Colcade
Lightweight masonry layout
Colcade vs. Masonry
Masonry is great, but it has grown big as it has grown older. Colcade is designed to be small & fast. I recommend using Colcade over Masonry, but read over this feature comparison.
Same features
- Masonry grid layout
- Works as a jQuery plugin or with vanilla JS
- Initialize in HTML
Better features
- Much smaller. 1/8 the size of Masonry
- Better fluid/responsive layout, using native browser positioning
- One file, no dependencies, no package
distbuilt file - Does not require imagesLoaded when using images
Worse features
- No multi-column-spanning items
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- No built-in item transitions for layout, appending, prepending, or removing
- No stamps
- No fitWidth centering
Install
Download: colcade.js
CDN:
<script src="https://unpkg.com/colcade@0/colcade.js"></script>npm: npm install colcade
Bower: bower install colcade
Demos
Usage
Colcade works by moving item elements into column elements.
HTML
<div class="grid">
<!-- columns -->
<div class="grid-col grid-col--1"></div>
<div class="grid-col grid-col--2"></div>
<div class="grid-col grid-col--3"></div>
<div class="grid-col grid-col--4"></div>
<!-- items -->
<div class="grid-item">...</div>
<div class="grid-item">...</div>
<div class="grid-item">...</div>
...
</div>CSS
Sizing of the columns is handled by your own CSS. Change the number of columns by hiding or showing them.
/* Using floats */
.grid-col {
float: left;
width: 50%;
}
/* 2 columns by default, hide columns 2 & 3 */
.grid-col--2, .grid-col--3 { display: none }
/* 3 columns at medium size */
@media ( min-width: 768px ) {
.grid-col { width: 33.333%; }
.grid-col--2 { display: block; } /* show column 2 */
}
/* 4 columns at large size */
@media ( min-width: 1080px ) {
.grid-col { width: 25%; }
.grid-col--3 { display: block; } /* show column 3 */
}/* with flexbox */
.grid {
display: -webkit-box;
display: -webkit-flex;
display: -ms-flexbox;
display: flex;
}
.grid-col {
-webkit-box-flex: 1;
-webkit-flex-grow: 1;
-ms-flex-positive: 1;
flex-grow: 1;
}
/* 2 columns by default, hide columns 2 & 3 */
.grid-col--2, .grid-col--3 { display: none }
/* 3 columns at medium size */
@media ( min-width: 768px ) {
.grid-col--2 { display: block; } /* show column 2 */
}
/* 4 columns at large size */
@media ( min-width: 1080px ) {
.grid-col--3 { display: block; } /* show column 3 */
}Initialize Colcade
Set selectors for column and item elements in the options.
With jQuery. Edit jQuery demo on CodePen
$('.grid').colcade({
columns: '.grid-col',
items: '.grid-item'
})With vanilla JS. Edit vanilla JS demo on CodePen
// element as first argument
var grid = document.querySelector('.grid');
var colc = new Colcade( grid, {
columns: '.grid-col',
items: '.grid-item'
});
// selector string as first argument
var colc = new Colcade( '.grid', {
columns: '.grid-col',
items: '.grid-item'
});With HTML. Edit HTML demo on CodePen
<div class="grid" data-colcade="columns: .grid-col, items: .grid-item">
...
</div>Methods
append
Add items to end of layout.
// jQuery
$grid.colcade( 'append', items )
// vanilla JS
colc.append( items )prepend
Add items to beginning of layout.
// jQuery
$grid.colcade( 'prepend', items )
// vanilla JS
colc.prepend( items )destroy
Remove Colcade behavior completely.
// jQuery
$grid.colcade('destroy')
// vanilla JS
colc.destroy()By David DeSandro
MIT License. Have at it.