barebones paginator

A Bare-Bones, very primitive JavaScript pagination tool.

##(TO-DO)

• Load all elements at once and use JavaScript to show/hide them according to change of page

Default Functionality

• Takes an array (default: of HTMLElements) and the number of items per designated page.
• Outputs unstyled pagination bar to element.
• Changes page when you click pagination bar buttons, outputs paginated data to element.

Settings Parameters

Setting	Type	Usage
prevText (optional)	String	Text of the "previous" button. (Default: "Prev")
nextText (optional)	String	Text of the "next" button. (Default: "Next")
itemsPerPage (optional)	Integer	Represents the limit for the number of items in a page. (Default: "1")
data (required)	Array	The data which will be manipulated for pagination (Default: An array of HTMLElements).
pagingElement	HTMLElement	The element where the relevant items of a page will appear.
paginationBar (optional)	HTMLElement	The element where the pagination bar will appear.
paginationFunction(pageData, pagingElement) (optional)	Function	This function will be executed on page change. The default pagination function outputs HTMLElements to the paging element.
firstPageIsOne (optional)	Boolean	Makes it so that the visual representation of page numbers would start from 1 rather than 0. (Default: turned off)

Available properties

Property	Type	Usage
paginatedData	Array[][]	The original data divided by a 2D array.
currentPage	Integer	Get the active page index.
itemNumber	Integer	Get the total number of items.
pagesNumber	Integer	Get the total number of pages.
itemsPerPage	Integer	Get the number of items per page.
paginationBar	HTMLElement	Get the pagination bar element.
pagingElement	HTMLElement	Get the paging element.

Available functions

Function	Return Type	Usage
getCurrentPageData()	Array	Fetch items of active page.
getPageData(Integer n)	Array	Fetch items of a certain page.
page(Integer n)	--	Change the page.
gotoPrevPage()	--	Go to the previous page.
gotoNextPage()	--	Go to the next page.
setPaginationFunction(Function f)	--	Set the pagination function.
activatePaginationButtons()	--	You can use this to easily activate all pagination buttons (those with the class "bb-pagination-button"). Useful if you, i.e., made custom ones.

// === STANDARD EXAMPLE ===
const bb1 = BareBonesPaginator({
  itemsPerPage: 3,
  data: [
    "<div>can</div>",
    "<div>you</div>",
    "<div>feel</div>",
    "<div>it</div>",
    "<div>Mr.</div>",
    "<div>Krabs?</div>"
  ],
  pagingElement: document.getElementById('page-goes-here'),
  paginationBarHTML: document.getElementById('bar-goes-here')
});

// ==== CUSTOM EXAMPLE ===
const bb2 = BareBonesPaginator({
  itemsPerPage: 2;
  data: ['a', 'y', 'y', 'y', 'l', 'm', 'a', 'o']
  firstPageIsOne: true;
});

bb2.setPaginationFunction((data) => console.log(data));
bb2.page(2); // Set page to 2.
document.getElementById('bar').innerHTML = bb2.paginationBarHTML;