I'm trying to create a tile-like content carousel for a website I'm creating. Basically I need the ordinary content carousel functionality that comes in a lot of different jQuery plug-ins etc. - but instead of the slider being linear, I need the items to shift tiles in a circular manner like this:
Step 1:
Step 2:
Step 3:
I tried creating the setup using Flexbox and some simple jQuery:
$(document).ready(function () {
$(".item").each(function (index) {
$(this).css("order", index);
});
$(".prev").on("click", function () {
// Move all items one order back
$(".item").each(function (index) {
var currentOrder = parseInt($(this).css("order"));
if (currentOrder == undefined) {
currentOrder = index;
}
var newOrder = currentOrder - 1;
if (newOrder < 0) {
newOrder = 5;
}
$(this).css("order", newOrder);
});
});
$(".next").on("click", function () {
// Move all items one order forward
$(".item").each(function (index) {
var currentOrder = parseInt($(this).css("order"));
var newOrder = currentOrder + 1;
if (newOrder > 5) {
newOrder = 0;
}
$(this).css("order", newOrder);
});
});
});
.container {
display: flex;
flex-direction: row;
flex-wrap: wrap;
width: 500px;
}
.item {
width: 125px;
height: 75px;
color: white;
text-align: center;
font-size: 24px;
border: 1px solid white;
padding-top: 50px;
box-sizing: content-box;
background-color: rgb(42, 128, 185);
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<button class="prev">Prev</button>
<button class="next">Next</button>
<div class="container">
<div class="item one">1</div>
<div class="item two">2</div>
<div class="item three">3</div>
<div class="item four">4</div>
<div class="item five">5</div>
<div class="item six">6</div>
</div>
but this leaves me with some unresolved issues:
How do I animate the tiles when changing the order (when clicking next/prev)?
How do I fix the order so that the items move in a continuous line instead of wrapping to the start of next line (I'd like the order to be like displayed in step 2 -> 3)?
Any existing plug-in (I've looked but can't find any) or codepen etc. would be very much appreciated as I'm not sure if my approach is maintainable (or even doable).
Thanks a bunch :)
I've used absolute position formula from index to (top, left). Then i've used jQuery to animate that. That's lame but can be improved if that's an issue. It looks nice.
const containerBox = document.querySelector('#container')
let divs = [...containerBox.querySelectorAll('div')]
var size = 100
var margin = 2
function get_top_left(pos) {
if (pos < divs.length / 2) {
return {
left: pos * size + margin * (pos),
top: 0
}
} else {
return {
left: (divs.length - pos - 1) * size + margin * (divs.length - pos - 1),
top: size + margin
}
}
}
var offset = 0
function draw() {
divs.forEach(function(div, index) {
var len = divs.length
index = ((index + offset) % len + len) % len
var pos = get_top_left(index);
//div.style.left = pos.left + "px"
//div.style.top = pos.top + "px"
$(div).animate({
"left": pos.left + "px",
"top": pos.top + "px"
})
})
}
next.onclick = _ => {
offset += 1
draw()
}
prev.onclick = _ => {
offset -= 1
draw()
}
draw();
#container {
display: flex;
flex-direction: row;
flex-wrap: wrap;
width: 500px;
height: 260px;
margin: 10px;
position: relative;
}
#container>div {
width: 100px;
height: 66px;
color: white;
text-align: center;
font-size: 24px;
border: 1px solid white;
padding-top: 34px;
box-sizing: content-box;
background: #2a80b9;
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<button id="prev">Prev</button>
<button id="next">Next</button>
<div id="container">
<div> 1 </div>
<div> 2 </div>
<div> 3 </div>
<div> 4 </div>
<div> 5 </div>
<div> 6 </div>
</div>
This kind of carousel ?
const
containerBox = document.querySelector('#container')
, nextOrder = [3,0,1,4,5,2]
, prevOrder = [1,2,5,0,3,4]
;
next.onclick =_=>
{
let divs = [...containerBox.querySelectorAll('div')]
nextOrder.forEach(n=> containerBox.appendChild( divs[n]) )
}
prev.onclick =_=>
{
let divs = [...containerBox.querySelectorAll('div')]
prevOrder.forEach(n=> containerBox.appendChild( divs[n]) )
}
#container {
display : flex;
flex-direction : row;
flex-wrap : wrap;
width : 500px;
margin : 20px;
}
#container > div {
width : 125px;
height : 75px;
color : white;
text-align : center;
font-size : 24px;
border : 1px solid white;
padding-top : 50px;
box-sizing : content-box;
background : #2a80b9;
}
<button id="prev">Prev</button>
<button id="next">Next</button>
<div id="container">
<div> 1 </div>
<div> 2 </div>
<div> 3 </div>
<div> 6 </div>
<div> 5 </div>
<div> 4 </div>
</div>
I have fixed sidebar which should scroll along with main content and stop at certain point when I scroll down. And vise versa when I scroll up.
