I am a newbie in this java and jquery area and i have a code that i would like it to be turned into a jquery widget as it is the only way i can use it.

The code is for a checkbox customisation which i downloaded from ryanfait but i have to use it only as a widget, the problem is i dont know how to convert from javascript to the widget code.

The code is the one below:

2. /*
3. 
   
4. CUSTOM FORM ELEMENTS
5. 
   
6. Created by Ryan Fait
7. www.ryanfait.com
8. 
   
9. The only things you may need to change in this file are the following
10. variables: checkboxHeight, radioHeight and selectWidth (lines 24, 25, 26)
11. 
    
12. The numbers you set for checkboxHeight and radioHeight should be one quarter
13. of the total height of the image want to use for checkboxes and radio
14. buttons. Both images should contain the four staages of both inputs stacked
15. on top of each other in this order: unchecked, unchecked-clicked, checked,
16. checked-clicked.
17. 
    
18. You may need to adjust your images a bit if there is a slight vertical
19. movement during the different stages of the button activation.
20. 
    
21. The value of selectWidth should be the width of your select list image.
22. 
    
23. Visit http://ryanfait.com/ for more information.
24. 
    
25. */
26. 
    
27. var checkboxHeight = "53";
28. var radioHeight = "25";
29. var selectWidth = "190";
30. 
    
31. 
    
32. /* No need to change anything after this */
33. 
    
34. 
    
35. document.write('<style type="text/css">input.styled { display: none; } select.styled { position: relative; width: ' + selectWidth + 'px; opacity: 0; filter: alpha(opacity=0); z-index: 5; } .disabled { opacity: 0.5; filter: alpha(opacity=50); }</style>');
36. 
    
37. var Custom = {
38. init: function() {
39. var inputs = document.getElementsByTagName("input"), span = Array(), textnode, option, active;
40. for(a = 0; a < inputs.length; a++) {
41. if((inputs[a].type == "checkbox" || inputs[a].type == "radio") && inputs[a].className == "styled") {
42. span[a] = document.createElement("span");
43. span[a].className = inputs[a].type;
44. 
    
45. if(inputs[a].checked == true) {
46. if(inputs[a].type == "checkbox") {
47. position = "0 -" + (checkboxHeight*2) + "px";
48. span[a].style.backgroundPosition = position;
49. } else {
50. position = "0 -" + (radioHeight*2) + "px";
51. span[a].style.backgroundPosition = position;
52. }
53. }
54. inputs[a].parentNode.insertBefore(span[a], inputs[a]);
55. inputs[a].onchange = Custom.clear;
56. if(!inputs[a].getAttribute("disabled")) {
57. span[a].onmousedown = Custom.pushed;
58. span[a].onmouseup = Custom.check;
59. } else {
60. span[a].className = span[a].className += " disabled";
61. }
62. }
63. }
64. inputs = document.getElementsByTagName("select");
65. for(a = 0; a < inputs.length; a++) {
66. if(inputs[a].className == "styled") {
67. option = inputs[a].getElementsByTagName("option");
68. active = option[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
69. textnode = document.createTextNode(active);
70. for(b = 0; b < option.length; b++) {
71. if(option[b].selected == true) {
72. textnode = document.createTextNode(option[b].childNodes[0].nodeValue);
73. }
74. }
75. span[a] = document.createElement("span");
76. span[a].className = "select";
77. span[a].id = "select" + inputs[a].name;
78. span[a].appendChild(textnode);
79. inputs[a].parentNode.insertBefore(span[a], inputs[a]);
80. if(!inputs[a].getAttribute("disabled")) {
81. inputs[a].onchange = Custom.choose;
82. } else {
83. inputs[a].previousSibling.className = inputs[a].previousSibling.className += " disabled";
84. }
85. }
86. }
87. document.onmouseup = Custom.clear;
88. },
89. pushed: function() {
90. element = this.nextSibling;
91. if(element.checked == true && element.type == "checkbox") {
92. this.style.backgroundPosition = "0 -" + checkboxHeight*3 + "px";
93. } else if(element.checked == true && element.type == "radio") {
94. this.style.backgroundPosition = "0 -" + radioHeight*3 + "px";
95. } else if(element.checked != true && element.type == "checkbox") {
96. this.style.backgroundPosition = "0 -" + checkboxHeight + "px";
97. } else {
98. this.style.backgroundPosition = "0 -" + radioHeight + "px";
99. }
100. },
101. check: function() {
102. element = this.nextSibling;
103. if(element.checked == true && element.type == "checkbox") {
104. this.style.backgroundPosition = "0 0";
105. element.checked = false;
106. } else {
107. if(element.type == "checkbox") {
108. this.style.backgroundPosition = "0 -" + checkboxHeight*2 + "px";
109. } else {
110. this.style.backgroundPosition = "0 -" + radioHeight*2 + "px";
111. group = this.nextSibling.name;
112. inputs = document.getElementsByTagName("input");
113. for(a = 0; a < inputs.length; a++) {
114. if(inputs[a].name == group && inputs[a] != this.nextSibling) {
115. inputs[a].previousSibling.style.backgroundPosition = "0 0";
116. }
117. }
118. }
119. element.checked = true;
120. }
121. },
122. clear: function() {
123. inputs = document.getElementsByTagName("input");
124. for(var b = 0; b < inputs.length; b++) {
125. if(inputs[b].type == "checkbox" && inputs[b].checked == true && inputs[b].className == "styled") {
126. inputs[b].previousSibling.style.backgroundPosition = "0 -" + checkboxHeight*2 + "px";
127. } else if(inputs[b].type == "checkbox" && inputs[b].className == "styled") {
128. inputs[b].previousSibling.style.backgroundPosition = "0 0";
129. } else if(inputs[b].type == "radio" && inputs[b].checked == true && inputs[b].className == "styled") {
130. inputs[b].previousSibling.style.backgroundPosition = "0 -" + radioHeight*2 + "px";
131. } else if(inputs[b].type == "radio" && inputs[b].className == "styled") {
132. inputs[b].previousSibling.style.backgroundPosition = "0 0";
133. }
134. }
135. },
136. choose: function() {
137. option = this.getElementsByTagName("option");
138. for(d = 0; d < option.length; d++) {
139. if(option[d].selected == true) {
140. document.getElementById("select" + this.name).childNodes[0].nodeValue = option[d].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
141. }
142. }
143. }
144. }
145. window.onload = Custom.init;
146. 
     

Can anyone please help me out it is really really important that i get it to work.

Thanks & Regards

M