Class Bridge

Helper for working with class names in elements.

How to use it

Basic functions

var my_element = document.createElement('div');
my_element.className = 'aaa';

// Check if element has class name.
ClassBridge.has(my_element, 'aaa');  // true

// Add class name to element.
ClassBridge.add(my_element, 'bbb');
ClassBridge.has(my_element, 'bbb');  // true

// Remove class name from element.
ClassBridge.remove(my_element, 'bbb');
ClassBridge.has(my_element, 'bbb');  // false

// Toggle element's class names.
ClassBridge.has(my_element, 'aaa');  // true
ClassBridge.toggle(my_element, 'aaa');
ClassBridge.has(my_element, 'aaa');  // false
ClassBridge.toggle(my_element, 'aaa');
ClassBridge.has(my_element, 'aaa');  // true

Class list

List of classes can be defined as string, array or object.

// String is split into separate items by whitespace.
ClassBridge.add(my_element, 'aaa bbb');
ClassBridge.remove(my_element, 'bbb ccc');
ClassBridge.has(my_element, 'aaa');  // true
ClassBridge.has(my_element, 'bbb');  // false

// Array uses only string items.
ClassBridge.add(my_element, ['aaa', null, true, 123, {}]);
// element's classname is 'aaa' now

// Object's keys are used as classnames, only the ones with truthy
// values are used.
ClassBridge.add({aaa: true, bbb: false});
ClassBridge.has(my_element, 'aaa');  // true
ClassBridge.has(my_element, 'bbb');  // false

Namespaces

Every method has third parameter namespace. This should be a string, which will be attached to every item in the class list.

ClassBridge.add(my_element, 'aaa', 'zzz');
ClassBridge.has(my_element, 'aaa');     // false
ClassBridge.has(my_element, 'zzzaaa');  // true

If you know you will be using namespace consistently, you can create an instance of ClassBridge with predefined namespace:

var MyClassBridge = ClassBridge.withNamespace('zzz');
ClassBridge.add(my_element, 'aaa');
ClassBridge.has(my_element, 'aaa');     // false
ClassBridge.has(my_element, 'zzzaaa');  // true

Documentation

add

Adds class names to the element.

Parameters

• element HTMLElement
• class_names ClassList
• namespace string=

ClassList

List of class names. If a string is provided, it will be split by whitespace. If an array is provided, only string items will be used. If an object is provided, its keys will be used as class names and only the ones with truthy values will be used.

has

Returns true if all class names are present in element.

Parameters

• element HTMLElement
• class_names ClassList
• namespace string=

Returns boolean

hasAny

Returns true if any of class names are present in element.

Parameters

• element HTMLElement
• class_names ClassList
• namespace string=

Returns boolean

mergeClasses

Gets list of unique strings from all provided arrays.

Returns Array

parseClassList

Attempts to extract list of class names from input

Parameters

• input Any=
• namespace string= String to be added to the beginning of every item in result.

Returns {truthy: Array, falsy: Array} Lists of class names evaluated as truthy and falsy.

remove

Removes class names from the element.

Parameters

• element HTMLElement
• class_names ClassList
• namespace string=

subtractClasses

Removes class names from other list of class names.

Parameters

• element_classes Array List of original class names.
• ref_classes Array List of class names to be removed.

Returns Array

toggle

Adds class names to the element if they don't exist yet. Removes the existing ones.

Parameters

• element HTMLElement
• class_names ClassList
• namespace string=

withNamespace

Creates instance of ClassBridge with namespace defined. The namespace will be used automatically in all method calls.

Parameters

• namespace string=

Bug reports, feature requests and contact

If you found any bugs, if you have feature requests or any questions, please, either file an issue at GitHub or send me an e-mail at riki@fczbkk.com.

License

Class Bridge is published under the MIT license.