So I have my script running, (you can use sample links/images to test)
but I have an issue. After counting my images for length, it seems that
my “interim period” before the slider starts back / repeats itself is
about triple the length of the images. We can test it by using sample
urls.
<a class='wrapper' href='http://www.universallifechurchministers.org/images/big_image/ConanObrien.jpg' title="Conan O'Brien: TV host, comedian, writer, producer and performer."><img class='logo' alt="TV host, comedian, writer, producer and performer." id='conanobrien' src='http://www.universallifechurchministers.org/images/conan-obrien-sm.jpg' /><div class='long'>[.....]</div></a>
<a class='wrapper' href='http://www.universallifechurchministers.org/images/big_image/RobDyrdek.jpg' title="Rob Dyrdek: Skateboarding Entrepreneur, Fantasy Factory on MTV."><img class='logo' alt="Skateboarding Entrepreneur, Fantasy Factory on MTV." id='robdyrdek' src='http://www.universallifechurchministers.org/images/rob-drydek-sm.jpg' /><div class='long'>[.....]</div></a>
<a class='wrapper' href='http://www.universallifechurchministers.org/images/big_image/Glann-Beck.jpg' title="Glenn Beck: Talk Radio Host"><img class='logo' alt="Talk Radio Host" id='glennbeck' src='http://www.universallifechurchministers.org/images/image1.jpg' /><div class='long'>[.....]</div></a>
<a class='wrapper' href='http://www.universallifechurchministers.org/images/big_image/Mel-Blanc.jpg' title="Mel Blanc: Voice Actor"><img class='logo' alt="Voice Actor" id='melblanc' src='http://www.universallifechurchministers.org/images/image2.jpg' /><div class='long'>[.....]</div></a>
left: -632.914px seems to what my slider stops at before it starts sliding again.
I would like it to start again immediately afterward at the end of the last image,
but cannot figure out what is stopping it from doing that?
[You can see it working here] and here’s the full code source
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
/* js-disabled class - set image sizes so they all fit in the viewer */
.js-disabled img { width:100px; height:100px; display:block; float:left; margin:30px 0 0; }
.wrapper {padding: 0 5px;}
.long { display:none; }
#outerContainer { width:542px; height:202px; margin:auto; position:relative; margin:220px auto; }
#imageScroller { width:675px; height:202px; position:relative; background: url(filmstrip_right.png) no-repeat; }
#viewer {
background-color: #000000;
height: 72px;
margin: auto;
overflow: hidden;
position: relative;
right: 10px;
top: 51px;
width: 540px;
}
#imageScroller a:active, #imageScroller a:visited { color:#000000; }
#imageScroller a img { border:0; }
#controls {
background: url("images/controlsBG.png") no-repeat scroll 0 0 transparent;
height: 47px;
left: 11px;
position: absolute;
top: -7px;
width: 534px;
z-index: 10;
}
#cover {
background: url("images/cover.png") no-repeat scroll 0 0 transparent;
height: 71px;
left: 57px;
position: absolute;
top: 51px;
width: 38px;
z-index: 999;
}
#controls a { width:37px; height:35px; position:absolute; top:3px; }
#controls a:active, #controls a:visited { color:#0d0d0d; }
#title { color:#000; font-family:arial; font-size:13px; font-weight:bold; width:100%; text-align:center; margin-top:13px; }
</style>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<title>[....]</title>
</head>
<body>
<div id="outerContainer">
<div id="imageScroller">
<div id="cover"></div>
<div id="viewer" class="js-disabled">
<?php include('famous/class/scraper.php');
$scrape = new Scraper('http://www.universallifechurchministers.org');
$scrape = (array)$scrape;
foreach($scrape as $multi) {
if(is_array($multi)) {
$holder = '';
foreach($multi as $single) {
foreach($single as $k=>$v) {
switch($k) {
case 'fimg': $fimg = $v; break;
case 'simg': $simg = $v; break;
case 'name': $name = $v; break;
case 'note': $note = $v; break;
case 'long': $long = $v; break;
}
}
$id = strtolower( //clean
str_replace("'",'',
str_replace(' ','',$name)
));
/* sample output: <a class='wrapper' href='[uri]/*-lrg.jpg'
* title='[note]'>
*
* <img class='logo' alt='[note]' id='[cleanName]'
* src='[uri]/*-sm.jpg' /></a>
*
* [....repeat....]