I wrote script which determines window height, scrollY position, position where sidebar should 'stop'. I stop sidebar by adding css 'bottom' property. But I have 2 problems with this approach:
When sidebar is close to 'pagination' where it should stop, it suddenly jumps down. When I scroll up it suddenly jumps up.
When I scroll page, sidebar moves all the time
Here's my code. HTML:
<div class="container">
<aside></aside>
<div class="content">
<div class="pagination"></div>
</div>
<footer></footer>
</div>
CSS:
aside {
display: flex;
position: fixed;
background-color: #fff;
border-radius: 4px;
transition: 0s;
transition: margin .2s, bottom .05s;
background: orange;
height: 350px;
width: 200px;
}
.content {
display: flex;
align-items: flex-end;
height: 1000px;
width: 100%;
background: green;
}
.pagination {
height: 100px;
width: 100%;
background: blue;
}
footer {
height: 500px;
width: 100%;
background: red;
}
JS:
let board = $('.pagination')[0].offsetTop;
let filterPanel = $('aside');
if (board <= window.innerHeight) {
filterPanel.css('position', 'static');
filterPanel.css('padding-right', '0');
}
$(document).on('scroll', function () {
let filterPanelBottom = filterPanel.offset().top + filterPanel.outerHeight(true);
let bottomDiff = board - filterPanelBottom;
if(filterPanel.css('position') != 'static') {
if (window.scrollY + window.innerHeight - (bottomDiff*2.6) >= board)
filterPanel.css('bottom', window.scrollY + window.innerHeight - board);
else
filterPanel.css('bottom', '');
}
});
Here's live demo on codepen
Side bar is marked with orange background and block where it should stop is marked with blue. Than you for your help in advance.
I solved my problem with solution described here
var windw = this;
let board = $('.pagination').offset().top;
let asideHeight = $('aside').outerHeight(true);
let coords = board - asideHeight;
console.log(coords)
$.fn.followTo = function ( pos ) {
var $this = this,
$window = $(windw);
$window.scroll(function(e){
if ($window.scrollTop() > pos) {
$this.css({
position: 'absolute',
top: pos
});
} else {
$this.css({
position: 'fixed',
top: 0
});
}
});
};
$('aside').followTo(coords);
And calculated coordinates as endpoint offset top - sidebar height. You can see solution in my codepen
I'm implementing a custom menu that appears when the user clicks the left mouse button and I'm having trouble trying to set the position (X, Y) of the menu so that the entire menu will be visible no matter which part of the page it opens.
The image below represents the problem:
The width of the menu increases depending on the text it has, so adjusting its position and height is also a challenge.
var elements = $('#content').find('h1, p, span');
var setMenuPosition = function(x, y) {
$("#menu").css('top', y);
$("#menu").css('left', x);
};
var setSelectedText = function() {
$('#menu').data('text', $(this).text());
};
var openMenu = function(e) {
e.stopPropagation();
elements.css('border', '1px solid transparent');
$(this).css('border', '1px dashed #333');
$('#menu').addClass('active');
$('#selected-text').text($('#menu').data('text'));
setMenuPosition(e.pageX, e.pageY);
};
var closeMenu = function() {
elements.css('border', '1px solid transparent');
$('#menu').removeClass('active');
};
$('#content').find('h1, p, span').on('mouseenter', setSelectedText);
$('#content').find('h1, p, span').on("click", openMenu);
$('#menu').on('mouseleave', closeMenu);
h1,
p,
span {
border: 1px solid transparent;
}
#content {
background-color: #e9e9ea;
padding: 25px;
}
#menu {
visibility: hidden;
opacity: 0;
transition: visibility 0s, opacity 0.5s linear;
background-color: #84ce6a;
color: #fff;
padding: 15px;
position: absolute;
min-width: 200px;
border-radius: 8px;
}
#menu.active {
visibility: visible;
opacity: 1;
}
#my-span {
background-color: rgb(255, 79, 79);
color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
padding: 0px 5px;
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="content">
<h1>My Title</h1>
<p>My text</p>
<p>My another text</p>
<p>My text <span id="my-span">My span</span>, other part of the same text</p>
</div>
<div id="menu">
<h4>Selected text is: <span id="selected-text"></span></h4>
<button>
Ok
</button>
</div>
My fiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/robsonnogueira/295d78ak/
To prevent the Menu go outside the viewport you need this logic:
// 1. Set menu content
$menuContent.text(ev.currentTarget.textContent);
// 2. Get X, Y click coordinates
let X = ev.clientX;
let Y = ev.clientY;
// 3. Fix X, Y
X = Math.max(0, Math.min(X, $win.width() - $menu.outerWidth(true)) );
Y = Math.max(0, Math.min(Y, $win.height() - $menu.outerHeight(true)) );
// 4. Show menu
$menu.css({left:X, top:Y}).addClass('is-visible');
which takes in consideration the window (viewport) size and the Menu size (after its content is inserted) - and fixes, modifies the X, Y coordinates accordingly by using a combination of Math.max() and Math.min()
