eqcol

eqcol

Equal effing columns

Install

Browserify

$ npm install --save eqcol

Bower

$ bower install --save eqcol

<script src="bower_components/eqcol/dist/eqcol.min.js"></script>

Usage

Basic usage

<div class="row" data-eqcol>
	<div class="col-md-4" data-eqcol-watch>
		...
	</div>
	<div class="col-md-4" data-eqcol-watch>
		...
	</div>
	<div class="col-md-4" data-eqcol-watch>
		...
	</div>
</div>

import eqcol from 'eqcol';

const row = document.querySelector('.row');
eqcol(row, {
	// options...
});

Nesting

<div class="row" data-eqcol="foo">
	<div class="col-md-4" data-eqcol-watch="foo">
		...
	</div>
	<div class="col-md-4" data-eqcol-watch="foo">
		<div class="row" data-eqcol="bar">
			<div class="col-sm-6" data-eqcol-watch="bar">
				...
			</div>
			<div class="col-sm-6" data-eqcol-watch="bar">
				...
			</div>
		</div>
	</div>
	<div class="col-md-4" data-eqcol-watch="foo">
		...
	</div>
</div>

import eqcol from 'eqcol';

const rows = document.querySelectorAll('.row');
eqcol(rows, {
	// options...
});

API

eqcol(element [, options])

Initializes and equalizes the specified element(s). Returns an array of Eqcol objects.

element

Type: string || Element || NodeList

The container of the element(s) to be equalized. For instance, the parent row of the targeted columns.

options

Type: object

Optionally pass an object with the any of the following values.

Name	Type	Default	Description
byRow	boolean	true	Matches each rows' child elements height only
minHeight	integer	0	The minimum height of each column
useTallest	boolean	true	Whether to use the tallest column as height of all columns
groupAttr	string	data-eqcol	Passed a unique ID of each container
watchAttr	string	data-eqcol-watch	Passed the value of its matching unique parent ID

Methods

eqcol(element, 'equalize')

Call the equalize function directly.

eqcol(element, 'destroy')

Reset all of the columns back to auto height.

Events

There are two events that are exposed.

Name	Description
equal	Fired right before the columns are equalized
equaled	Fired after the columns are equalized

const rows = eqcol('.row', options);

rows.forEach(row => {
	row.addEventListener('equaled', () => {
		// do stuff after equalize has finished
	});
});

License

MIT © Alex Cross