woollymittens/photo-tiler

This tile-based image viewer loads only the parts of the image that are visible. Not unlike how Google Maps loads map tiles. This demo comes with a web service to divide large images into tiles using PHP, but the concept is easily replicated in other languages.

viewer.js: Tile Based Image Viewer

DEPRICATION WARNING: the functionality in this script has been superceeded by photo-zoom.

This tile-based image viewer loads only the parts of the image that are visible. Not unlike how Google Maps loads map tiles. This demo comes with a web service to divide large images into tiles using PHP, but the concept is easily replicated in other languages.

How to include the script

The stylesheet is best included in the header of the document.

<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/viewer.css"/>

This include can be added to the header or placed inline before the script is invoked.

<script src="lib/positions.js"></script>
<script src="lib/transitions.js"></script>
<script src="js/viewer.js"></script>

Or use Require.js.

requirejs([
	'lib/positions.js',
	'lib/transitions.js',
	'js/viewer.js'
], function(positions, transitions, Viewer) {
	...
});

Or use imported as a component in existing projects.

@import {positions = require('lib/positions.js";
@import {transitions = require('lib/transitions.js";
@import {Viewer} from "js/viewer.js";

How to start the script

var viewer = new Viewer({
	'element' : document.getElementById('viewer'),
	'urlprefix' : '',
	'imageslice' : 'php/imageslice.php?src={src}&left={left}&top={top}&right={right}&bottom={bottom}&width={width}&height={height}',
	'transforms' : true,
	'width' : '100',
	'widthUnit' : '%',
	'height' : '512',
	'heightUnit' : 'px',
	'divide' : '80%',
	'margin' : '0%',
	'colorPassive' : '#ff6a00',
	'colorActive' : '#d45800',
	'colorHover' : '#ff9800',
	'colorDisabled' : '#7f7f7f',
	'lens' : '0.5',
	'toolbars' : 'buttons', 	// buttons | toolbar | sliders | none
	'zoom' : 'static', 			// static | lens
	'spin' : 'slideshow', 		// rotation | slideshow | catalogue
	'pan' : 'drag', 			// drag | hover
	'magnification' : '1.1',
	'max' : '4',
	'grid' : '256px',
	'cache' : '32',
	'left' : 0,
	'top' : 0,
	'right' : 1,
	'bottom' : 1
});

id : {string} - The ID attribute of an element somewhere in the document.

links : {string} - A CSS Rule that describes the toggle buttons within parent.

imageslice : {string} - A web-service for requesting cropped tiles of an image on the server. An example is provided as ./php/imageslice.php.

transforms : {boolean} - Allow CSS3 transforms over CSS2. This should be faster on mobile devices.

width : {integer} - The width of the slideshow.

widthUnit : {string}

• px - The width would be applied in pixels.
• % - The width would be applied as a percentage of the available space.
• em - The width would be applied relative to the text size.

height : {integer} - The height of the slideshow.

heightUnit : {string}

• px - The height would be applied in pixels.
• % - The height would be applied as a percentage of the available space. The parent element needs to have a defined height.
• em - The height would be applied relative to the text size.

divide : {string} - The percentage of the height devoted to the slides. The rest is reserved for the thumbnails.

margin : {string} - The space separating the slides and the thumbnails.

colorPassive : {color} - A color name, hex or rgba value used for the passive state of the buttons.

colorActive : {color} - A color name, hex or rgba value used for the active state of the buttons.

colorHover : {color} - A color name, hex or rgba value used for the hover state of the buttons.

colorDisabled : {color} - A color name, hex or rgba value used for the disabled state of the buttons.

lens : {float} - The radius of the lens overlay as a fraction of the width of the viewer.

toolbars : {string}

• buttons - Show a minimal set of buttons.
• toolbar - Show a toolbar instead of separate buttons.
• sliders - Use sliders to control the zoom and rotation.

zoom : {string}

• static - The main image zooms in.
• lens - A separate lens overlays a zoomed in view.

spin : {string}

• rotation - The left/right controls assume the images form a 360 degree rotation of a subject in separate frames.
• slideshow - The left/right controls cycle through slides.
• catalogue - The left/right controls emulate turning a page.

pan : {string}

• drag - Adjust the view by dragging the mouse or touch.
• hover - Adjust the view by hovering the mouse.

magnification : {float} - The factor by which the magnification increases.

max : {float} - The maximum magnification factor.

grid : {string} - The size of the tiles that make up the zoomed image.

cache : {integer} - How many tiles to keep track of at a time. More slows down the display, but reduces downloads.

How to control the script

Focus

viewer.focus(index);

Highlights and centres a specific thumbnail.

index : {integer} - The index of the slide to show.

Previous

viewer.previous();

Shows the previous slide.

Next

viewer.next();

Shows the next slide

License

This work is licensed under a MIT License. The latest version of this and other scripts by the same author can be found on Github.