jQuery CompactWall

CompactWall is a packing jQuery plugin that will organize a set of blocks to use the minimum vertical space, for example a set of pictures on an image wall.

It is somehow a variation of the masonry plugin to be used the vertical space is more important than keeping the blocks ordered.

The algorithm is pretty plain but already works nicely, don't hesitate to contact me if you have comments or suggestion.

Resizing

If you want the items to be repacked when the screen is resized, you can use the jQuery resize event and call compactWall in the resize.

Source

The source code can be found on GitHub.

Usage

<div id="container">
    <div class="block">...</div>
    <div class="block">...</div>
    <div class="block">...</div>
    ...
</div>

$(function(){
    // #container is the container
    // .block are the blocks to be optimized inside the container
    $('#container').compactWall($('.block'));
});

Parameters: can be passed in a hash as the second argument:

containerWidth: the width of the container to pack the blocks in, default is the inner width of the object the plugin is called on
maxTime: the number of milliseconds before the calculation stops, will avoid using too much time when the number of combinations is too high, default is 100

Note that the blocks should have a know size to be reorganized, for example if you use images in your block you have to specify their size in the css or to use one the image onload plugins to call the plugin once all the image are ready.

Examples

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