Here's an example:
jQuery($ => {
const $win = $(window);
const $menu = $('#menu');
const $menuContent = $('#menu-content');
const menuOpen = (ev) => {
ev.stopPropagation();
// 1. Set menu content
$menuContent.text(ev.currentTarget.textContent);
// 2. Get X, Y click coordinates
let X = ev.clientX;
let Y = ev.clientY;
// 3. Fix X, Y
X = Math.max(0, Math.min(X, $win.width() - $menu.outerWidth(true)) );
Y = Math.max(0, Math.min(Y, $win.height() - $menu.outerHeight(true)) );
// 4. Show menu
$menu.css({left:X, top:Y}).addClass('is-visible');
}
const menuClose = () => {
$menu.removeClass('is-visible');
}
// Events
$(".menu-open").on('click', menuOpen);
$(".menu-close").on('click', menuClose);
$(document).on('click', menuClose);
$menu.on('click', ev => ev.stopPropagation());
});
html, body {
height: 100%;
margin:0;
font: 14px/1.4 sans-serif;
}
#menu {
position: fixed;
max-width: 300px;
left: 0;
top: 0;
background: #84ce6a;
padding: 10px 20px;
visibility: hidden;
opacity: 0;
transition: visibility 0.24s, opacity 0.24s;
}
#menu.is-visible {
visibility: visible;
opacity: 1;
}
/*Demo only*/
.menu-open{
position: absolute;
}
.menu-open:nth-child(1) {top: 0; left: 0;}
.menu-open:nth-child(2) {top: 0; right: 0;}
.menu-open:nth-child(3) {bottom: 0; left: 0;}
.menu-open:nth-child(4) {bottom: 0; right: 0;}
<span class="menu-open">Click to open menu</span>
<span class="menu-open">Click me</span>
<span class="menu-open">Click here to open menu</span>
<span class="menu-open">Click to open menu</span>
<div id="menu">
<h3>This is my menu</h3>
<div id="menu-content"></div>
<button class="menu-close">CLOSE MENU</button>
</div>
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.min.js"></script>
The above can be additionally improved by:
Make the menu perform on the "right side" similarily as on the left side - by first calculating if a point-flip is achievable (anchor the element on the opposite right-top, right-bottom or left-bottom corners), or otherwise-stick to far edge as it does now.
Fixing the Menu width / height if does not fit in viewport (Some additional CSS for menu content/body scrollbars might be necessary)
What I want:
| A | | B | | C |
^ ^
When you move the handles left and right A, B, and C resize accordingly
| A | | B | | C |
What I have is the || between B and C sliding, but not resizing B and all I get on the other one is the resize cursor. Basically C is a curtain and covers A and B. I did get min size working for C.
| A | C |
I broke somebody else's perfectly good code to get this far:
var isResizing = false,
who='',
lastDownX = 0;
$(function () {
var container = $('#container'),
left = $('#left'),
right = $('#right'),
middle = $('#middle'),
hand2 = $('#hand2'),
handle = $('#handle');
handle.on('mousedown', function (e) {
isResizing = true;
who=e.target.id;
lastDownX = e.clientX;
});
$(document).on('mousemove', function (e) {
var temp, min;
// we don't want to do anything if we aren't resizing.
if (!isResizing)
return;
min=container.width() * 0.1;
temp = container.width() - (e.clientX - container.offset().left);
if (temp < min)
temp = min;
if (who == 'handle')
right.css('width', temp);
if (who == 'hand2')
left.css('width', temp);
}).on('mouseup', function (e) {
// stop resizing
isResizing = false;
});
});
body, html {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
#container {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
/* Disable selection so it doesn't get annoying when dragging. */
-webkit-touch-callout: none;
-webkit-user-select: none;
-khtml-user-select: none;
-moz-user-select: moz-none;
-ms-user-select: none;
user-select: none;
}
#container #left {
width: 40%;
height: 100%;
float: left;
background: red;
}
#container #middle {
margin-left: 40%;
height: 100%;
background: green;
}
#container #right {
position: absolute;
right: 0;
top: 0;
bottom: 0;
width: 200px;
background: rgba(0, 0, 255, 0.90);
}
#container #handle {
position: absolute;
left: -4px;
top: 0;
bottom: 0;
width: 80px;
cursor: w-resize;
}
#container #hand2 {
position: absolute;
left: 39%;
top: 0;
bottom: 0;
width: 80px;
cursor: w-resize;
}
<div id="container">
<!-- Left side -->
<div id="left"> This is the left side's content!</div>
<!-- middle -->
<div id="middle">
<div id="hand2"></div> This is the middle content!
</div>
<!-- Right side -->
<div id="right">
<!-- Actual resize handle -->
<div id="handle"></div> This is the right side's content!
</div>
</div>
Been playing with it here: https://jsfiddle.net/ju9zb1he/5/
I was looking for a solution that required less extensive CSS. It does have one minor bug(FIXED), but hopefully this should get you started. Here is a DEMO.
Also I aimed to use DOM Traversal methods like .next() and .prev() that way it wouldn't be so attribute dependent, and would be easily reusable if you needed a feature like this multiple times on a page.
