jQuery CompactWall

CompactWall is a packing jQuery plugin that will organize a set of blocks to use the minimum vertical space, for example a set of pictures on an image wall.

It is a variation of the masonry plugin to be used the vertical space is more important than keeping the blocks ordered.

A more detailed documentation and some example can be found here.

Usage

<div id="container">
  <div class="block">...</div>
  <div class="block">...</div>
  <div class="block">...</div>
  ...
</div>

$(function(){
  $('#container').compactWall({
    $('.block')
  });
});

Note that the blocks should have a know size to be reorganized, for example if you use images in your block you have to specify their size in the css.

Parameters

To be passed in a hash as the second argument.

• containerWidth: the width of the container to pack the blocks in, default is the inner width of the object the plugin is called on
• maxTime: the number of milliseconds before the calculation stops, will avoid using too much time when the number of combinations is too high, default is 100ms.

License

Except files with their own copyright license:

Copyright (c) 2012, Julien Kirch All rights reserved.

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