jquery-peek-a-bar

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Hello all,

Thanks for using this jQuery plugin to show notification bars in your web apps. Your love and support for this plugin is what motivates me to maintain it in an ever-changing world of newer front-end frameworks.

What's changing

• (Mar 16, 2024) Update README with a deprecation warning to give users enough time to prepare for the move
• (June 16, 2024) Move plugin to the @kunalnagarco organization
• (July 16, 2024) Deprecate the npm jquery-peek-a-bar package and create a new package under the org scope i.e. @kunalnagarco/jquery.peekABar

What's not changing

• No breaking changes
• No API changes
• This is purely a major bump for moving to the organization

jquery.peekABar

A jQuery plugin for a notification bar with customization options.

Installation

npm install jquery-peek-a-bar --save

Options

html

Use custom HTML as bar text.

Type: String Default: Your Message Here

autohide

Autohide the bar after it is shown.

Type: Boolean Default: false

delay

Time (in ms) before the bar is hidden if autohide is true.

Type: Number Default: 3000

padding

Add some padding to the bar.

Type: String Default: 1em

backgroundColor

Add a custom background color to the bar.

Type: String Default: rgb(195, 195, 195)

animation

The way in which the bar reveals itself.

Type: Object Example:

animation: {
    type: 'slide/fade',
    duration: 'slow/3000(in ms)'
}

cssClass

Assign a Custom CSS class to the bar.

Type: String Default: empty

opacity

Change bar opacity.

Type: Number Default: 1

position

Where should the bar be revealed? Top or bottom of the page?

Type: String Default: top Values: top | bottom

closeOnClick

Close the bar by clicking on it.

Type: Boolean Default: false

Event Methods

onShow

Called after the bar is shown.

onHide

Called after the bar is hidden.

Instance Methods

bar.show()

Show the bar.

bar.hide()

Hide the bar.

Example

Please check out the complete example below:

// Create a bar
var bar = $.peekABar({
    html: 'Custom Message',
    delay: 2000,
    autohide: true,
    padding: '2em',
    backgroundColor: 'rgb(195, 195, 195)',
    animation: {
        type: 'fade',
        duration: '2000'
    },
    opacity: '0.8',
    cssClass: 'custom-class',
    position: 'bottom',
    closeOnClick: true
    onShow: function() {
        console.log('called after bar is shown');
    },
    onHide: function() {
        console.log('called after bar is hidden');
    }
});

// Show the bar
bar.show();

// Hide the bar
bar.hide();

// Show the bar with custom HTML
// This call will override the HTML
// set in any previous definitions.
bar.show({
    html: 'Overrides all, puny human.'
});

Support

For any issues/queries, please open a new Github Issue.

Share

If you like the plugin, please share it with your friends!

Changelog

3.6.22 (2024-04-30)

Bug Fixes

• Update README for cssClass option (#148) (befe7e0)