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FlyPanels is a jQuery off-canvas navigation plugin which simplifies the task of creating a multi-level, cross-browser, sidebar push menu for your responsive website.

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Documentation

flyPanels v3.2.0

flyPanels - responsive off canvas menu panels

Features

FlyPanels is a responsive off canvas menu plugin for websites or web apps. It supports all modern browsers from IE11. This new version is written in vanilla JavaScript and has no other dependencies. The old jQuery version can still be accessed on a separate branch called jQuery. Take note that the old jQuery version will not receive as much attention from me as I'm moving away from jQuery.

Compared to many other off canvas menu plugins out there this one is more solid and behaves more like a native solution. Try it!

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Browser Support

  • Google Chrome (Windows, OSX, iOS and Android 4.x)
  • Internet Explorer 11+
  • Firefox 40+
  • Safari 7+
  • Mobile Safari iOS 8+

Installation

yarn add flyPanels 

Setup

<!-- You'll need to include flyPanels of course! --> <script src="jquery.flyPanels.js"></script>  <!-- Some basic CSS is required of course --> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/flyPanels.css">

Usage

document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function(event) {   flyPanels.init(); });

Settings and Defaults

options: {   container: '.flypanels-container',   treeMenu: {     init: false,     expandHandler: 'span.expand',     UseJSON: false,     OnExpandOpen: function () {},     OnExpandClose: function () {},     OnJSONLoaded: function () {},     JSONLoadError: function () {}       },   search = {     init: false,     saveQueryCookie: false   },   onInit: function () {},   onInitTreeMenu: function () {},   onOpen: function () {},   onClose: function () {},   onOpenLeft: function () {},   onCloseLeft: function () {},   onOpenRight: function () {},   onCloseRight: function () {},   afterWindowResize: function () {},   OnAttachEvents: function () {},   onWindowResize: function () {},   onEmptySearchResult: function () {},   onSearchError: function () {},   onSearchSuccess: function () {},   onInitSearch: function () {},   onDestroy: function () {} };
  • treeMenu:
    • init: Boolean - If it should look for and init the expanding treemenu.
    • expandHandler: String - The element that should have the click event to open/close submenu (expand/contract)
    • UseJSON: Boolean - The treemenu can generate HTML markup from a JSON file if specified.
    • OnExpandOpen: What to do just after a node has expanded/opened.
    • OnExpandClose: What to do just after a node has closed.
    • OnJSONLoaded: What to do just after the JSON has been loaded.
    • JSONLoadError: What to do if an error occurred during the loading of the JSON.
  • search:
    • init: Boolean - If it should look for and init the search component.
    • saveQueryCookie: Boolean - If the search query should be stored in a session cookie to remember the last search.
  • onInit: What to do after the plugin is initialized.
  • onLoad: What to do after the plugin has loaded.
  • onOpenLeft: What to do after the left panel has opened.
  • onOpenRight: What to do after the right panel has opened.
  • onCloseLeft: What to do after the left panel has closed.
  • onCloseRight: What to do after the right panel has closed.
  • afterWindowResize: What to do just after a window resize.
  • OnAttachEvents: What to do just after events has been attached.
  • onWindowResize: What to do just on window resize.
  • onEmptySearchResult: What to do if search result is empty.
  • onSearchError: What to do just if search returns an error.
  • onSearchSuccess: What to do if search is successful.
  • onInitSearch: What to do just after search is initialized.
  • onInitTreeMenu: What to do just after tree menu is initialized.
  • onDestroy: What to do just after plugin is destroyed.

Typical setup

This could be your typical script setup.

document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function(event) {   flyPanels.init(); });

Html needed for a basic setup

<div class="flypanels-container preload">   <div class="offcanvas flypanels-left">     <div class="panelcontent" data-panel="default">       <p>panel content goes here</p>     </div>   </div>   <div class="flypanels-main">     <div class="flypanels-topbar">       <a class="flypanels-button-left icon-menu" data-panel="default" href="#"></a>       <a class="flypanels-button-right icon-menu" data-panel="default" href="#"></a>     </div>     <div class="flypanels-content">       Your page content goes here...     </div>   </div>   <div class="offcanvas flypanels-right">     <div class="panelcontent" data-panel="default">       <p>panel content goes here</p>     </div>   </div> </div>

Multiple content panels

It is possible to have multiple content panels in one panel and activate a different content panel depending on what button you press. You use the data-panel attribute to target a specific content panel

<div class="flypanels-container preload">   <div class="offcanvas flypanels-left">     <div class="panelcontent" data-panel="default">       <p>panel content goes here</p>     </div>     <div class="panelcontent" data-panel="more">       <p>some other panel content goes here</p>     </div>   </div>   <div class="flypanels-main">     <div class="flypanels-topbar">       <a class="flypanels-button-left icon-menu" data-panel="default" href="#"><i class="fa fa-bars"></i></a>       <a class="flypanels-button-left icon-menu" data-panel="more" href="#"><i class="fa fa-gears"></i></a>       <a class="flypanels-button-right icon-menu" data-panel="default" href="#"><i class="fa fa-bars"></i></a>     </div>     <div class="flypanels-content">       Your page content goes here...     </div>   </div>   <div class="offcanvas flypanels-right">     <div class="panelcontent" data-panel="default">       <p>panel content goes here</p>     </div>   </div> </div>

Using the expanding treemenu component

If you want to use the treemenu component you'll need to set it to true in the options and you'll need to add the necessary HTML markup.

