Note: This repo is currently looking for maintainers: jquery-backstretch#464
Backstretch is a simple jQuery plugin that allows you to add a dynamically-resized, slideshow-capable background image to any page or element. The image will stretch to fit the page/element, and will automatically resize as the window/element size changes.
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There are a couple of examples included with this package, or feel free to check it out live on the project page itself.
- Download/save the JS file from GitHub.
- Install via Bower with the following command.
bower install jquery-backstretch
Include the jQuery library (version 1.7 or newer) and Backstretch plugin files in your webpage (preferably at the bottom of the page, before the closing BODY tag):
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="jquery.backstretch.min.js"></script>
<script>
// To attach Backstrech as the body's background
$.backstretch("path/to/image.jpg");
// You may also attach Backstretch to a block-level element
$(".foo").backstretch("path/to/image.jpg");
// If your element defines a background image with CSS, you can omit the argement altogether
$(".foo").backstretch();
// Or, to start a slideshow, just pass in an array of images
$(".foo").backstretch([
"path/to/image.jpg",
"path/to/image2.jpg",
"path/to/image3.jpg"
], {duration: 4000});
// Or, to load from a url that can accept a resolution and provide the best image for that resolution
$(".foo").backstretch([
"path/to/image.jpg?width={width}&height={height}"
]);
// Or, to automatically choose from a set of resolutions.
// The width is the width of the image, and the algorithm chooses the best fit.
$(".foo").backstretch([
[
{ width: 1080, url: "path/to/image1_1080.jpg" },
{ width: 720, url: "path/to/image1_720.jpg" },
{ width: 320, url: "path/to/image1_320.jpg" }
],
[
{ width: 1080, url: "path/to/image2_1080.jpg" },
{ width: 720, url: "path/to/image2_720.jpg" },
{ width: 320, url: "path/to/image2_320.jpg" }
]
]);
// If we wanted to specify different images for different pixel-ratios:
$(".foo").backstretch([
[
// Will only be chosed for a @2x device
{ width: 1080, url: "path/to/image1_1080@2x.jpg", pixelRatio: 2 },
// Will only be chosed for a @1x device
{ width: 1080, url: "path/to/image1_1080.jpg", pixelRatio: 1 },
{ width: 720, url: "path/to/image1_720@2x.jpg", pixelRatio: 2 },
{ width: 720, url: "path/to/image1_720.jpg", pixelRatio: 1 },
{ width: 320, url: "path/to/image1_320@2x.jpg", pixelRatio: 2 },
{ width: 320, url: "path/to/image1_320.jpg", pixelRatio: 1 }
]
]);
// If we wanted the browser to automatically choose from a set of resolutions,
// While considering the pixel-ratio of the device
$(".foo").backstretch([
[
// Will be chosen for a 2160 device or a 1080*2 device
{ width: 2160, url: "path/to/image1_2160.jpg", pixelRatio: "auto" },
// Will be chosen for a 1080 device or a 540*2 device
{ width: 1080, url: "path/to/image1_1080.jpg", pixelRatio: "auto" },
// Will be chosen for a 1440 device or a 720*2 device
{ width: 1440, url: "path/to/image1_1440.jpg", pixelRatio: "auto" },
{ width: 720, url: "path/to/image1_720.jpg", pixelRatio: "auto" },
{ width: 640, url: "path/to/image1_640.jpg", pixelRatio: "auto" },
{ width: 320, url: "path/to/image1_320.jpg", pixelRatio: "auto" }
]
]);
</script>
The automatic resolution selection algorithm has multiple options to choose from.
The default behaviour is that it matches the logical width of the element against the specified image sizes. Which means that an element with a 320px width on a @2x device is still considered as 320px.
If you want 320px on a @2x device to be considered as 640px, then you can specify pixelRatio: "auto"
on the specific image resolution.
However if you want to limit specific images to only be chosen if the device has a certain pixel ratio - you can specify that pixel ratio i.e pixelRatio: 2.5
.
