jQuery question Circular Content Carousel WordPress

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Hi all,

Not strictly a WP question, but I figured someone might know.

I'm using this carousel for a site and would like to know how I can add a margin-right of 20px on each "ca_item"? IF margin-right isn't appropriate that's fine, I'd just like a gap of 20 pixels between each one.

CSS doesn't work as the items are positioned via the javascript and given absolute positioning.

Link to example:
http://tympanus.net/codrops/2011/08/16/circular-content-carousel/

and the contentcarousel.js code:
(function($) {
var aux = {
// navigates left / right
navigate : function( dir, $el, $wrapper, opts, cache ) {

var scroll = opts.scroll,
factor = 1,
idxClicked = 0;

if( cache.expanded ) {
scroll = 1; // scroll is always 1 in full mode
factor = 3; // the width of the expanded item will be 3 times bigger than 1 collapsed item
idxClicked = cache.idxClicked; // the index of the clicked item
}

// clone the elements on the right / left and append / prepend them according to dir and scroll
if( dir === 1 ) {
$wrapper.find('div.ca-item:lt(' + scroll + ')').each(function(i) {
$(this).clone(true).css( 'left', ( cache.totalItems - idxClicked + i ) * cache.itemW * factor + 'px' ).appendTo( $wrapper );
});
}
else {
var $first = $wrapper.children().eq(0);

$wrapper.find('div.ca-item:gt(' + ( cache.totalItems - 1 - scroll ) + ')').each(function(i) {
// insert before $first so they stay in the right order
$(this).clone(true).css( 'left', - ( scroll - i + idxClicked ) * cache.itemW * factor + 'px' ).insertBefore( $first );
});
}

// animate the left of each item
// the calculations are dependent on dir and on the cache.expanded value
$wrapper.find('div.ca-item').each(function(i) {
var $item = $(this);
$item.stop().animate({
left : ( dir === 1 ) ? '-=' + ( cache.itemW * factor * scroll ) + 'px' : '+=' + ( cache.itemW * factor * scroll ) + 'px'
}, opts.sliderSpeed, opts.sliderEasing, function() {
if( ( dir === 1 && $item.position().left < - idxClicked * cache.itemW * factor ) || ( dir === -1 && $item.position().left > ( ( cache.totalItems - 1 - idxClicked ) * cache.itemW * factor ) ) ) {
// remove the item that was cloned
$item.remove();
}
cache.isAnimating = false;
});
});

},
// opens an item (animation) -> opens all the others
openItem : function( $wrapper, $item, opts, cache ) {
cache.idxClicked = $item.index();
// the item's position (1, 2, or 3) on the viewport (the visible items)
cache.winpos = aux.getWinPos( $item.position().left, cache );
$wrapper.find('div.ca-item').not( $item ).hide();
$item.find('div.ca-content-wrapper').css( 'left', cache.itemW + 'px' ).stop().animate({
width : cache.itemW * 2 + 'px',
left : cache.itemW + 'px'
}, opts.itemSpeed, opts.itemEasing)
.end()
.stop()
.animate({
left : '0px'
}, opts.itemSpeed, opts.itemEasing, function() {
cache.isAnimating = false;
cache.expanded = true;

aux.openItems( $wrapper, $item, opts, cache );
});

},
// opens all the items
openItems : function( $wrapper, $openedItem, opts, cache ) {
var openedIdx = $openedItem.index();

$wrapper.find('div.ca-item').each(function(i) {
var $item = $(this),
idx = $item.index();

if( idx !== openedIdx ) {
$item.css( 'left', - ( openedIdx - idx ) * ( cache.itemW * 3 ) + 'px' ).show().find('div.ca-content-wrapper').css({
left : cache.itemW + 'px',
width : cache.itemW * 2 + 'px'
});

// hide more link
aux.toggleMore( $item, false );
}
});
},
// show / hide the item's more button
toggleMore : function( $item, show ) {
( show ) ? $item.find('a.ca-more').show() : $item.find('a.ca-more').hide();
},
// close all the items
// the current one is animated
closeItems : function( $wrapper, $openedItem, opts, cache ) {
var openedIdx = $openedItem.index();

$openedItem.find('div.ca-content-wrapper').stop().animate({
width : '0px'
}, opts.itemSpeed, opts.itemEasing)
.end()
.stop()
.animate({
left : cache.itemW * ( cache.winpos - 1 ) + 'px'
}, opts.itemSpeed, opts.itemEasing, function() {
cache.isAnimating = false;
cache.expanded = false;
});

// show more link
aux.toggleMore( $openedItem, true );

$wrapper.find('div.ca-item').each(function(i) {
var $item = $(this),
idx = $item.index();

if( idx !== openedIdx ) {
$item.find('div.ca-content-wrapper').css({
width : '0px'
})
.end()
.css( 'left', ( ( cache.winpos - 1 ) - ( openedIdx - idx ) ) * cache.itemW + 'px' )
.show();