Edit - Further Explanation
The idea here is onClick of a .handle we want to gather the total width (var tWidth) of the .prev() and .next() divs relative to the .handle in the DOM. We can then use the start mouse position (var sPos) to substract the amount of pixels we've moved our mouse (e.pageX). Doing so gives us the correct width that the .prev() div should have on mousemove. To get the width of the .next() div we need only to subtract the width of the .prev() div from the total width (var tWidth) that we stored onClick of the .handle. Hope this helps! Let me know if you have any further questions, however I will likely be unavailable till tomorrow.
HTML
<div class="container">
<div id="left"></div>
<div id="l-handle" class="handle"></div>
<div id="middle"></div>
<div id="r-handle" class="handle"></div>
<div id="right"></div>
</div>
CSS
#left, #middle, #right {
display: inline-block;
background: #e5e5e5;
min-height: 200px;
margin: 0px;
}
#l-handle, #r-handle {
display: inline-block;
background: #000;
width: 2px;
min-height: 200px;
cursor: col-resize;
margin: 0px;
}
jQuery
var isDragging = false,
cWidth = $('.container').width(),
sPos,
handle,
tWidth;
$('#left, #middle, #right').width((cWidth / 3) - 7); // Set the initial width of content sections
$('.handle').on('mousedown', function(e){
isDragging = true;
sPos = e.pageX;
handle = $(this);
tWidth = handle.prev().width() + handle.next().width();
});
$(window).on('mouseup', function(e){
isDragging = false;
});
$('.container').on('mousemove', function(e){
if(isDragging){ // Added an additional condition here below
var cPos = sPos - e.pageX;
handle.prev().width((tWidth / 2) - cPos); // This was part of the bug...
handle.next().width(tWidth - handle.prev().width());
// Added an update to sPos here below
}
});
Edit
The bug was caused by 2 things.
1) On mousemove we were dividing the total width by two, instead of an updated mouse offset.
2) The sPos was not updating on mousemove, and stayed a static number based off of the click location.
Resolution
Update the sPos on mousemove that way the mouse offset is accurately based off of the previous mousemove position, rather than the click position. When this is done we can then subtract the .next() div's width from the total width. Then we subtract our current mouse position from the remaining width. The fiddle has been updated as well.
$('.container').on('mousemove', function(e){
var cPos = sPos - e.pageX;
if(isDragging && ((tWidth - handle.next().width()) - cPos) <= tWidth){
handle.prev().width((tWidth - handle.next().width()) - cPos);
handle.next().width(tWidth - handle.prev().width());
sPos = e.pageX;
}
});
Edit
Added an additional condition on mousemove to prevent the drag from exceeding the total width (var tWidth).
Can you please explain what you're trying to accomplish?
I don't believe you need to use position: absolute. The premise of absolute positioning is to override the margin and padding imposed on an element by its parent.
You don't need to do this, all elements have relative positioning by default which makes them push eachother around and don't allow overlapping.
I'm probably missing something, but I think this is what you want with nothing but some very basic CSS: http://jsfiddle.net/3bdoazpk/
<div class='first'>
asdf
</div><div class='second'>
dasdf
</div><div class='third'>
sadf
</div>
body {
margin: 0;
}
div {
display: inline-block;
height: 100%;
}
.first, .third {
width: 40%;
}
.first {
background-color: red;
}
.second {
background-color: blue;
width: 20%;
}
.third {
background-color: green;
}
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flex-grow: 1;
flex-shrink: 0;
flex-basis: 50%; /* initial status */
}
#pan2 {
flex-grow: 0;
flex-shrink: 1;
overflow-x: auto;
}
#rpanrResize {
flex-grow: 0;
flex-shrink: 0;
background: #1b1b51;
width: 0.2rem;
cursor: col-resize;
margin: 0 0 0 auto;
}
<div>
<div id="pan1">MENU</div>
<div id="rpanrResize"> </div>
<div id="pan2">BODY</div>
</div>
Improving on Reza's answer:
prevent the browser from interfering with a drag
prevent setting an element to a negative size
prevent drag getting out of sync with the mouse due to incremental delta interaction with element width saturation
<html><head><style>
.splitter {
width: 100%;
height: 100px;
display: flex;
}
#separator {
cursor: col-resize;
background-color: #aaa;
background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='10' height='30'><path d='M2 0 v30 M5 0 v30 M8 0 v30' fill='none' stroke='black'/></svg>");
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: center;
width: 10px;
height: 100%;
/* Prevent the browser's built-in drag from interfering */
-moz-user-select: none;
-ms-user-select: none;
user-select: none;
}
#first {
background-color: #dde;
width: 20%;
height: 100%;
min-width: 10px;
}
#second {
background-color: #eee;
width: 80%;
height: 100%;
min-width: 10px;
}
</style></head><body>
<div class="splitter">
<div id="first"></div>
<div id="separator" ></div>
<div id="second" ></div>
</div>
<script>
// A function is used for dragging and moving
function dragElement(element, direction)
{
var md; // remember mouse down info
const first = document.getElementById("first");
const second = document.getElementById("second");
element.onmousedown = onMouseDown;
function onMouseDown(e)
{
//console.log("mouse down: " + e.clientX);
md = {e,
offsetLeft: element.offsetLeft,
offsetTop: element.offsetTop,
firstWidth: first.offsetWidth,
secondWidth: second.offsetWidth
};
document.onmousemove = onMouseMove;
document.onmouseup = () => {
//console.log("mouse up");
document.onmousemove = document.onmouseup = null;
}
}
function onMouseMove(e)
{
//console.log("mouse move: " + e.clientX);
var delta = {x: e.clientX - md.e.clientX,
y: e.clientY - md.e.clientY};
if (direction === "H" ) // Horizontal
{
// Prevent negative-sized elements
delta.x = Math.min(Math.max(delta.x, -md.firstWidth),
md.secondWidth);
element.style.left = md.offsetLeft + delta.x + "px";
first.style.width = (md.firstWidth + delta.x) + "px";
second.style.width = (md.secondWidth - delta.x) + "px";
}
}
}
dragElement( document.getElementById("separator"), "H" );
</script></body></html>
I wrote simple code for it without any third-party library. This code is only for a horizontal splitter (vertical is the same).
