Viewer.js
JavaScript image viewer.
Table of contents
- Features
- Main
- Getting started
- Keyboard support
- Options
- Methods
- Events
- No conflict
- Browser support
- Contributing
- Versioning
- License
Features
- Supports 29 options
- Supports 23 methods
- Supports 7 events
- Supports modal and inline modes
- Supports touch
- Supports move
- Supports zoom
- Supports rotation
- Supports scale (flip)
- Supports keyboard
- Cross-browser support
Main
dist/
├── viewer.css ( 8 KB)
├── viewer.min.css ( 7 KB)
├── viewer.js (60 KB, UMD)
├── viewer.min.js (26 KB, UMD, compressed)
├── viewer.common.js (60 KB, CommonJS)
└── viewer.esm.js (60 KB, ES Module)
Getting started
Quick start
Three quick start options are available:
- Download the latest release.
- Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/fengyuanchen/viewerjs.git
. - Install with NPM:
npm install viewerjs
.
Installation
Include files:
<link href="/path/to/viewer.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="/path/to/viewer.js"></script>
Usage
Initialize with Viewer
constructor:
- Browser:
window.Viewer
- CommonJS:
var Viewer = require('viewerjs')
- ES2015:
import Viewer from 'viewerjs'
<!-- a block container is required -->
<div>
<img id="image" src="picture.jpg" alt="Picture">
</div>
<div>
<ul id="images">
<li><img src="picture.jpg" alt="Picture"></li>
<li><img src="picture-2.jpg" alt="Picture 2"></li>
<li><img src="picture-3.jpg" alt="Picture 3"></li>
</ul>
</div>
// View one image
var viewer = new Viewer(document.getElementById('image'), options);
// View some images
var viewer = new Viewer(document.getElementById('images'), options);
Keyboard support
Only available in modal mode.
Esc
: Exit full screen or stop play.Space
: Stop play.←
: View the previous image.→
: View the next image.↑
: Zoom in the image.↓
: Zoom out the image.Ctrl + 0
: Zoom out to initial size.Ctrl + 1
: Zoom in to natural size.
Options
You may set viewer options with new Viewer(image, options)
.
If you want to change the global default options, You may use Viewer.setDefaults(options)
.
inline
- Type:
Boolean
- Default:
false
Enable inline mode.
button
- Type:
Boolean
- Default:
true
Show the button on the top-right of the viewer.
navbar
- Type:
Boolean
orNumber
- Default:
true
- Options:
0
orfalse
: hide the navbar1
ortrue
: show the navbar2
: show the navbar only when screen width great then 768 pixels3
: show the navbar only when screen width great then 992 pixels4
: show the navbar only when screen width great then 1200 pixels
Specify the visibility of the navbar.
title
- Type:
Boolean
orNumber
- Default:
true
- Options:
0
orfalse
: hide the title1
ortrue
: show the title2
: show the title only when screen width great then 768 pixels3
: show the title only when screen width great then 992 pixels4
: show the title only when screen width great then 1200 pixels
Specify the visibility of the title (the current image's name and dimensions).
The name comes from the
alt
attribute of an image element or the image name parsed from URL.
toolbar
- Type:
Boolean
orNumber
- Default:
true
- Options:
0
orfalse
: hide the toolbar1
ortrue
: show the toolbar2
: show the toolbar only when screen width great then 768 pixels3
: show the toolbar only when screen width great then 992 pixels4
: show the toolbar only when screen width great then 1200 pixels
Specify the visibility of the toolbar.
tooltip
- Type:
Boolean
- Default:
true
Show the tooltip with image ratio (percentage) when zoom in or zoom out
movable
- Type:
Boolean
- Default:
true
Enable to move the image.
zoomable
- Type:
Boolean
- Default:
true
Enable to zoom the image.
rotatable
- Type:
Boolean
- Default:
true
Enable to rotate the image.
scalable
- Type:
Boolean
- Default:
true
Enable to scale the image.
transition
- Type:
Boolean
- Default:
true
Enable CSS3 Transition for some special elements.
fullscreen
- Type:
Boolean
- Default:
true
Enable to request full screen when play.
