Angular Module for displaying a feed of items in a masonry layout using https://github.com/desandro/masonry

This package is a fork from https://github.com/jelgblad/angular2-masonry to update it to work for newer Angular releases as no work seems to have been done on it for almost 12 months (at the time of writing this).

If I have the time I will look into further improvements, but please do not expect support as I don't have the time for that.

This updated version is also compatible with Angular Universal server side rendering (SSR)

ngx-masonry is in development and not ready for production use. Feel free to install and try it out, but depend on it at your own risk.

Installation

npm install ngx-masonry --save

If you're using SystemJS add ngx-masonry and masonry-layout to your configuration:

packages: {
  "ngx-masonry": { "defaultExtension": "js", "main": "index" }
},
map: {
  "ngx-masonry": "node_modules/ngx-masonry",
  "masonry-layout": "node_modules/masonry-layout/dist/masonry.pkgd.js"
}

Usage

Import NgxMasonryModule into your app's modules:

import { NgxMasonryModule } from 'ngx-masonry';

@NgModule({
  imports: [
    NgxMasonryModule
  ]
})

@Component({
  selector: 'my-component',
  template: `
     <ngx-masonry>
       <ngx-masonry-item class="masonry-item" *ngFor="let item of masonryItems">{{item.title}}</ngx-masonry-item>
     </ngx-masonry>
     `,
  styles: [
    `
       .masonry-item { width: 200px; }
     `
  ]
})
class MyComponent {
  masonryItems = [
    { title: 'item 1' },
    { title: 'item 2' },
    { title: 'item 3' },
    { title: 'item 4' },
    { title: 'item 5' },
    { title: 'item 6' }
  ];
}

Configuration

Options

Read about Masonry options here: Masonry Options

The options-attribute takes an object with the following properties:

• itemSelector: string;
• columnWidth: number | string;
• gutter: number;
• percentPosition: boolean;
• stamp: string;
• fitWidth: boolean;
• originLeft: boolean;
• originTop: boolean;
• containerStyle: string;
• transitionDuration: string;
• resize: boolean;
• initLayout: boolean;

Examples

Inline object:

<ngx-masonry [options]="{ transitionDuration: '0.8s' }"></ngx-masonry>

From parent component:

import { MasonryOptions } from 'ngx-masonry';

public myOptions: MasonryOptions = {
  transitionDuration: '0.8s'
};

<ngx-masonry [options]="myOptions"></ngx-masonry>

imagesLoaded

NOTE: Will throw error if global imagesLoaded not available.

Delay adding brick until all images in brick are loaded. To activate imagesLoaded set useImagesLoaded to true.

<ngx-masonry [useImagesLoaded]="true"></ngx-masonry>

index.html:

<script src="https://unpkg.com/imagesloaded@4/imagesloaded.pkgd.min.js"></script>

check the ImagesLoaded website for the latest version.

updateLayout

ngx-masonry has an input property, updateLayout, which accepts a boolean and will call masonry's layout() method on a change. It ignores the first change when the component loads.

<ngx-masonry [updateLayout]="updateMasonryLayout"></ngx-masonry>

When updateMasonryLayout is updated, the layout() method will be called.

Events

layoutComplete: EventEmitter<any[]>

Triggered after a layout and all positioning transitions have completed.

http://masonry.desandro.com/events.html#layoutcomplete

removeComplete: EventEmitter<any[]>

Triggered after an item element has been removed.

http://masonry.desandro.com/events.html#removecomplete

Examples

<ngx-masonry (layoutComplete)="doStuff($event)" (removeComplete)="doOtherStuff($event)"></ngx-masonry>

Demo

This repository contains a working app using ngx-masonry as a child module, not as an npm package. You can go to the demo respository to view an app that uses it as an npm package.

View a live demo here