function onload()
{
dragElement( document.getElementById("separator"), "H" );
}
// This function is used for dragging and moving
function dragElement( element, direction, handler )
{
// Two variables for tracking positions of the cursor
const drag = { x : 0, y : 0 };
const delta = { x : 0, y : 0 };
/* If present, the handler is where you move the DIV from
otherwise, move the DIV from anywhere inside the DIV */
handler ? ( handler.onmousedown = dragMouseDown ): ( element.onmousedown = dragMouseDown );
// A function that will be called whenever the down event of the mouse is raised
function dragMouseDown( e )
{
drag.x = e.clientX;
drag.y = e.clientY;
document.onmousemove = onMouseMove;
document.onmouseup = () => { document.onmousemove = document.onmouseup = null; }
}
// A function that will be called whenever the up event of the mouse is raised
function onMouseMove( e )
{
const currentX = e.clientX;
const currentY = e.clientY;
delta.x = currentX - drag.x;
delta.y = currentY - drag.y;
const offsetLeft = element.offsetLeft;
const offsetTop = element.offsetTop;
const first = document.getElementById("first");
const second = document.getElementById("second");
let firstWidth = first.offsetWidth;
let secondWidth = second.offsetWidth;
if (direction === "H" ) // Horizontal
{
element.style.left = offsetLeft + delta.x + "px";
firstWidth += delta.x;
secondWidth -= delta.x;
}
drag.x = currentX;
drag.y = currentY;
first.style.width = firstWidth + "px";
second.style.width = secondWidth + "px";
}
}
.splitter {
width: 500px;
height: 100px;
display: flex;
}
#separator {
cursor: col-resize;
background: url(https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RickStrahl/jquery-resizable/master/assets/vsizegrip.png) center center no-repeat #535353;
width: 10px;
height: 100px;
min-width: 10px;
}
#first {
background-color: green;
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
min-width: 10px;
}
#second {
background-color: red;
width: 390px;
height: 100px;
min-width: 10px;
}
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="T10-Splitter.css">
<script src="T10-Splitter.js"></script>
</head>
<body onload="onload()">
<div class="splitter">
<div id="first"></div>
<div id="separator"></div>
<div id="second"></div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Here is my lightweight vanilla JavaScript approach, using Flexbox:
http://codepen.io/lingtalfi/pen/zoNeJp
It was tested successfully in Google Chrome 54, Firefox 50, Safari 10, don't know about other browsers.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Title</title>
<script src="https://cdn.rawgit.com/lingtalfi/simpledrag/master/simpledrag.js"></script>
<style type="text/css">
html, body {
height: 100%;
}
.panes-container {
display: flex;
width: 100%;
overflow: hidden;
}
.left-pane {
width: 18%;
background: #ccc;
}
.panes-separator {
width: 2%;
background: red;
position: relative;
cursor: col-resize;
}
.right-pane {
flex: auto;
background: #eee;
}
.panes-container,
.panes-separator,
.left-pane,
.right-pane {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
height: 100%;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="panes-container">
<div class="left-pane" id="left-pane">
<p>I'm the left pane</p>
<ul>
<li>Item 1</li>
<li>Item 2</li>
<li>Item 3</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="panes-separator" id="panes-separator"></div>
<div class="right-pane" id="right-pane">
<p>And I'm the right pane</p>
<p>
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. A accusantium at cum cupiditate dolorum, eius eum
eveniet facilis illum maiores molestiae necessitatibus optio possimus sequi sunt, vel voluptate. Asperiores,
voluptate!
</p>
</div>
</div>
<script>
var leftPane = document.getElementById('left-pane');
var rightPane = document.getElementById('right-pane');
var paneSep = document.getElementById('panes-separator');
// The script below constrains the target to move horizontally between a left and a right virtual boundaries.