Name | Description | Type | Default |
---|---|---|---|
alignX * |
This parameter controls the horizontal alignment of the image. Can be 'center'/'left'/'right' or any number between 0.0 and 1.0. | Integer or String | 0.5 |
alignY * |
This parameter controls the vertical alignment of the image. Can be 'center'/'top'/'bottom' or any number between 0.0 and 1.0. | Integer or String | 0.5 |
scale * |
Controls the scaling mode. Can be 'cover'/'fit'/'fit-smaller'/'fill' | String | 'cover' |
transition * |
Type of transition to use. If multiple are specified, then it will be chosed randomly | String or Array | 'fade' |
transitionDuration * |
This is the duration at which the image will transition in. Integers in milliseconds are accepted, as well as standard jQuery speed strings (slow, normal, fast). | Integer or String | 0 |
transitionEasing * |
The easing function that will be used for animations. | Any supported jQuery easing value | jQuery default |
animateFirst |
If true , the first image will transition in like all the others. |
Boolean | true |
fade * |
Sets transition to 'fade' and transitionDuration to whatever value was specified. |
Integer or String | |
fadeFirst |
Synonym for animateFirst |
Boolean | true |
duration * |
The amount of time in between slides, when using Backstretch as a slideshow, expressed as the number of milliseconds. | Integer | 5000 |
paused |
For slideshows: Disables the change between slides | Boolean | false |
start |
The index of the image in the array you want to start your slideshow with. | Integer | 0 |
preload |
How many images to preload at once? I.e. Lazy-loading can be enabled by specifying 0. | Integer | 2 |
preloadSize |
How many images to preload in parallel? If we are preloading 5 images for the next slides, we might want to still limit it to only preload 2 or 3 at once, according to the expected available bandwidth. | Integer | 1 |
bypassCss |
Avoid adding any CSS to the IMG element. I.e if you want a dynamic IMG tag that is laid out with the content. | Boolean | false |
alwaysTestWindowResolution |
Always test against window's width instead of the element's width. | Boolean | false |
resolutionRefreshRate |
Threshold for how long to wait before the image resolution will be switched? | Integer | 2500 |
resolutionChangeRatioThreshold |
Threshold for how much should the different in the resolution be before switch image | Number | 0.1 (10%) |
centeredX |
Deprecated. Still works but please do not use it. | Boolean | true |
centeredY |
Deprecated. Still works but please do not use it. | Boolean | true |
- Options marked with an
*
can be specified for individual images
Each image in the set can be a String specifying the URL for the image, or an object with the following options, or an array of images for different resolutions to choose between.
A url can be a url to a video also.
Currently the plugin will automatically recognize a youtube url. If you pass urls to raw videos, you have to specify isVideo: true
.
Name | Description | Type | Default |
---|---|---|---|
url |
The url of the image or video | String | |
alt |
The alternative text for this image (If you want to play along with screen readers) | String | '' |
alignX |
This parameter controls the horizontal alignment of the image. Can be 'center'/'left'/'right' or any number between 0.0 and 1.0. | Integer or String | 0.5 |
alignY |
This parameter controls the vertical alignment of the image. Can be 'center'/'top'/'bottom' or any number between 0.0 and 1.0. | Integer or String | 0.5 |
scale |
Controls the scaling mode. Can be 'cover'/'fit'/'fit-smaller'/'fill' | String | 'cover' |
transition |
Type of transition to use. If multiple are specified, then it will be chosed randomly | String or Array | 'fade' |
transitionDuration |
This is the duration at which the image will transition in. Integers in milliseconds are accepted, as well as standard jQuery speed strings (slow, normal, fast). | Integer or String | 0 |
transitionEasing |
The easing function that will be used for animations. | Any supported jQuery easing value | jQuery default |
fade |
Sets transition to 'fade' and transitionDuration to whatever value was specified. |
Integer or String | |
duration |
The amount of time in between slides, when using Backstretch as a slideshow, expressed as the number of milliseconds. | Integer | 5000 |
isVideo |
Tell the plugin the this is a video (if cannot be recognized automatically) | Boolean | false |
loop |
Should the video be looped? If yes, then the duration will be used to determine when to stop. | Boolean | false |
mute |
Should the video be muted? | Boolean | true |
poster |
This is for specifying the poster attribute in standard |
String |
If you have specified an array of resolutions for a single image, then these are the available options:
