Draggable JS Bootstrap modal - performance issues - javascript

For a project at work we use Bootstrap Modal windows in JavaScript. We would like to make some of the windows movable, but we are running into performance issues with JQuery.
$("#myModal").draggable({
handle: ".modal-header"
});
Example ,
Source .
In IE9, it works as expected.
In Chrome, horizontal dragging works as expected, and vertical dragging is rather slow but not problematic.
In Firefox, horizontal dragging works as expected, but vertical dragging is extremely slow.
It's strange, because the example window is not graphically heavy and JQuery is supposed to normalize browser behavior. I tried solving this without using JQuery's draggable, but I ran into the same issue.
So I have a couple of questions:
Is the slow performance the fault of the browser, JQuery, Bootstrap or is my code not optimal?
Why is there a difference between horizontal and vertical dragging?
Should I find a workaround, or just avoid Bootstrap altogether for dynamic popups?
Kind regards,
Guido

I found a few ways to fix this.
Adding this to your CSS file will disable the transition effects while the modal is being dragged. It appears however that once the user drags the box the fly in will not occur correctly but rather it will just fade in.
.modal.fade.ui-draggable-dragging {
-moz-transition: none;
-o-transition: none;
-webkit-transition: none;
transition: none;
}
Alternatively adding the following to your CSS file and the nofly class to your model will disable the fly in all together but not the fade in:
.modal.fade.nofly {
top: 10%;
-webkit-transition: opacity 0.3s linear;
-moz-transition: opacity 0.3s linear;
-o-transition: opacity 0.3s linear;
transition: opacity 0.3s linear;
}

I found that at bootstrap 3 I had to override these css properties of the modal dialog:
.modal
{
overflow: hidden;
bottom: auto;
right: auto;
}
.modal-dialog{
margin-right: 0;
margin-left: 0;
}
Fiddle
Full screen demo

This does not exactly answer your questions, but you may try to disable the *-transition properties or decreasing the time value from the specified 0.3s. This is defined in .modal.fade. But this will mess with the initial pop-up animation too. If this is not acceptable, you may use the start event of the draggable widget to apply the new style.

With Bootstrap 3.3 and jQuery UI 1.1 I'm adding a class called "modal-draggable" to the element with the "modal" class.
It binds to the .modal-dialog element inside containers with the .modal-draggable class (unlike some examples here which bind to the actual container).
There is some CSS so scrolling for long dialogs still work across devices of all screen sizes.
CSS:
.modal-draggable .modal-backdrop {
position: fixed;
}
.modal.modal-draggable {
overflow: overflow-y;
}
.modal-draggable .modal-header:hover {
cursor: move;
}
JavaScript:
$(".modal-draggable .modal-dialog").draggable({
handle: ".modal-header"
});
See the JS Fiddle here for a demo:
http://jsfiddle.net/jcosnn6u/3/
NB: So far I have only tested this in Chrome, Firefox and Safari and mobile devices, so can't comment on Internet Explorer compatibility.

I prefer using jqueryui. More detail about draggable API here: http://api.jqueryui.com/draggable/

Although the suggested CSS changes worked for me, I didn't like the dialog being shown on the left initially. Upgrading jquery UI from 1.9 to 1.11 fixed the issue I was seeing

Related

How to prevent transition to run on page load after height is set with javascript in Safari?

I have a div on a page with liquid height that i want to animate with CSS transitions to collapse/expand.
I set the default height of the div using JS, so if i change the height with CSS, it can easily revert back to the original state. Works fine, the issue is that the height animation will run on page load in Safari. (works fine in Chrome) Any idea how to fix this?
CSS:
div {
background: red;
transition: all 1s cubic-bezier(0.77, 0, 0.175, 1) 0s;
overflow: hidden;
}
div.hide {
height:10px !important;
}
JS:
$div = $('div');
$div.height($div.height());
$div.click(function(){
$div.toggleClass('hide');
});
Demo:
https://jsfiddle.net/69taau5m/1/
It might be a little hacky but you could always apply the transition to your div on click as well.
Did this pretty quick but it works. Check out the fiddle. Could always add some logic to only apply css on the first click.

Disable JQuery automatic animation

Sometimes when using JQuery to set the css attribute of an element such as "height", "max-height", it automatically binds animation to the change. Sometimes it is awesome, but it is not always necessary. Is there a way to disable this kind of animation?
Actually what is the exact situation that causes JQuery to automatically bind animations? because I don't always see this kind of behavior. I am not using JQuery-UI.
Perhaps the element you are changing the height of has a css transition property that is responsibe for the animation.
$(function() {
$('.myClass').css('width', '100px');
});
.myClass {
height: 50px;
width: 300px;
background-color: red;
}
.transition {
transition: width 3s;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.0.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
with transition
<div class="myClass transition">
</div>
without transition
<div class="myClass">
</div>
Borrowing from What is the cleanest way to disable CSS transition effects temporarily?
You can then create a class that will override the transition property and toggle that class
.notransition {
-webkit-transition: none !important;
-moz-transition: none !important;
-o-transition: none !important;
-ms-transition: none !important;
transition: none !important;
}
Note
If you go this route, you may run into the issue of needing to reflow the css
From What is the cleanest way to disable CSS transition effects temporarily? once again:
There are various ways to do this - see here for some. The closest
thing there is to a 'standard' way of doing this is to read the
offsetHeight property of the element.
One solution that actually works, then, is
$someElement.addClass('notransition'); // Disable transitions
doWhateverCssChangesYouWant($someElement);
$someElement[0].offsetHeight; // Trigger a reflow, flushing the CSS
changes $someElement.removeClass('notransition'); // Re-enable
transitions
You can use jQuery.fx.off parameter to define if animation should be used. Read about it here
Also you can modify css values directly without modifying function like
$("#id").css('height', '100px');
instead of
$("#id").height(100);