// - the left limit is positioned at 10% of the screen width
// - the right limit is positioned at 90% of the screen width
var leftLimit = 10;
var rightLimit = 90;
paneSep.sdrag(function (el, pageX, startX, pageY, startY, fix) {
fix.skipX = true;
if (pageX < window.innerWidth * leftLimit / 100) {
pageX = window.innerWidth * leftLimit / 100;
fix.pageX = pageX;
}
if (pageX > window.innerWidth * rightLimit / 100) {
pageX = window.innerWidth * rightLimit / 100;
fix.pageX = pageX;
}
var cur = pageX / window.innerWidth * 100;
if (cur < 0) {
cur = 0;
}
if (cur > window.innerWidth) {
cur = window.innerWidth;
}
var right = (100-cur-2);
leftPane.style.width = cur + '%';
rightPane.style.width = right + '%';
}, null, 'horizontal');
</script>
</body>
</html>
This HTML code depends on the simpledrag vanilla JavaScript lightweight library (less than 60 lines of code).
Hmm, I came across this property in CSS 3.
This might be easier to use.
CSS resize Property
In the old days, you would use frames to achieve this. There are several reasons why this approach is not so good. See Reece's response to Why are HTML frames bad?. See also Jakob Nielson's Why Frames Suck (Most of the Time).
A somewhat newer approach is to use inline frames. This has pluses and minuses as well: Are iframes considered 'bad practice'?
An even better approach is to use fixed positioning. By placing the navigation content (e.g. the favorites links in your example) in a block element (like a div) then applying position:fixed to that element and setting the left, top and bottom properties like this:
#myNav {
position: fixed;
left: 0px;
top: 0px;
bottom: 0px;
width: 200px;
}
... you will achieve a vertical column down the left side of the page that will not move when the user scrolls the page.
The rest of the content on the page will not "feel" the presence of this nav element, so it must take into account the 200px of space it occupies. You can do this by placing the rest for the content in another div and setting margin-left:200px;.
Many missed this post from Barguast on Feb 27 '15 where shows a interesting generic flexbox vertical and horizontal resizer.
Take a look: Flexbox Resizing
Barguast note that "... it only handles items sized with flex-grow. If flex-shrink or flex-basis is defined, then the calculations simply don't work.", and he is looking for a better solution, so do I.
Here is his code for reference:
function manageResize(md, sizeProp, posProp)
{
var r = md.target;
var prev = r.previousElementSibling;
var next = r.nextElementSibling;
if (!prev || !next) {
return;
}
md.preventDefault();
var prevSize = prev[sizeProp];
var nextSize = next[sizeProp];
var sumSize = prevSize + nextSize;
var prevGrow = Number(prev.style.flexGrow);
var nextGrow = Number(next.style.flexGrow);
var sumGrow = prevGrow + nextGrow;
var lastPos = md[posProp];
function onMouseMove(mm)
{
var pos = mm[posProp];
var d = pos - lastPos;
prevSize += d;
nextSize -= d;
if (prevSize < 0) {
nextSize += prevSize;
pos -= prevSize;
prevSize = 0;
}
if (nextSize < 0) {
prevSize += nextSize;
pos += nextSize;
nextSize = 0;
}
var prevGrowNew = sumGrow * (prevSize / sumSize);
var nextGrowNew = sumGrow * (nextSize / sumSize);
prev.style.flexGrow = prevGrowNew;
next.style.flexGrow = nextGrowNew;
lastPos = pos;
}
function onMouseUp(mu)
{
window.removeEventListener("mousemove", onMouseMove);
window.removeEventListener("mouseup", onMouseUp);
}
window.addEventListener("mousemove", onMouseMove);
window.addEventListener("mouseup", onMouseUp);
}
function setupResizerEvents()
{
document.body.addEventListener("mousedown", function (md) {
var target = md.target;
if (target.nodeType !== 1 || target.tagName !== "FLEX-RESIZER") {
return;
}
var parent = target.parentNode;
var h = parent.classList.contains("h");
var v = parent.classList.contains("v");
if (h && v) {
return;
} else if (h) {
manageResize(md, "scrollWidth", "pageX");
} else if (v) {
manageResize(md, "scrollHeight", "pageY");
}
});
}
setupResizerEvents();
flex {
display: flex;
}
flex-item > flex {
position: absolute;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
flex.h {
-ms-flex-direction: row;
flex-direction: row;
}
flex.v {
-ms-flex-direction: column;
flex-direction: column;
}
flex-item {
display: flex;
position: relative;
overflow: hidden;
}
flex > flex-resizer {
-ms-flex: 0 0 8px;
flex: 0 0 8px;
background: white;
}
flex.h > flex-resizer {
cursor: ew-resize;
}
flex.v > flex-resizer {
cursor: ns-resize;
}
<body>
<flex class="v" style="height: 500px">
<flex-item style="flex: 1; background: red">Flex 1</flex-item>
<flex-resizer></flex-resizer>
<flex-item style="flex: 1; background: blue">
<flex class="h">
<flex-item style="flex: 1">Flex 2</flex-item>
<flex-resizer></flex-resizer>
<flex-item style="flex: 2; background: green">
<flex class="v">
<flex-item style="flex: 1; background: pink;">Flex 3</flex-item>
<flex-resizer></flex-resizer>
<flex-item style="flex: 1">
<flex class="h">
<flex-item style="flex: 1">Flex 4</flex-item>
<flex-resizer></flex-resizer>
<flex-item style="flex: 2; background: yellow">Flex 5</flex-item>