Name | Description | Type | Default |
---|---|---|---|
url |
The url of the image | String | |
url for <video> |
Instead of a single url , an array of sources can be specified. Each source has a src and type attributes. |
Array of { src, type } |
|
alt |
The alternative text for this image (If you want to play along with screen readers) | String | '' |
width |
The width of the image | Integer | |
pixelRatio |
A strict rule to only choose for the specified device pixel ratio. If set to 'auto', then the element's width will first be multiplied by the device's pixel ratio before evaluating. | Number or "auto" | undefined |
deviceOrientation |
Restrict image selection to specific device orientation | 'landscape' or 'portrait' |
undefined |
windowOrientation |
Restrict image selection to specific window orientation (based on current window's inner width/height) | 'landscape' / 'portrait' / 'square' |
undefined |
orientation |
Restrict image selection to the element's orientation based on the element's current inner width/height) | 'landscape' / 'portrait' / 'square' |
undefined |
alignX |
This parameter controls the horizontal alignment of the image. Can be 'center'/'left'/'right' or any number between 0.0 and 1.0. | Integer or String | 0.5 |
alignY |
This parameter controls the vertical alignment of the image. Can be 'center'/'top'/'bottom' or any number between 0.0 and 1.0. | Integer or String | 0.5 |
scale |
Controls the scaling mode. Can be 'cover'/'fit'/'fit-smaller'/'fill' | String | 'cover' |
fade |
This is the speed at which the image will fade in. Integers in milliseconds are accepted, as well as standard jQuery speed strings (slow, normal, fast). | Integer or String | 0 |
duration |
The amount of time in between slides, when using Backstretch as a slideshow, expressed as the number of milliseconds. | Integer | 5000 |
'fade'
'fade_in_out'
/'fadeInOut'
'push_left'
/'pushLeft'
'push_right'
/'pushRight'
'push_up'
/'pushUp'
'push_down'
/'pushDown'
'cover_left'
/'coverLeft'
'cover_right'
/'coverRight'
'cover_up'
/'coverUp'
'cover_down'
/'coverDown'
- If the video is not in
loop
mode, then it will play until the end. You have to specify a duration for the specific video in order to limit its playing duration. - Mobile browsers do not allow playback of videos without the users tapping a play button... So you may want to detect those and supply different media arrays for those browsers.
Once you've instantiated a Backstretch slideshow, there are many actions that you can perform it:
// Start a slideshow
$('.foo').backstretch([
'path/to/image.jpg',
'path/to/image2.jpg',
'path/to/image3.jpg'
]);
// Slideshow with granular control
$('.foo').backstretch([
{ url: 'path/to/image.jpg', duration: 3000 }
{ url: 'path/to/image2.jpg', fade: 250 },
{ url: 'path/to/image3.jpg', alignY: 0.2 }
]);
// Pause the slideshow
$('.foo').backstretch("pause");
// Advance to the next slide
$('.foo').backstretch("next");
Method | Description |
---|---|
.backstretch("show", n) |
Jump to the slide at a given index, where n is the number of the image that you'd like to display. Slide number starts at 0. |
.backstretch("prev") |
Display the previous image in a slideshow. |
.backstretch("next") |
Advance to the next image in a slideshow. |
.backstretch("pause") |
Pause the slideshow. |
.backstretch("resume") |
Resume a paused slideshow. |
.backstretch("destroy", preserveBackground) |
Destroy the Backstretch instance. Optionally, you can pass in a Boolean parameter, preserveBackground, to determine whether or not you'd like to keep the current image stretched as the background image. |
.backstretch("resize") |
This method is called automatically when the container (window or block-level element) is resized, however you can always call this manually if needed. |
.backstretch("current") |
This function returns the index of the current slide |
Sometimes, you'll want to access Backstretch's images after you've instantiated the plugin. For example, perhaps you'd like to be able add more images to a slideshow. Doing so is easy. You can access the images array as follows:
$('.foo').backstretch([
'path/to/image.jpg',
'path/to/image2.jpg',
'path/to/image3.jpg'
]);
// Access the instance
var instance = $('.foo').data('backstretch');
// Then, you can manipulate the images array directly
instance.images.push('path/to/image4.jpg')
Additionally, the current index of a slideshow is available through the instance as well:
$("body").data("backstretch").index;
Backstretch will fire a "backstretch.before" event before a new image loads, triggering a function that is passed the event, Backstretch instance, and index of the image that will be displayed. If you listen for that event, you can, for example, coordinate other changes to coincide with your slideshow.
