Ever wanted to add some AJAX effects to your site to create a great and interactive looking site. Here’s a list of 48 of the best Mootools scripts around there (e.g. image galleries, lightbox clones, tabbed contents, forms, menus, tables, date pickers…).
MochaUI
MochaUI is a web applications user interface library built on the Mootools JavaScript framework to develop great Web Applications, virtual desktop, modal windows, widget… Maybe the best mootools app I have seen so far. You should definitely check this one!
Mootools version: 1.2
Mootools Ext Adapter
An attempt at creating a mootools adapter for the fantastic Ext library by Jack Slocum.
Mootools version: 1.2
Milkbox
Another lightbox clone, but this time is written for Mootools 1.2.
Mootools version: 1.2
NoobSlide
Nice and easy plugin for image slider. 8 slider samples in total.
Mootools version: 1.11 and 1.2
(E)2 Photo Gallery
(E)2 Photo Gallery is a open source gallery. Designed to allow you to upload your photos to a desired folder, tell the (E)2 Photo Gallery what folder to look at and it will automatically load the images using PHP.
Mootools version: 1.1
Pathfusion : Slideshow
Slideshow with transition between images.
Mootools version: 1.11
MooSlide
Can call several content sliders on one page.
Mootools version: 1.2
SmoothGallery
This gallery and slideshow system allows you to have simple and smooth (cross-fading…) image galleries, slideshows, showcases and other cool stuff on your website…
Mootools version: 1.2
MooFlow
iTunes like image gallery. It is the script I chose to use to display my showcase on my homepage.
Mootools version: 1.2
Viewer - mootools
Slideshow to display image galleries or page sections.
Mootools version: 1.2
Slimbox
Slimbox is a 4kb visual clone of the popular Lightbox JS v2.0 by Lokesh Dhakar, written using the ultra compact mootools framework.
Mootools version: 1.2
BarackSlideshow
An elegant, lightweight slideshow script based on Obama’s homepage slideshow.
Mootools version: 1.2
SlideShow 2
Slideshow 2! is a javascript class for Mootools 1.2 to stream and animate the presentation of images on your website.
Mootools version: 1.2
PathFusion : multibox
Another lightbox clone that supports images, flash, video, mp3s, html.
Mootools version: 1.2
SqueezeBox - Expandable Lightbox
SqueezeBox is an unobtrusive LightBox inspired overlay, for modal boxed content on your site. It’s a snap to show images but just as easy to use HTML elements, Ajax requests, iFrames, SWF movies and more.
Mootools version: 1.2
MediaBox
Using the MooTools javascript library, Mediabox lets you open flash, video, and html content in a floating “lightbox” style window.
Mootools version: 1.2
Javascript Image Gallery Using Mootools (part 2)
HTML friendly Javascript image gallery using mootools.
Mootools version: 1.2
Sliding Tabs
Sliding Tabs is a mootools 1.11 plugin which adds a pretty neat effect. It’s a clone of the Panic Software’s Coda site.
Mootools version: 1.11
Mootabs
MooTabs is a tiny(3kb) class for MooTools. As the name suggests, it’s main purpose is to help out with the creation of simple tab navigation.
Mootools version: 1.1
SimpleTabs - Unobtrusive Tabs + Ajax
Small, simple and unobtrusive Tab plugin for MooTools including support for Ajax content.
Mootools version: 1.2
Custom Form Elements
Style custom form elements to enhance checkboxes, radiobuttons, fileupload, textinput, textarea, select, submit, reset, image.
Mootools version: 1.2
FormCheck
Form validator. It will pop up a message when a field is left empty.
Mootools version: 1.2
fValidator
fValidator is an open source (free) unobtrusive javascript tool for easy handling form validation.
Mootools version: 1.2
ForMoo - Form Tools for Mootools
Another Form Validator.
Mootools version: ??
MOOdalBox - an HTML Lightbox
A modal box (inline popup), used to display remote content loaded using AJAX, web 2.0 style, written for the mootools framework.
Mootools version: 1.2
Javascript Fisheye Example
Impressive demo of Javascript Fisheye Menu for Mootools version 1.
Mootools version: 1.0
FancyUpload - Swiff meets Ajax
Swiff meets Ajax for powerful and elegant uploads. FancyUpload is a file-input replacement which features an unobtrusive, multiple-file selection menu and queued upload with an animated progress bar.
Mootools version: 1.11
UI TESTS :: Drop Menu
A sweet drop down menu with two levels.
Mootools version: 1.2
ddmenu
ddMenu is a simple MooTools-based script to create you’re own context menus.
Mootools version: 1.2
Fancy Menu
The well known Fancy Menu from Devthought.
Mootools version: ???