<flex-item style="flex: 2; background: yellow">Flex 6</flex-item>
</flex>
</flex-item>
</flex>
</flex-item>
</flex>
</flex-item>
</flex>
</body>
And here is my improved version:
function manageResize(md, sizeProp, posProp) {
var r = md.target;
var prev = r.previousElementSibling;
var next = r.nextElementSibling;
if (!prev || !next) {
return;
}
md.preventDefault();
var prevSize = prev[sizeProp];
var nextSize = next[sizeProp];
var sumSize = prevSize + nextSize;
var prevGrow = Number(prev.style.flexGrow);
var nextGrow = Number(next.style.flexGrow);
var sumGrow = prevGrow + nextGrow;
var lastPos = md[posProp];
function onMouseMove(mm) {
var pos = mm[posProp];
var d = pos - lastPos;
prevSize += d;
nextSize -= d;
if (prevSize < 0) {
nextSize += prevSize;
pos -= prevSize;
prevSize = 0;
}
if (nextSize < 0) {
prevSize += nextSize;
pos += nextSize;
nextSize = 0;
}
var prevGrowNew = sumGrow * (prevSize / sumSize);
var nextGrowNew = sumGrow * (nextSize / sumSize);
prev.style.flexGrow = prevGrowNew;
next.style.flexGrow = nextGrowNew;
lastPos = pos;
}
function onMouseUp(mu) {
// Change cursor to signal a state's change: stop resizing.
const html = document.querySelector('html');
html.style.cursor = 'default';
if (posProp === 'pageX') {
r.style.cursor = 'ew-resize';
} else {
r.style.cursor = 'ns-resize';
}
window.removeEventListener("mousemove", onMouseMove);
window.removeEventListener("mouseup", onMouseUp);
}
window.addEventListener("mousemove", onMouseMove);
window.addEventListener("mouseup", onMouseUp);
}
function setupResizerEvents() {
document.body.addEventListener("mousedown", function (md) {
// Used to avoid cursor's flickering
const html = document.querySelector('html');
var target = md.target;
if (target.nodeType !== 1 || target.tagName !== "FLEX-RESIZER") {
return;
}
var parent = target.parentNode;
var h = parent.classList.contains("h");
var v = parent.classList.contains("v");
if (h && v) {
return;
} else if (h) {
// Change cursor to signal a state's change: begin resizing on H.
target.style.cursor = 'col-resize';
html.style.cursor = 'col-resize'; // avoid cursor's flickering
// use offsetWidth versus scrollWidth (and clientWidth) to avoid splitter's jump on resize when a flex-item content overflow (overflow: auto).
manageResize(md, "offsetWidth", "pageX");
} else if (v) {
// Change cursor to signal a state's change: begin resizing on V.
target.style.cursor = 'row-resize';
html.style.cursor = 'row-resize'; // avoid cursor's flickering
manageResize(md, "offsetHeight", "pageY");
}
});
}
setupResizerEvents();
body {
/* margin:0; */
border: 10px solid #aaa;
}
flex {
display: flex;
overflow: hidden;
}
/* flex-item > flex {
position: absolute;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
} */
flex.h {
flex-direction: row;
}
flex.v {
flex-direction: column;
}
flex-item {
/* display: flex; */
/* position: relative; */
/* overflow: hidden; */
overflow: auto;
}
flex > flex-resizer {
flex: 0 0 10px;
/* background: white; */
background-color: #aaa;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: center;
}
flex.h > flex-resizer {
cursor: ew-resize;
background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='10' height='30'><path d='M2 0 v30 M5 0 v30 M8 0 v30' fill='none' stroke='black'/></svg>");
}
flex.v > flex-resizer {
cursor: ns-resize;
background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='30' height='10'><path d='M0 2 h30 M0 5 h30 M0 8 h30' fill='none' stroke='black'/></svg>");
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge">
<title>flex-splitter</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="./src/styles.css">
<script src="./src/index.js" defer></script>
</head>
<body>
<flex class="v" style="flex: 1; height: 500px;">
<flex-item style="flex: 1;">Flex 1</flex-item>
<flex-resizer></flex-resizer>
<flex class="h" style="flex: 1;">
<flex-item style="flex: 1; background-color: aqua;">
<!--
The next section is an example to test the splitter when there is content inside a flex-item
-->
<section>
<div>
<label for="CursorCoor" style="display: block;">showCursorCoor: </label>
<textarea id="CursorCoor" rows="6" cols="50" wrap="soft" readonly></textarea>
</div>
<br />
<div>
<label for="boxInfo" style="display: block;">showBoxInfo: </label>
<textarea id="boxInfo" rows="6" cols="50" wrap="soft" readonly></textarea>
</div>
</section>
</flex-item>
<flex-resizer></flex-resizer>
<flex class="v" style="flex: 2; ">
<flex-item style="flex: 1; background: pink;">Flex 3</flex-item>
<flex-resizer></flex-resizer>
<flex class="h" style="flex: 1">
<flex-item style="flex: 1; background: green;">Flex 4</flex-item>
<flex-resizer></flex-resizer>
<flex-item style="flex: 2;">Flex 5</flex-item>
<!-- <flex-resizer></flex-resizer> -->
<flex-item style="flex: 3; background: darkorange;">Flex 6</flex-item>
</flex>
</flex>
</flex>
</flex>
</body>
</html>
Or see it on Codesandbox:
You can do it with jQuery UI without another JavaScript library. Just add a function to the .resizable resize event to adjust the width of the other div.