$(window).on("backstretch.before", function (e, instance, index) {
// If we wanted to stop the slideshow after it reached the end
if (index === instance.images.length - 1) {
instance.pause();
};
});
Backstretch will also fire a "backstretch.after" event after the new images has completed loading.
$(window).on("backstretch.after", function (e, instance, index) {
// Do something
});
- Bugfix: When another library imports youtube api first, YT detection misbehaves in backstretch.
- Bugfix: Calling
.backstretch(...)
on an already backstretched element did not properly destroy the older backstretch instance. Resulted in ghost backstretches...
- New: Added
scale
feature.
- Improvement: Not modifying
background
property, butbackground-image
, to allow CSS to play with colors. (@philsbury)
- New: Added
'deviceOrientation'
,'windowOrientation'
and'orientation'
options
- Bugfix: Native video source tags were misspelled
- Bugfix: Youtube matching regex was not constrained to
youtube.com
/youtu.be
domain
- New: Added
'fade_in_out'
transition
- Bugfix: Resolution detection routine failed to properly match current url - and cause an additional replace of the image. This affected video urls in a way that caused them to being played from the start.
- Bugfix:
pixelRatio == 'auto'
was ignored due to a missing rule.
- Allow overriding transition options for a single
show(...)
call - Bugfix: Next transition can go wrong because of css leftover of previous transition
- Improved method calling through
.backstretch('method', ...)
to pass all arguments, and return value. - Added
current()
function to return current slide index.
- Minor documentation improvements. Version release for updated docs in NPM etc.
- Minor fix:
background
css on the target element was sometimes cleared prematurely. (Issue #18)
- Minor fix:
resolutionChangeRatioTreshold
was a typo. Changed toresolutionChangeRatioThreshold
, but keeping backwards compatibility.
- New: Added more transitions beside fade
- Bugfix: Youtube Iframe API's
destroy
was not being called - Minor documentation updates
- New: Youtube and
<video>
support!
- Bugfix: Executing backstretch methods on already backstretched elements failed
- Published to bower under "jquery-backstretch-2"
- New
alwaysTestWindowResolution
option - New
resolutionRefreshRate
option - New
resolutionChangeRatioTreshold
option - Minor bugfix: If there was no
fade
duration, the new image was still being removed asynchronously. Possibly causing a glitch if custom CSS is used.
- New
alt
image property - New
bypassCss
option
- Changed multi-res feature
width
's meaning.width
now means the actual width of the image to match against. - Added
pixelRatio
option for multires.
- More granular control over options
-
- Now you can specify
alignX
/alignY
/duration
/fade
on an image basis
- Now you can specify
-
- Minor bugfixes
-
- Deprecated
centeredX
/centeredY
- Deprecated
- Minor bug fixes due to latest PRs
- New
fadeFirst
feature - New
alignX
feature - New
alignY
feature - New
paused
feature - New
start
feature - New
preload
feature - New
preloadSize
feature - New feature: url templates
- New feature: automatic resolution selection
- Minor bug fixes
- Now accepts an array of images to create a slideshow
- Can attach Backstretch to any block-level element, not just the body
- Deprecated "speed" option in favor of "fade" for fadeIn timing
- Added "duration" option, and Slideshow API
- You can now called backstretch twice, and it will replace the existing image.
- Added 'centeredX' and 'centeredY' options.
- Removed 'hideUntilReady' option. It looks pretty bad if you don't hide the image until it's fully loaded.
- Fixed IE img onload bug.
- Now supports iPhone/iPad orientation changes.