This dashboard front-end was created as I was lacking a simple responsive but slick looking dashboard for another project of mine. Other available dashboards were bloated with external plugins and required a lot of hackery/work out of the box - plus the fact many were powered by jQuery. The design takes inspiration from other dashboards around, but the code to create the layout is my own.
Compatibility/Tested:
- Chrome, Firefox, IE 11+
- Works best on screen sizes greater than ~335px
Live Example:
jQuery version available on the jQuery branch!
Simply clone, or download and unzip this repository and access the dist folder via your browser. There is only one page on show (index.html), and the relevant sections have been commented.
Requirements:
The project uses:
Clone the repo, run npm install to install all dependencies.
After that you can either:
- Run
node_mopdules/.bin/gulp buildto build the project. - Run
node_mopdules/.bin/gulpto start a local webserver with AWESOME automatic compilation and Livereload (We use gulp-connect).
Responsive Dashboard uses LESS for styling so we take advantage of variables to theme the dashboard. Take a look at src/less/dashboard/variables.less and customize with your own colors.
The grid layout and components are powered by Bootstrap, also Font Awesome icons are ready to use.
A widget is essentially a white container box with some styling, that will expand 100% of it's parent container. To separate these out, I suggest putting them inside a bootstrap grid item, e.g:
<div class="col-lg-3">
<div class="widget">A widget has a widget-title and also a widget-body which can be used individually inside the widget.
Any content can be inside a widget-body, which will be padded by default. Three set sizes for the body are available and will provide a scroller for the content when the content breaks the height. Apply either large medium or small to the widget-body class, e.g: <div class="widget-body medium">.
If no size is set, the content will expand vertically based on content size.
Padding
Padding inside widgets is set to 20px. To remove this padding, apply the no-padding class on the widget body, e.g: <div class="widget-body no-padding">.
Tables
Styling for tables is included. Ensure your table has the class table and feel free to apply other Bootstrap classes. For table headings use thead and the body tbody. Tables work well with the no-padding class.
Messages & Errors
A message can be set within the body whether it has padding or not - simply place a <div> within the body with the class of message, e.g:
<div class="widget-body no-padding">
<div class="message" ng-if="servers.length == 0">
There are no servers in the application!
</div>
</div>If you wish to set this text to red, to display an error for example, simply replace message with error, e.g:
<div class="widget-body no-padding">
<div class="error" ng-if="error">
An error occurred retrieving data from the server!
</div>
</div>AngularJS is mainly being used to power the sidebar toggle (side in and out). It does a combination of detecting the browser size and managing a toggle cookie to keep the state the same when the page is reloaded. Check out the src/js/dashboard/controllers/master-ctrl.js file.
The idea is not for AngularJS to be used just to power this functionality, it's used to be compatible with your AngularJS project.
The loading 'spinner' is a simple directive created with AngularJS within the src/js/dashboard/directives/loading.js file which replaces an HTML element with a defined template. In this case, the HTML template is taken from this awesome spinkit repo, and the CSS placed in the src/less/dashboard/loading.less.
Usage of the directive: <rd-loading></rd-loading> or <div rd-loading></div>
If you want to change it, simply replace the template and CSS!
Usage:
<rd-widget>
<rd-widget-header title="Hello World"><rd-widget-header>
<!-- The if the loading parameter is true, it will show an spinner instead of the content.-->
<rd-widget-body loading="true">Hello Universe<rd-widget-body>
<rd-widget>