            case 4: 
                                tool.jqxInput({ 
                                    width: 140, 
                                    placeHolder: "Search..." 
                                }); 
                                break; 
                        } 
                    } 
            }); 
            $("#jqxBtn").jqxButton({ 
                width: "140px", 
                height: "30px", 
            }); 
            $("#jqxBtn").on("click", function () { 
                var t = $('#jqxtb').jqxToolBar('tools'); 
                $('#log').text("Tools: " + t); 
            }); 
        }); 
    </script> 
</body> 
</html>