// show more link
aux.toggleMore( $item, true );
}
});
},
// gets the item's position (1, 2, or 3) on the viewport (the visible items)
// val is the left of the item
getWinPos : function( val, cache ) {
switch( val ) {
case 0 : return 1; break;
case cache.itemW : return 2; break;
case cache.itemW * 2 : return 3; break;
}
}
},
methods = {
init : function( options ) {

if( this.length ) {

var settings = {
sliderSpeed : 500, // speed for the sliding animation
sliderEasing : 'easeOutExpo',// easing for the sliding animation
itemSpeed : 500, // speed for the item animation (open / close)
itemEasing : 'easeOutExpo',// easing for the item animation (open / close)
scroll : 1 // number of items to scroll at a time
};

return this.each(function() {

// if options exist, lets merge them with our default settings
if ( options ) {
$.extend( settings, options );
}

var $el = $(this),
$wrapper = $el.find('div.ca-wrapper'),
$items = $wrapper.children('div.ca-item'),
cache = {};

// save the with of one item
cache.itemW = $items.width();
// save the number of total items
cache.totalItems = $items.length;

// add navigation buttons
if( cache.totalItems > 3 )
$el.prepend('<div class="ca-nav"><span class="ca-nav-prev">Previous</span><span class="ca-nav-next">Next</span></div>')

// control the scroll value
if( settings.scroll < 1 )
settings.scroll = 1;
else if( settings.scroll > 3 )
settings.scroll = 3;

var $navPrev = $el.find('span.ca-nav-prev'),
$navNext = $el.find('span.ca-nav-next');

// hide the items except the first 3
$wrapper.css( 'overflow', 'hidden' );

// the items will have position absolute
// calculate the left of each item
$items.each(function(i) {
$(this).css({
position : 'absolute',
left : i * cache.itemW + 'px'
});
});

// click to open the item(s)
$el.find('a.ca-more').live('click.contentcarousel', function( event ) {
if( cache.isAnimating ) return false;
cache.isAnimating = true;
$(this).hide();
var $item = $(this).closest('div.ca-item');
aux.openItem( $wrapper, $item, settings, cache );
return false;
});

// click to close the item(s)
$el.find('a.ca-close').live('click.contentcarousel', function( event ) {
if( cache.isAnimating ) return false;
cache.isAnimating = true;
var $item = $(this).closest('div.ca-item');
aux.closeItems( $wrapper, $item, settings, cache );
return false;
});

// navigate left
$navPrev.bind('click.contentcarousel', function( event ) {
if( cache.isAnimating ) return false;
cache.isAnimating = true;
aux.navigate( -1, $el, $wrapper, settings, cache );
});

// navigate right
$navNext.bind('click.contentcarousel', function( event ) {
if( cache.isAnimating ) return false;
cache.isAnimating = true;
aux.navigate( 1, $el, $wrapper, settings, cache );
});

// adds events to the mouse
$el.bind('mousewheel.contentcarousel', function(e, delta) {
if(delta > 0) {
if( cache.isAnimating ) return false;
cache.isAnimating = true;
aux.navigate( -1, $el, $wrapper, settings, cache );
}
else {
if( cache.isAnimating ) return false;
cache.isAnimating = true;
aux.navigate( 1, $el, $wrapper, settings, cache );
}
return false;
});

});
}
}
};

$.fn.contentcarousel = function(method) {
if ( methods[method] ) {
return methods[method].apply( this, Array.prototype.slice.call( arguments, 1 ));
} else if ( typeof method === 'object' || ! method ) {
return methods.init.apply( this, arguments );
} else {
$.error( 'Method ' + method + ' does not exist on jQuery.contentcarousel' );
}
};

})(jQuery);

Answers (2)

2013-01-14

Christianto answers:

Please try this:
[[LINK href="http://pastie.org/5686115"]]http://pastie.org/5686115[[/LINK]]

you can use additional option "space" so you can change it if you need (default value is 20), for example you need to add 50px space:
jQuery(document).ready(function(){
jQuery('#ca-container').contentcarousel({space: 50});
});

and add 100px (50px*2) to container width
.ca-container {
position: relative;
margin: 25px auto 20px auto;
width: 1090px; /* if the width before is 990px become 1090px */
height: 450px;
}

hope this help

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flint_and_tinder comments:

Excellent, thank you.

2013-01-15

gemva answers:

Rather than changing the query, your best option is to do the following:

Presuming you are using a fixed width carousel and you want a margin of 20px between the items, you will need to set it up like this:

10| Desired width | 10 | 10 | Desired width | 10 | 10 | Desired width | 10 |

Then you will need to set the width of each ca-item to be:

Desired width + 10 + 10 = ca_item width

So effectively all ca_items touch each other.

Then, like the example, simply give the inner ca_item_main a width of whatever the desired width is and set the positioning to be absolute offset to the left by 10px. e.g.

position:absolute;
left:10px;

This will give the impression of a 10px margin either side.

Then all that's left is to set the width of the container to be the sum of:

10 + desired width + 10 + 10 + desired width + 10 + 10 + desired width + 10.

And centred that wrapper in the page.

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flint_and_tinder comments:

This works ok, but you've been trumped by Christianto I'm afraid.