*/
$holder .= "<a class='wrapper' href='" . $fimg . "' title=\""
. $name . ': ' . $note. "\"><img class='logo' alt=\"" . $note . "\" id='"
. $id . "' src='"
. $simg . "' /><div class='long'>"
. $long . "</div></a>";
}
}
}
#echo $holder;
?>
<!--// test-data //-->
<a class='wrapper' href='http://www.universallifechurchministers.org/images/big_image/ConanObrien.jpg' title="Conan O'Brien: TV host, comedian, writer, producer and performer."><img class='logo' alt="TV host, comedian, writer, producer and performer." id='conanobrien' src='http://www.universallifechurchministers.org/images/conan-obrien-sm.jpg' /><div class='long'>[.....]</div></a>
<a class='wrapper' href='http://www.universallifechurchministers.org/images/big_image/RobDyrdek.jpg' title="Rob Dyrdek: Skateboarding Entrepreneur, Fantasy Factory on MTV."><img class='logo' alt="Skateboarding Entrepreneur, Fantasy Factory on MTV." id='robdyrdek' src='http://www.universallifechurchministers.org/images/rob-drydek-sm.jpg' /><div class='long'>[.....]</div></a>
<a class='wrapper' href='http://www.universallifechurchministers.org/images/big_image/Glann-Beck.jpg' title="Glenn Beck: Talk Radio Host"><img class='logo' alt="Talk Radio Host" id='glennbeck' src='http://www.universallifechurchministers.org/images/image1.jpg' /><div class='long'>[.....]</div></a>
<a class='wrapper' href='http://www.universallifechurchministers.org/images/big_image/Mel-Blanc.jpg' title="Mel Blanc: Voice Actor"><img class='logo' alt="Voice Actor" id='melblanc' src='http://www.universallifechurchministers.org/images/image2.jpg' /><div class='long'>[.....]</div></a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://jqueryjs.googlecode.com/files/jquery-1.3.2.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {
//remove js-disabled class
$("#viewer").removeClass("js-disabled");
//create new container for images
$("<div>").attr("id", "container").css({ position:"absolute"}).width($(".wrapper").length * 170).height(170).appendTo("div#viewer");
//add images to container
$(".wrapper").each(function() {
$(this).appendTo("div#container");
});
//work out duration of anim based on number of images (1 second for each image)
var duration = $(".wrapper").length * 2000;
//store speed for later (distance / time)
var speed = (parseInt($("div#container").width()) + parseInt($("div#viewer").width())) / duration;
//set direction
var direction = "rtl";
//set initial position and class based on direction
(direction == "rtl") ? $("div#container").css("left", $("div#viewer").width()).addClass("rtl") : $("div#container").css("left", 0 - $("div#container").width()).addClass("ltr") ;
//animator function
var animator = function(el, time, dir) {
//which direction to scroll
if(dir == "rtl") {
//add direction class
el.removeClass("ltr").addClass("rtl");
//animate the el
el.animate({ left:"-" + el.width() + "px" }, time, "linear", function() {
//reset container position
$(this).css({ left:$("div#imageScroller").width(), right:"" });
//restart animation
animator($(this), duration, "rtl");
//hide controls if visible
($("div#controls").length > 0) ? $("div#controls").slideUp("slow").remove() : null ;
});
} else {
//add direction class
el.removeClass("rtl").addClass("ltr");
//animate the el
el.animate({ left:$("div#viewer").width() + "px" }, time, "linear", function() {
//reset container position
$(this).css({ left:0 - $("div#container").width() });
//restart animation
animator($(this), duration, "ltr");
//hide controls if visible
($("div#controls").length > 0) ? $("div#controls").slideUp("slow").remove() : null ;
});
}
}
//start anim
animator($("div#container"), duration, direction);
//pause on mouseover
$("a.wrapper").live("mouseover", function() {
//stop anim
$("div#container").stop(true);
//show controls
($("div#controls").length == 0) ? $("<div>").attr("id", "controls").appendTo("div#outerContainer").css({ opacity:0.7 }).slideDown("slow") : null ;
($("a#rtl").length == 0) ? $("<a>").attr({ id:"rtl", href:"#", title:"rtl" }).appendTo("#controls") : null ;
($("a#ltr").length == 0) ? $("<a>").attr({ id:"ltr", href:"#", title:"ltr" }).appendTo("#controls") : null ;
//variable to hold trigger element
var title = $(this).attr("title");
//add p if doesn't exist, update it if it does
($("p#title").length == 0) ? $("<p>").attr("id", "title").text(title).appendTo("div#controls") : $("p#title").text(title) ;
});
//restart on mouseout
$("a.wrapper").live("mouseout", function(e) {
//hide controls if not hovering on them
(e.relatedTarget == null) ? null : (e.relatedTarget.id != "controls") ? $("div#controls").slideUp("slow").remove() : null ;
//work out total travel distance
var totalDistance = parseInt($("div#container").width()) + parseInt($("div#viewer").width());
//work out distance left to travel
var distanceLeft = ($("div#container").hasClass("ltr")) ? totalDistance - (parseInt($("div#container").css("left")) + parseInt($("div#container").width())) : totalDistance - (parseInt($("div#viewer").width()) - (parseInt($("div#container").css("left")))) ;
//new duration is distance left / speed)
var newDuration = distanceLeft / speed;
//restart anim
animator($("div#container"), newDuration, $("div#container").attr("class"));
});
//handler for ltr button
$("#ltr").live("click", function() {
//stop anim
$("div#container").stop(true);
//swap class names
$("div#container").removeClass("rtl").addClass("ltr");
//work out total travel distance
var totalDistance = parseInt($("div#container").width()) + parseInt($("div#viewer").width());
//work out remaining distance
var distanceLeft = totalDistance - (parseInt($("div#container").css("left")) + parseInt($("div#container").width()));
//new duration is distance left / speed)
var newDuration = distanceLeft / speed;
//restart anim
animator($("div#container"), newDuration, "ltr");
});
//handler for rtl button
$("#rtl").live("click", function() {
//stop anim
$("div#container").stop(true);
//swap class names
$("div#container").removeClass("ltr").addClass("rtl");
//work out total travel distance
var totalDistance = parseInt($("div#container").width()) + parseInt($("div#viewer").width());
//work out remaining distance
var distanceLeft = totalDistance - (parseInt($("div#viewer").width()) - (parseInt($("div#container").css("left"))));
//new duration is distance left / speed)
var newDuration = distanceLeft / speed;
//restart anim
animator($("div#container"), newDuration, "rtl");
});
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
This line under the “rtl” logic tells the element to keep sliding until -632px (the width of the element).
Take off the + “px” and use ‘-=’ instead!
I don’t really understand why you are taking this approach though. Why not just use this, which would slide it just until it leaves “viewer”?
Also, why is #container so wide? Why not just let it remain the width of the contents? Does it really need to be as wide as .wrapper?