Use of other Javascript Libraries

Can other JS Libraries be used within ModX?

I know, I know people will say why? Protoype and scriptaculus do everything you need!

Its just that this guy is creating some great widget classes using the Yahoo UI library, they are cool especially this http://www.jackslocum.com/yui/2006/10/19/cross-browser-web-20-layouts-with-yahoo-ui/

I also like the the look of the yahoo Ui library and design patterns. The widgets available (and coming)
http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/
http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/

Just wondering if anything needs to be done to ensure there is no conflicts with the built in ModX prototype adn another third party JS library?

Cheers

Dean

Sure. You can use anything you like. Personally, I like the MooTools and MooFx libraries. Just make the usual links to them in your template header, or use the regClientStartupScript() and regClientScript() functions to load them through a snippet on pages that use the javascript effects.

The only issues you might have is if you are logged in to the Manager and have QuickEdit enabled; since it automatically adds the Prototype and Scriptaculous libraries to your document’s header it may cause conflicts with your libraries. But you can easily enough disable the QuickEdit plugin if that’s the case.

Thanks Susan

Nice to know the flexibility is there

Cheers

Dean