brique
v1.0.13
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Create cascading layout grids like Pinterest with the power of CSS Grid Layout.
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Brique.js
Create cascading layout grids like Pinterest with the power of CSS Grid Layout.
Getting Started
Install
$ npm i brique --save
Instantiate
TypeScript
import { Brique } from './node_modules/brique/lib';
const refGrid = document.getElementById('grid');
new Brique(refGrid);
JavaScript ES6
HTML script
tag requires the type="module"
attribute.
<script type="module" src="scripts/main.js"></script>
Create the grid in the JavaScript file (scripts/main.js
) and import the esm
version of the library (index.esm.js
).
import { Brique } from './node_modules/brique/lib/index.esm.js';
const refGrid = document.getElementById('grid');
new Brique(refGrid);
HTML markup example
<div id="grid">
<div>
<h2>Box 1</h2>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.</p>
</div>
<div>
<h2>Box 2</h2>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut laboret.</p>
</div>
<div>
<h2>Box 3</h2>
</div>
<div>
<h2>Box 4</h2>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.</p>
</div>
<div>
<h2>Box 5</h2>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor.</p>
</div>
</div>
Parameters
3 parameters can be passed to the Brique
class.
new Brique(gridElement, options, observeGridResize);
gridElement: HTMLElement
Target HTML element which is the container for grid items.
options: BriqueOptions
(Optional)
| Property | Type | Required | Description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | columns | number | true | Number of columns | | columnGap | string | false | Spacing between columns | | rowGap | string | false | Spacing between row |
Example
const refGrid = document.getElementById('grid');
const options = {
columns: 4,
rowGap: '24px',
columnGap: '16px',
};
new Brique(refGrid, options);
observeGridResize: boolean
(Optional)
The default value for this parameter is true
.
If the value is true
, the grid items will be updated when the viewport is resized.
If the value is false
, the grid will never be updated when the viewport is resized.
Properties
Default options
Static property which returns the options defined by default in the Brique
class.
Brique.DEFAULT_OPTIONS;
itemElements: HTMLElement[]
Reference array of HTML elements of all grid items.
Methods
update()
Update the rendering of the entire grid on demand.
briqueGrid.update();
updateItems()
Update the rendering of the grid items on demand.
briqueGrid.updateItems();
updateOnResize()
Update the dimension of grid items when the grid element is resized.
const refGrid = document.getElementById('grid');
const briqueGrid = new Brique(refGrid);
briqueGrid.updateOnResize();
stopUpdateOnResize()
Stop update the dimension of grid items when the grid element is resized.
briqueGrid.stopUpdateOnResize();
getOptions(): BriqueOptions
Return current options object.
briqueGrid.getOptions(); // output: { columns: 3, rowGap: '32px', columnGap: '32px'}
setOptions(options
)
Change all properties of options object.
briqueGrid.setOptions({
columns: 5
});
updateOptions(updatedOptions
)
Updates only changed properties.
briqueGrid.updateOptions({
columns: 5
});
Can be used to create a responsive grid.
destroy()
Removes all events listened to on the HTML elements handled by the Brique
class.
The destroy()
method must be called when the grid is removed from HTML.
Responsive grid
Update options object on media queries change.
const refGrid = document.getElementById('grid');
const mediaQueryMobile = window.matchMedia('(max-width: 767px)');
const getColumnsNumber = () => mediaQueryMobile.matches ? 2 : 3;
const briqueGrid = new Brique(refGrid, {
columns: getColumnsNumber(),
columnGap: '32px',
rowGap: '32px',
});
mediaQueryMobile.addEventListener('change', () => {
briqueGrid.updateOptions({
columns: getColumnsNumber(),
});
});