I have created a jQuery plugin for adding split panes to you web site or web application.
Split panes can be nested. Component min-widths and min-heights are supported. I have not implemented support for max-width and max-height, yet.
I’ve tested the code in the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox and Safari on OS X, and in IE8 on XP.
The source code can be found at github.
It’s only version 0.3, so there will probably be some changes in the near future. Please give me you feed back!
Check out the following pages for examples on how to use it:
- Vertical divider with left component fixed
- Vertical divider with right component fixed
- Vertical divider with right and left component widths in percent
- Horizontal divider and top component fixed
- Horizontal divider and bottom component fixed
- Horizontal divider and top and bottom component widths in percent
- Nested split panes
- 3 columns with left and right components fixed (nested)
N.B., not all markup in the examples are needed for setting up the split panes. <div class="split-pane-frame"> and <div class="decoration"> are used for styling purposes only. Feel free to use them, but you might want to style things your own way.
Hi Simon,
Woks absolutely great and quite simple to use !
I am impressed by your blogs and the broad technical knowledge you show.
Thanks for sharing,
DD
This thing seems excellent. I JSFiddled it with jQuery 2.10 and it works fine.
Hi,
I encountered some problems using the split-pane and I can’t understand where I wrong. Can you help me? You will find the split-pane divs @ http://www.corradimpianti.com/timelineprova
Thanks
Sure, I think that the problem is that you have not set a width on the divider. That a look at the source of http://dreamchain.com/static/split-pane/percent-vertical.html .
Remember to also set the margin-right on the left component to the same value as the divider width (also see source of link above).
Hi Simon – I like the plug in. Thank you very much! One thing I feel is missing is the “outline” mode that was supported in Dave Methvin’s splitter (I was using it until recently but decided to move on because it does not work with jQuery over 1.4). It allows the user to move the “zombie” divider and only resize split panes ONCE on mouseup. I work on enterprise business apps with dashboards and the issue with immediate resize is that IF the contents of the panes are large scrollable grids (fit to the pane sales orders, inventory parts, etc), the browser behavior becomes jerky when the divider is moved. Your code is very clear and I was able to make minimal modifications to it to support the outline by cloning the divider on mousedown (borrowed from Dave’s approach). However, it’s not the prettiest solution because of how the resizing math is currently packaged in createMousemove. Just a suggestion, in case you are planning to improve the plugin in the future. I don’t think there is anything lightweight of similar quality and functionality out there.
Thanks for the feedback! I have also worked with visualizing large datasets, so I’m familiar with your problem. It’s a good suggestion, I will definitely consider implementing that.