To customize the appearance of the treemenu you can either modify the LESS files and rebuild or just simply override the default styles.

document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function(event) {   flyPanels.init({     onInit: function() {       fpm_treemenu.init();     },   }) });
<div class="flypanels-container preload">   <div class="offcanvas flypanels-left">     <div class="panelcontent" data-panel="treemenu">       <nav class="flypanels-treemenu" role="navigation" aria-label="Main navigation" id="flypanels-treemenu">         <ul>           <li class="haschildren"><a href="#"><span class="link">Example menu item</span> <span class="expand">2<i class="fa icon"></i></span></a>             <ul>               <li class="haschildren"><a href="#"><span class="link">Example menu item</span> <span class="expand">2<i class="fa icon"></i></span></a>                 <ul>                   <li class="haschildren"><a href="#"><span class="link">Example menu item</span> <span class="expand">2<i class="fa icon"></i></span></a>                     <ul>                       <li class="haschildren"><a href="#"><span class="link">Example menu item</span> <span class="expand">2<i class="fa icon"></i></span></a>                         <ul>                           <li><a href="#"><span class="link">Example menu item</span></a></li>                           <li><a href="#"><span class="link">Example menu item</span></a></li>                         </ul>                       </li>                       <li><a href="#"><span class="link">Example menu item</span></a></li>                     </ul>                   </li>                   <li><a href="#"><span class="link">Example menu item</span></a></li>                 </ul>               </li>               <li><a href="#"><span class="link">Example menu item</span></a></li>             </ul>           </li>         </ul>       </nav>     </div>   </div>   <div class="flypanels-main">     <div class="flypanels-topbar">       <a class="flypanels-button-left icon-menu" data-panel="treemenu" href="#"><i class="fa fa-bars"></i></a>       <a class="flypanels-button-right icon-menu" data-panel="default" href="#"><i class="fa fa-gears"></i></a>     </div>     <div class="flypanels-content">       Your page content goes here...     </div>   </div>   <div class="offcanvas flypanels-right">     <div class="panelcontent" data-panel="default">       <p>panel content goes here</p>     </div>   </div> </div>

Using the expanding treemenu component with JSON

If you want to use the treemenu component with JSON as data srouce you'll need to set it to true in the options and you'll need to add the necessary HTML markup. You will also need to specify the URL to the JSON file in the data attribute data-json.

To customize the appearance of the treemenu you can either modify the LESS files and rebuild or just simply override the default styles.

document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function(event) {   flyPanels.init({     onInit: function() {       fpm_treemenu.init({         UseJSON: true       });     },   }) });
<div class="flypanels-container preload">   <div class="offcanvas flypanels-left">     <div class="panelcontent" data-panel="treemenu">       <nav class="flypanels-treemenu" role="navigation" aria-label="Main navigation" data-json="json/treemenu.json" id="flypanels-treemenu">         <!-- Tree Menu will render here -->       </nav>     </div>   </div>   <div class="flypanels-main">     <div class="flypanels-topbar">       <a class="flypanels-button-left icon-menu" data-panel="treemenu" href="#"><i class="fa fa-bars"></i></a>       <a class="flypanels-button-right icon-menu" data-panel="default" href="#"><i class="fa fa-gears"></i></a>     </div>     <div class="flypanels-content">       Your page content goes here...     </div>   </div>   <div class="offcanvas flypanels-right">     <div class="panelcontent" data-panel="default">       <p>panel content goes here</p>     </div>   </div> </div>

Using the search component

If you want to use the search component you'll need to set it to true in the options and you'll need to add the necessary HTML markup.

