nickhar/dahling.js

An ultra-simple and lightweight media query js/css loader

dahling.js

An ultra-simple and lightweight media query js/css loader (~1.4kb minified)

• Author : Nick Harrison @nickhar <https://github.com/nickhar>
• Home : http://nickhar.github.com/dahling.js
• Source : https://github.com/nickhar/dahling.js
• License : GPLv2 & MIT

Features

dahling.js provides simple functions at present:

1. It determines if the browser is currently in a particular media mode (on load). Use the same media query as you would in CSS or in a <link> file.
2. It provides the ability to load external (plain or versioned) JS or CSS files - individually or as an array.
3. Load assets and accomplish other tasks using conditional logic.

Methods

• dahling()
• load()

Examples

<script type="text/javascript" src="dahling.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">

   if (dahling("screen and (max-width:800px)")){
      //do something for the screen
   }
	 
   if (dahling("all and (orientation:portrait)")){
      //react to portrait mode
   } 


// Load external files
   if (dahling("screen and (max-width:481px)")){
      
   // Load required JS file based on max-width
      load('mobile.js');
      
   // Load several files
      load(['mobile.js','mobile.css']);
      
   // Load versioned files
      load('mobile.js?123');
      load('mobile.css?456');
      
   // Log notification to the console
      console.log("Mobile mode");
      
   // Alert the user
      alert("Mobile mode");
      
   }

</script>

Roadmap

• Include addListeners - enabling loading/actions on media query state changes
• Add generic classes for desktop, tablet, phone
• Look at the ability to include queries for specific devices

Forks and contributors welcomed.

License

Copyright © 2010-2013 Nick Harrison <https://github.com/nickhar>

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.