re-roger/jquery.imgpreload

The jQuery.imgpreload plugin lets you preload images before and after the DOM has loaded.

jQuery Image Preload Plugin

The jQuery.imgpreload plugin lets you preload images before and after the DOM has loaded.

Tested: IE6, IE7, IE8, IE9+, FF, Chrome, Safari

Usage

Callbacks

The following are available callbacks, you may change them globally or override the defaults by passing the settings object to the imgpreload method.

$.fn.imgpreload.defaults =
{
    each: null // callback invoked when each image is loaded
    , all: null // callback invoked when all images have loaded
};

After DOM loaded

The following illustrates using the plugin to preload images after the dom has loaded (e.g. using jQuery selectors):

$('#content img').imgpreload(function()
{
    // callback invoked when all images have loaded
    // this = array of dom image objects
    // check for success with: $(this[i]).data('loaded')
});

$('img.logos').imgpreload
({
    each: function()
    {
        // callback invoked when each image is loaded
        // this = dom image object
        // check for success with: $(this).data('loaded')
    },
    all: function()
    {
        // callback invoked when all images have loaded
        // this = array of dom image objects
        // check for success with: $(this[i]).data('loaded')
    }
});

Before DOM loaded

To preload images before the dom has loaded, for instance in the head of the document, you would have to use specific image paths.

$.imgpreload('/images/a.gif',function()
{
    // callback invoked when all images have loaded
    // this = array of dom image objects
    // check for success with: $(this[i]).data('loaded')
});

You can pass a single image path (as above) or an array of image paths.

$.imgpreload(['/images/a.gif','/images/b.gif'],function()
{
    // this = array of dom image objects
    // check for success with: $(this[i]).data('loaded')
    // callback executes when all images are loaded
});

each and all callbacks are available to use.

$.imgpreload(['/images/a.gif','/images/b.gif'],
{
    each: function()
    {
        // callback invoked when each image is loaded
        // this = dom image object
        // check for success with: $(this).data('loaded')
    },
    all: function()
    {
        // callback invoked when all images have loaded
        // this = array of dom image objects
        // check for success with: $(this[i]).data('loaded')
    }
});