To customize the appearance of the search panel and its result you can either modify the LESS files and rebuild or just simply override the default styles.

document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function(event) {   flyPanels.init({     onInit: function() {       fpm_search.init({saveQueryCookie: true});     },   }) });
<div class="flypanels-container preload">   <div class="offcanvas flypanels-left">     <div class="panelcontent" data-panel="default">       <p>panel content goes here</p>     </div>     </div>   <div class="flypanels-main">     <div class="flypanels-topbar">       <a class="flypanels-button-left icon-menu" data-panel="default" href="#"><i class="fa fa-bars"></i></a>       <a class="flypanels-button-right icon-menu" data-panel="search" href="#"><i class="fa fa-search"></i></a>     </div>     <div class="flypanels-content">       Your page content goes here...     </div>   </div>   <div class="offcanvas flypanels-right">     <div class="panelcontent" data-panel="search">       <div class="searchbox" data-searchurl="json/searchresult.json?search=true">         <input type="text" />         <a href="#" class="searchbutton"></a>       </div>       <div class="resultinfo" style="display:none">         You search for "<span class="query">lorem ipsum</span>" resulted in <span class="num">5</span> hits.       </div>       <div class="errormsg" style="display:none">         Something went wrong, please refresh the page and try again.       </div>        <div class="loading" style="display:none"><div class="loader"></div><span>Searching...</span></div>       <nav class="flypanels-searchresult" style="display:none"></nav>     </div>   </div> </div>

changelog

3.2.0

  • New: Added support for generating a treemenu from a JSON file.

3.1.1

  • FIX: Repository bug

3.1.0

  • Moved from Bower to Yarn

3.0.0

  • New modular approach. Both the search and treemenu are now separate scripts that need to be incluced if needed.
  • Sizing adjusted from pixel sizing to viewport sizing for a more responsive approach. Markup and CSS Changed.
  • The panel widths are now possible to adjust depending on screen size using media queries. Default it uses the breakpoints defined by Bootstrap.
  • Added keyboard navigation TAB for better WCAG support.
  • ESC key now closes the currently open panel.

2.0.6

  • Fix: Adjustments to animations en environment.
  • Fix: Prevents content to "jump" due to scrollbar in desktop mode.

2.0.5

  • Fix: Bug with the search not removing previous search query and number of hits.

2.0.4

  • Fix: Bug with the search not removing previous search results if new query results in zero hits.

2.0.3

  • Fix: Bug with the search not handling zero results properly and not hiding the spinner after a search.

2.0.2

  • Fix: A case where flyPanels made RoyalSlider to not work after a panel has been opened. It seems that using 'innerHTML' to add elements to the DOM made RoyalSlider to stop working. Rewrote my function to not use innerHTML. Now it works just fine. Who would have known, eh?

2.0.1

  • Fix: The CSS contained some too new rules that prevented it from working at all in iOS8. Added CSS prefixes to fix it.
  • Change: Added autoprefixer to the build.

2.0.0

  • BIG CHANGE: Rewrote the plugin in vanilla JavaScript. jQuery is no longer required. Last version to use jQuery is 0.14.0
  • Change: Smoother CSS transitions and changed animation structure for faster Paint and Layout
  • Change: Removed legacy support for LESS. flyPanels now only supports SCSS

0.14.0

  • FIX: Fixed sidepanels scrolling issue with iOS9 that can occur depending on your meta viewport settings

0.13.0

  • Added SASS/SCSS support. flyPanels can now build with SASS or LESS.

0.12.1

  • Fixed CSS issue with the tree menu. #3

0.12.0

  • Added CSS class for active menu item.

0.11.2

  • Renamed all LESS variables. Added prefix flypanels_ to all.

0.11.1

  • The search result shouldn't be a nav element. Changed to a div. LESS file updated as well.

0.11.0

  • Updated the HTML markup for the treemenu component for a more accessible menu. Switched out span elements for a link elements
  • Addressed some issues with horizontal scrollbars caused by scrollbars on units with visible scrollbars. Horizontal overflow in the panels is now set to overflow-x:hidden and vertical scroll is now set to auto overflow-y:auto. This is maybe not the best solution to address scrollbar width.

0.10.4

  • Fixed bug with topbar not being fixed because of translate3d.

0.10.3

  • Bug fix: Errors in the CSS preventing the panels to work in Firefox.

0.10.2

  • Small fix: Removing and adding classes when opening and closing panels wasn't working properly resulting in unwanted scroll.

0.10.0

  • Added search panel. This is a panel with an search form that calls a URL with a querystring passing along a keyword expecting a JSON response. Use this to produce a search result in the panel. Look at the dummy JSON file to understand on how the JSON format should be.
  • Added search settings. Default the search features will not init, just like the tree menu component it must be set to true to init.

0.9.1

  • Added a preload class to the container wich is removed at page load, to prevent objects from animating to their starting positions.

0.9.0

  • Removed support for IE9
  • Removed the need for jquery.transit. Making the whole script as such smaller.
  • Added CSS3 translate3d animations for better and smoother animations.
  • Removed the fadedOpacity option (The opacity value of the content when a panel is open). This is now a LESS variable you can change in the LESS file
  • Please refer to the LESS files for all visual customizations you need.

0.8.0

  • Added a very nice and expanding treemenu component supporting up to 6 levels of depth.

0.7.0

First public release.


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