$("#left_pane").resizable({
handles: 'e', // 'East' side of div draggable
resize: function() {
$("#right_pane").outerWidth( $("#container").innerWidth() - $("#left_pane").outerWidth() );
}
});
Here's the complete JSFiddle.
One totally different approach is to put things in a grid, such as ui-grid or Kendo's grid, and have the columns be resizable. A downside is that users would not be able to resize the rows, though the row size could be set programmatically.
You can use absolute of fixed positioning. This CSS for example will dock a 2em-bar on the left side of your page:
body {
padding-left: 2.5em;
}
body > #bar {
position:fixed;
top:0; left:0;
width: 2em;
height: 100%;
border-right: 2px solid #55F; background: #ddd;
}
(Demo at jsfiddle.net)
The Angular version with no third-party libraries (based on personal_cloud's answer):
import { Component, Renderer2, ViewChild, ElementRef, AfterViewInit, OnDestroy } from '#angular/core';
#Component({
selector: 'my-app',
templateUrl: './app.component.html',
styleUrls: [ './app.component.css' ]
})
export class AppComponent implements AfterViewInit, OnDestroy {
#ViewChild('leftPanel', {static: true})
leftPanelElement: ElementRef;
#ViewChild('rightPanel', {static: true})
rightPanelElement: ElementRef;
#ViewChild('separator', {static: true})
separatorElement: ElementRef;
private separatorMouseDownFunc: Function;
private documentMouseMoveFunc: Function;
private documentMouseUpFunc: Function;
private documentSelectStartFunc: Function;
private mouseDownInfo: any;
constructor(private renderer: Renderer2) {
}
ngAfterViewInit() {
// Init page separator
this.separatorMouseDownFunc = this.renderer.listen(this.separatorElement.nativeElement, 'mousedown', e => {
this.mouseDownInfo = {
e: e,
offsetLeft: this.separatorElement.nativeElement.offsetLeft,
leftWidth: this.leftPanelElement.nativeElement.offsetWidth,
rightWidth: this.rightPanelElement.nativeElement.offsetWidth
};
this.documentMouseMoveFunc = this.renderer.listen('document', 'mousemove', e => {
let deltaX = e.clientX - this.mouseDownInfo.e.x;
// set min and max width for left panel here
const minLeftSize = 30;
const maxLeftSize = (this.mouseDownInfo.leftWidth + this.mouseDownInfo.rightWidth + 5) - 30;
deltaX = Math.min(Math.max(deltaX, minLeftSize - this.mouseDownInfo.leftWidth), maxLeftSize - this.mouseDownInfo.leftWidth);
this.leftPanelElement.nativeElement.style.width = this.mouseDownInfo.leftWidth + deltaX + 'px';
});
this.documentSelectStartFunc = this.renderer.listen('document', 'selectstart', e => {
e.preventDefault();
});
this.documentMouseUpFunc = this.renderer.listen('document', 'mouseup', e => {
this.documentMouseMoveFunc();
this.documentSelectStartFunc();
this.documentMouseUpFunc();
});
});
}
ngOnDestroy() {
if (this.separatorMouseDownFunc) {
this.separatorMouseDownFunc();
}
if (this.documentMouseMoveFunc) {
this.documentMouseMoveFunc();
}
if (this.documentMouseUpFunc) {
this.documentMouseUpFunc();
}
if (this.documentSelectStartFunc()) {
this.documentSelectStartFunc();
}
}
}
.main {
display: flex;
height: 400px;
}
.left {
width: calc(50% - 5px);
background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
}
.right {
flex: auto;
background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
}
.separator {
width: 5px;
background-color: red;
cursor: col-resize;
}
<div class="main">
<div class="left" #leftPanel></div>
<div class="separator" #separator></div>
<div class="right" #rightPanel></div>
</div>
Running example on Stackblitz
I found a working splitter, http://www.dreamchain.com/split-pane/, which works with jQuery v1.9. Note I had to add the following CSS code to get it working with a fixed bootstrap navigation bar.
fixed-left {
position: absolute !important; /* to override relative */
height: auto !important;
top: 55px; /* Fixed navbar height */
bottom: 0px;
}
A good library is Shield UI - you can take a look at their flexible Splitter widget and the rest of the powerful components the framework offers.