Requires the browser supports Full Screen API.
keyboard
- Type:
Boolean
- Default:
true
Enable keyboard support.
interval
- Type:
Number
- Default:
5000
Define interval of each image when playing.
minWidth
- Type:
Number
- Default: 200
Define the minimum width of the viewer.
Only available in inline mode (set the
inline
option totrue
).
minHeight
- Type:
Number
- Default: 100
Define the minimum height of the viewer.
Only available in inline mode (set the
inline
option totrue
).
zoomRatio
- Type:
Number
- Default:
0.1
Define the ratio when zoom the image by wheeling mouse.
minZoomRatio
- Type:
Number
- Default:
0.01
Define the min ratio of the image when zoom out.
maxZoomRatio
- Type:
Number
- Default:
100
Define the max ratio of the image when zoom in.
zIndex
- Type:
Number
- Default:
2015
Define the CSS z-index
value of viewer in modal mode.
zIndexInline
- Type:
Number
- Default:
0
Define the CSS z-index
value of viewer in inline mode.
url
- Type:
String
orFunction
- Default:
'src'
Define where to get the original image URL for viewing.
If it is a string, it should be one of the attributes of each image element. If it is a function, it will be called on each image and should return a valid image URL.
ready
- Type:
Function
- Default:
null
A shortcut of the ready
event.
show
- Type:
Function
- Default:
null
A shortcut of the show
event.
shown
- Type:
Function
- Default:
null
A shortcut of the shown
event.
hide
- Type:
Function
- Default:
null
A shortcut of the hide
event.
hidden
- Type:
Function
- Default:
null
A shortcut of the hidden
event.
view
- Type:
Function
- Default:
null
A shortcut of the view
event.
viewed
- Type:
Function
- Default:
null
A shortcut of the viewed
event.
Methods
All methods allow chain composition.
As there are some asynchronous processes when start the viewer, you should call a method only when it is available, see the following lifecycle:
new Viewer(image, {
ready: function () {
// 2 methods are available here: "show" and "destroy".
},
shown: function () {
// 9 methods are available here: "hide", "view", "prev", "next", "play", "stop", "full", "exit" and "destroy".
},
viewed: function () {
// All methods are available here except "show".
this.viewer.zoomTo(1).rotateTo(180);
}
});
show()
Show the viewer.
Only available in modal mode.
hide()
hide the viewer.
Only available in modal mode.
view([index])
- index (optional):
- Type:
Number
- Default:
0
- The index of the image for viewing
- Type:
View one of the images with image's index.
viewer.view(1); // View the second image
prev()
View the previous image.
next()
View the next image.
move(offsetX[, offsetY])
-
offsetX:
- Type:
Number
- Moving size (px) in the horizontal direction
- Type:
-
offsetY (optional):
- Type:
Number
- Moving size (px) in the vertical direction.
- If not present, its default value is
offsetX
- Type:
Move the image with relative offsets.
viewer.move(1);
viewer.move(-1, 0); // Move left
viewer.move(1, 0); // Move right
viewer.move(0, -1); // Move up
viewer.move(0, 1); // Move down
moveTo(x[, y])
-
x:
- Type:
Number
- The
left
value of the image
- Type:
-
y (optional):
- Type:
Number
- The
top
value of the image - If not present, its default value is
x
.
- Type:
Move the image to an absolute point.
zoom(ratio[, hasTooltip])
-
ratio:
- Type:
Number
- Zoom in: requires a positive number (ratio > 0)
- Zoom out: requires a negative number (ratio < 0)
- Type:
-
hasTooltip (optional):
- Type:
Boolean
- Default:
false
- Show tooltip
- Type:
Zoom the image with a relative ratio
viewer.zoom(0.1);
viewer.zoom(-0.1);
zoomTo(ratio[, hasTooltip])
-
ratio:
- Type:
Number
- Requires a positive number (ratio > 0)
- Type:
-
hasTooltip (optional):
- Type:
Boolean
- Default:
false
- Show tooltip
- Type:
Zoom the image to an absolute ratio.
