Endless Scroll
1.6.0 release. The code base is currently being rewritten on the 2.0-rewrite branch.
If you encounter problems with scrolling up, please use the oldIf you don't already know, endless scrolling (or infinite scrolling or pagination) is a popular technique amongst modern websites such as Google Reader and Live Image Search, whereby instead of paging through items using traditional pagination links, the page just keeps loading with new items attached to the end.
Endless Scroll not only helps you build highly customisable infinite scrolling effects, it also offers features not commonly seen. Such features include:
- The ability to up-scroll and prepend content to the beginning of the page
- The ability to limit the number of available 'pages', i.e. data truncation
- And there are more exciting features in the works, including SEO-friendly URLs!
Configuration
There are a few options to customise the behaviour of this plugin:
Option | Type | Description |
pagesToKeep | Integer | The number of 'pages' to keep before either end of the scrolling content are discarded, by default (value set to `null`) no content will be discarded. |
inflowPixels | Integer | The number of pixels from the boundary of the element that triggers the event. |
fireOnce | Boolean | Only fire once until the execution of the current event is completed. |
fireDelay | Integer | Delays the subsequent firing, in milliseconds, 0 or false to disable delay. |
loader | String | The HTML to be displayed during loading. |
content | String or Function | Plain HTML content to insert after each call, can be either a string or a function that returns a string, when passed as a function it accepts three arguments:
|
insertBefore | String | jQuery selector syntax: where to put the loader as well as the plain HTML data. |
insertAfter | String | jQuery selector syntax: where to put the loader as well as the plain HTML data. |
intervalFrequency | Integer | Set the frequency of the scroll event checking, the larger the frequency number, the less memory it consumes - but also the less sensitive the event trigger becomes. |
ceaseFireOnEmpty | Boolean | Ceases fire automatically when the content is empty, set it to `false` if you are using `callback` instead of `content` for loading content. |
resetCounter | Function | Resets the fire sequence counter if the function returns true, this function could also perform hook actions since it is applied at the start of the event. |
callback | Function | Callback function, accepts three arguments:
|
ceaseFire | Function | Stops the event (no more endless scrolling) if the function returns true, accepts three arguments:
|
Usage
// using default options
$(window).endlessScroll();
// using some custom options
$("#images").endlessScroll({
fireOnce: false,
fireDelay: false,
loader: '<div class="loading"><div>',
callback: function(p){
alert("test");
}
});
Custom Loader Styles
You may customise the look and feel of the loader by changing:
.endless_scroll_loader
(class, for all Endless Scroll loaders);- Or
#endless_scroll_loader_<scroller_dom_html_id>
(id, for the specific loader).
Custom Style for the Most Recently Loaded Content
The most recently loaded content is wrapped in #endless_scroll_content_current
.
Demo
CoffeeScript and JavaScript
Endless Scroll, starting from v1.6.0 is written in CoffeeScript. To contribute and/or modify the source code, please edit src/jquery.endless-scroll.coffee
and recompile the JavaScript. To include Endless Scroll in your webpage, please use the compiled js/jquery.endless-scroll.js
.
The command for automatically compiling to JavaScript is:
coffee -w -b -o js/ -c src/
Browser Support
All modern browsers (Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera, IE7+) should be supported. Please open an issue if Endless Scroll doesn't work on a particular browser.
Changelog
v1.8.0 [2012-04-17]
- Added
ceaseFireOnEmpty
. - Added
pagesToKeep
. - Fixed
$(window)
uses.
v1.7.1 [2012-04-16]
- Added
scrollDirection
to the callback arguments. - Fixed the demo.
v1.7.0 [2012-04-16]
- Endless Scroll now supports infinite up-scrolling!
- Renamed
bottomPixels
option toinflowPixels
. - Added
insertBefore
option. - Added
pageSequence
to the callback arguments. - Fixed the unreliable
#endless_scroll_content_current
wrapper.
v1.6.0 [2012-04-15]
- Refactored the code using CoffeeScript.
- Renamed
data
option tocontent
. - Tweaked the demo page.
v1.5.1 [2012-03-08]
- Added
fireSequence
argument toceaseFire
. - Added a
ceaseFire
example to the demo page. - Fixed
loader
.
v1.5.0 [2012-03-08]
- Added
intervalFrequency
option. - Endless Scroll should now consume less memory in most situations.
v1.4.8 [2011-11-18]
- Refactored default options merge to avert side effects.
v1.4.7 [2011-11-08]
- Compatibility fix for IE7 and IE8.
v1.4.6 [2011-10-26]
- Fixed an issue with inner_wrap and the first scroll event.
v1.4.5 [2011-09-25]
ceaseFire
now works as expected during ascroll
event.
v1.4.4 [2011-06-28]
- The AJAX loader should be removed when there's no more results to load.
v1.4.3 [2011-06-28]
- The
data
option now accepts a fireSequence argument too.
v1.4.2 [2011-01-08]
- Fixed a bug where calling the script on
$(document)
would fail.
v1.4.1 [2010-06-18]
- Fixed a bug where the callback fires when the inner wrap hasn't been created.
v1.4 [2010-06-18]
- Endless Scroll now works with any elements, not just
$(document)
!
v1.3 [2009-04-20]
- Fixed a bug caused by
fireDelay
.
v1.2 [2009-01-16]
- Added
resetCounter
option.
v1.1 [2009-01-15]
- Added
fireDelay
option.
v1.0 [2009-01-15]
- Initial release.
More jQuery Plugins
Check out my other jQuery plugins:
- Inline Confirmation - One of the less obtrusive ways of implementing confirmation dialogues.
- Slideshow Lite - An extremely lightweight slideshow plugin for jQuery.
License
Copyright (c) 2008-2012 Fred Wu