Mootools :: Drop Menu example
A drop down menu.
Mootools version: 1.0
UvumiTools drop down menu
The UvumiTools Dropdown Menu is a very simple multi-level menu built from an HTML unorderd list.
Mootools version: 1.2
Drop Down Menu
Another drop down menu.
Mootools version: ??
MenuMatic - Drop Down Menu
MenuMatic is a MooTools 1.2 class that takes a sematic ordered or unordered list of links and turns it into a dynamic drop down menu system.
Mootools version: 1.2
PathFusion : image menu
Horizontal menu, reveals more of the image as you rollover it.
Mootools version: 1.11
Calendar (date picker)
Calendar is a Javascript class that adds accessible and unobtrusive date-pickers to your form elements.
Mootools version: 1.2
Unobtrusive JavaScript date-picker widgit
Unobtrusive date-picker.
Mootools version: ??
Another date picker
Date picker.
Mootools version: ??
wysiwyg - mootools
WYSIWYG editor (What You See Is What You Get). The page is in Spanish.
Mootools version: 1.2
Pathfusion - Sortable table
Sort and filter tables.
Mootools version: 1.11
Mootable
Sortable tables created from standard tables.
Mootools version: ??
Reflection.js
Add reflections to your images.
Mootools version: 1.2
Autocompleter
This AutoCompleter script for MooTools provides the functionality for text suggestion and completion. It features different data-sources (local, JSON or XML), a variety of user interactions, custom formatting, multiple selection, animations and much more.
Mootools version: 1.2
Tipsx3
Add tooltips to your text or links.
Mootools version: 1.2
Mootools Split Panes - Work in Progress
Split Panes.
Mootools version: ??
iCarousel
iCarousel is an open source (free) javascript tool for creating carousel like widgets.
Mootools version: 1.1
MooSocialize
Ajax based social network bookmark widget.
Mootools version: 1.2
Pathfusion : Rounded Corner
Creates rounded corners on divs.
Mootools version: 1.11
Updates
Update (Oct 14, 2008): I just discovered today a new lightbox clone: SexyLightBox. Pretty neat!
Update (Oct 14, 2008): heySilver - MooTools Edition - Navigation system for Web applications that provides extra functionality to any application.
Don’t know the Mootools framework? Learn it!
MooTools 1.2 for The Non Programmer - Part I Get started with Mootools. The tutorials comes with a lot of Mootools demos to see the scripts in action.
MooTools Basic Tips for Web Designer - (Lesson 1) Another basic (maybe too basic?) Mootools tutorial from Antonio Lupetti to get started.
30 Days of Mootools 1.2 Tutorials - Day 1 - Intro to the Library. Each tutorial comes with some advanced examples and demos. Really interesting.
A MooTools Tutorial :: The “Mootorial”. How-to tutorial on the MooTools library. Become a master!
Mootools: ‘Ajax & XHR’ classes - Solutoire.com
Mootools: JSON explained - Solutoire.com
Understanding Mootools Selectors $, $$, $E and $ES - Solutoire.com
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October 14th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Wow! Nice collection!
The wysiwyg editor is awesome, I’ve been searching this for months.
Mootable is nice too, maybe I’ll use it.
Thanks!
October 14th, 2008 at 11:47 am
Which one of the above would I use if I wanted to create a flickr style photostream which loads in the next and previous images next to the main image? Tabs, slides?
thnkx
October 14th, 2008 at 11:54 am
NoobSlide would work (sample 6 and 7).
October 14th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Thanks I will have a play, nice small footprint too and available in mootools 1.1 which is important for me at the moment
October 14th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
Pretty cool list. I can’t wait to try some of this out and start playing around with v1.2 of Mootools. I am stuck with 1.11 for now until Joomla ships out an update with the new version of Mootools.
October 14th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
and Sexy Alert Box?
Great collection
October 14th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
Great list.
Another great concept (unfortunately it doesn’t work in IE6): an iphone like scrolling system: http://www.stylekueste.de/iscroll.htm
October 15th, 2008 at 7:59 am
@Eduardo: Lo siento, lo habia olvidado.
October 20th, 2008 at 6:36 am
There’s also about 60 plugins on Clientside:
http://clientside.cnet.com/js (download)
http://clientside.cnet.com/docs (docs)
October 20th, 2008 at 9:32 am
Thanks Aaron! Is there any demo page where we can see the plugins in action?
October 20th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
There’s a “wikitorial” that demonstrates every single one. You can find them all here:
http://clientside.cnet.com/wiki/
November 12th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Splendid! I love this list. Please add more javascripts soon.
November 12th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
Another list is on its way. It will be published in about 10 days.
November 15th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
We are waiting! Thank you!!
November 17th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
we all love you