viewer.zoomTo(0); // Zoom to zero size (0%)
viewer.zoomTo(1); // Zoom to natural size (100%)
rotate(degree)
- degree:
- Type:
Number
- Rotate right: requires a positive number (degree > 0)
- Rotate left: requires a negative number (degree < 0)
- Type:
Rotate the image with a relative degree.
viewer.rotate(90);
viewer.rotate(-90);
rotateTo(degree)
- degree:
- Type:
Number
- Type:
Rotate the image to an absolute degree.
viewer.rotateTo(0); // Reset to zero degree
viewer.rotateTo(360); // Rotate a full round
scale(scaleX[, scaleY])
-
scaleX:
- Type:
Number
- Default:
1
- The scaling factor to apply on the abscissa of the image
- When equal to
1
it does nothing.
- Type:
-
scaleY (optional):
- Type:
Number
- The scaling factor to apply on the ordinate of the image
- If not present, its default value is
scaleX
.
- Type:
Scale the image.
viewer.scale(-1); // Flip both horizontal and vertical
viewer.scale(-1, 1); // Flip horizontal
viewer.scale(1, -1); // Flip vertical
scaleX(scaleX)
- scaleX:
- Type:
Number
- Default:
1
- The scaling factor to apply on the abscissa of the image
- When equal to
1
it does nothing
- Type:
Scale the abscissa of the image.
viewer.scaleX(-1); // Flip horizontal
scaleY(scaleY)
- scaleY:
- Type:
Number
- Default:
1
- The scaling factor to apply on the ordinate of the image
- When equal to
1
it does nothing
- Type:
Scale the ordinate of the image.
viewer.scaleY(-1); // Flip vertical
play()
Play the images.
stop()
Stop play.
full()
Enter modal mode.
Only available in inline mode.
exit()
Exit modal mode.
Only available in inline mode.
tooltip()
Show the current ratio of the image with percentage.
Requires the
tooltip
option set totrue
.
toggle()
Toggle the image size between its natural size and initial size.
reset()
Reset the image to its initial state.
update()
Update the viewer instance when the source images changed (added, removed or sorted).
If you load images dynamically (with XMLHTTPRequest), you can use this method to add the new images to the viewer instance.
destroy()
Destroy the viewer and remove the instance.
Events
All events can access the viewer instance with this.viewer
in its handler.
var viewer;
image.addEventListener('viewed', function () {
console.log(this.viewer === viewer);
// -> true
}, false);
viewer = new Viewer(image);
ready
This event fires when a viewer instance is ready for viewing.
In modal mode, this event will not be triggered until you click on one of the images.
show
This event fires when the viewer modal starts to show.
Only available in modal mode.
shown
This event fires when the viewer modal has shown.
Only available in modal mode.
hide
This event fires when the viewer modal starts to hide.
Only available in modal mode.
hidden
This event fires when the viewer modal has hidden.
Only available in modal mode.
view
-
event.detail.originalImage:
- Type:
HTMLImageElement
- The original image.
- Type:
-
event.detail.index:
- Type:
Number
- The index of the original image.
- Type:
-
event.detail.image:
- Type:
HTMLImageElement
- The current image (a clone of the original image).
- Type:
This event fires when a viewer starts to show (view) an image.
viewed
- event.detail: the same as the
view
event.
This event fires when a viewer has shown (viewed) an image.
No conflict
If you have to use other viewer with the same namespace, just call the Viewer.noConflict
static method to revert to it.
<script src="other-viewer.js"></script>
<script src="viewer.js"></script>
<script>
Viewer.noConflict();
// Code that uses other `Viewer` can follow here.
</script>
Browser support
- Chrome (latest)
- Firefox (latest)
- Safari (latest)
- Opera (latest)
- Edge (latest)
- Internet Explorer 9+
Contributing
Please read through our contributing guidelines.
Versioning
Maintained under the Semantic Versioning guidelines.