Question

I am looking for some advice on an idea which i am unsure if i can do it or not…

i am loading records out of a database and listing them in individual divs and adding an id number from the databse to the divs,the divs are about 100px wide and right across the screen..

i am wondering if i can use some kinda of plugin by jquery so that if i click on the record a tab would slide out from the right hand side with more data on that individual record from the database.. and then i could close it and it would side back so i can only see the records again..

i have had a bit of a look at the jquery ui page with all the demos but i didnt really find anything…

any help or pointers would be great.. even if u know of something simllar ill be happy to look into it…

thanks in advance for any help

Answer 1

Ok so here’s my fiddle

HTML (standard containers, etc)

<div id="container">
    <div id="buttons-container"></div>
    <div id="record">
        <div id="record-content"></div>            
        <a href="#" id="bt-close" onclick="closeRecord(); return false;">Close</a></div>
</div>

CSS

a.bt-record {
    display:block;
    width:100px;
    height:100px;
    background:#999999;
    color:#000;
    line-height:100px;
    text-align:center;
    float:left;
    margin:0 10px 10px 0;
    text-decoration:none;
}

a { color:#fff; }

#container {
    width:100%;
    height:100%;
    overflow:hidden;
    position:relative;
}

#record {
    position:absolute;
    right:-240px;
    top:100px;
    width:200px;
    height:200px;
    background:#000;
    padding:20px;
    color:#fff;
    z-index:1;
}

Javascript

//your data in a array of objects (could be something else)
var data = {
    1 : {name:'Record 1', text:'This is the text 1', options:'Anything 1'},
    2 : {name:'Record 2', text:'This is the text 2', options:'Anything 2'},
    3 : {name:'Record 3', text:'This is the text 3', options:'Anything 3'},
    4 : {name:'Record 4', text:'This is the text 4', options:'Anything 4'},
    5 : {name:'Record 5', text:'This is the text 5', options:'Anything 5'},
    6 : {name:'Record 6', text:'This is the text 6', options:'Anything 6'},
    7 : {name:'Record 7', text:'This is the text 7', options:'Anything 7'},
    8 : {name:'Record 8', text:'This is the text 8', options:'Anything 8'},
    9 : {name:'Record 9', text:'This is the text 9', options:'Anything 9'}
};

$(document).ready(function() {
    populateEntries();        
});

//dynamically populate the entries
function populateEntries() {
    for (entry in data){
console.log(entry);       
        $('#buttons-container').append('<a class="bt-record" href="#" onclick="showRecord(' + entry + '); return false;">' + data[entry].name + '</a>');
    }
}

//show the record
function showRecord(id) {
    //create the html
    var html = '';
    html += '<p>Name : ' + data[id].name + '</p>';
    html += '<p>Text : ' + data[id].text + '</p>';
    html += '<p>Name : ' + data[id].options + '</p>';
    $('#record-content').html(html);
    $('#record').animate({right:0}, 500);
}

function closeRecord() {
    $('#record').animate({right:-240}, 500);
}

In this example, I populate the records dynamically, but if you want a SEO friendly way of doing it, you can create the HTML in the page directly. Let me know if you have questions.