CSS3 translate out of screen

For a number of projects now I have had elements on the page which I want to translate out of the screen area (have them fly out of the document). In proper code this should be possible just by adding a class to the relevant element after which the css would handle the rest. The problem lies in the fact that if for example
.block.hide{
-webkit-transform:translateY(-10000px);
}
is used the element will first of all fly out of the screen unnecessarily far and with an unnecessarily high speed. And purely from an aesthetic point of view there's a lot left to be desired (Theoretically speaking for example a screen with a height of 10000px could be introduced one day in the future).
(Update) The problem why percentages can't be used is that 100% is relative to the element itself, rather than to the parent element/screen size. And containing the element in a full-sized parent would be possible, but would create a mess with click events. And after a few answers, allow me to point out that I am talking about translations, not about position:absolute css3 transitions (which are all fine, but once you get enough of them they stop being fun).
What aesthetically pleasing solutions to allow an element to translate out of a screen in a fixed amount of time can you guys think of?
Example code can be found in this jsfiddle demonstrating the basic concept.
http://jsfiddle.net/ATcpw/
(see my own answer below for a bit more information)
If you wrap the .block div with a container:
<div class="container">
<div class="block"></div>
</div>
<button>Click</button>
you could expand and then, translate the container itself after the click event
document.querySelector("button").addEventListener("click", function () {
document.querySelector(".container").classList.add("hide");
});
with this style
.block {
position:absolute;
bottom:10px;
right:10px;
left:10px;
height:100px;
background:gray;
}
.container {
-webkit-transition: -webkit-transform ease-in-out 1s;
-webkit-transform-origin: top;
-webkit-transition-delay: 0.1s; /* Needed to calculate the vertical area to shift with translateY */
}
.container.hide {
position:absolute;
top:0;
left:0;
bottom:0;
right:0;
/* background:#f00; /* Uncomment to see the affected area */
-webkit-transform: translateY(-110%);
}
In this way, it is possible to apply a correct translationY percentage ( a little more than 100%, just to have it out of the way ) and mantaining the button clickable.
You could see a working example here : http://jsfiddle.net/MG7bK/
P.S: I noticed that the transition delay is needed only for the transitionY property, otherwise the animation would fail, probably because it tries to start before having an actual value for the height. It could be omitted if you use the horizontal disappearing, with translateX.
What I did is use the vh (view height) unit. It's always relative to the screen size, not the element itself:
/* moves the element one screen height down */
translateY(calc(100vh))
So if you know the position of the element in the screen (say top:320px), you can move it exactly off the screen:
/* moves the element down exactly off the bottom of the screen */
translateY(calc(100vh - 320px))
I know this is not exactly what you were asking but...
Would you consider using CSS animations with Greensock's Animation Platform? It is terribly fast (it claims it's 20 times faster than jQuery), you can see the speed test here: http://www.greensock.com/js/speed.html
It would make your code nicer I believe, and instead of trying to hack CSS animations you could focus on more important stuff.
I have created a JSFiddle here: http://jsfiddle.net/ATcpw/4/
Both CSS and possible JS look simpler:
document.querySelector("button").addEventListener("click",function(){
var toAnimate = document.querySelector(".block");
TweenMax.to(toAnimate, 2, {y: -window.innerHeight});
});
CSS:
.block{
position:absolute;
bottom:10px;
right:10px;
left:10px;
height:100px;
background-image: url(http://lorempixel.com/800/100);
}
I recently built an app which used precisely this technique for sliding 'panels' (or pages) and tabs of the application in and out of view. A basic implementation of the tabs mechanism can be seen here.
Basically (pesudo-code to illustrate the concept, minus prefixes etc):
.page {
transform: translateY(100%);
}
.page.active {
transform: translateY(0%);
}
The problem I had was that Android Webkit in particular wouldn't calculate percentage values correctly. In the end I had to use script to grab the viewport width and specify the value in pixels, then write the rules using a library for dynamic stylesheet parsing.
But eventually, and in spite of only these minor platform-specific problems, this worked perfectly for me.
Use calc method (http://jsfiddle.net/ATcpw/2/):
.block{
position:absolute;
top: -webkit-calc(100% - 110px);
right:10px;
left:10px;
height:100px;
background:gray;
-webkit-transition: all 2s;
/*this adds GPU acceleration*/
transform: translate3d(0,0,0);
-webkit-transform: translate3d(0,0,0);
}
.block.hide{
top: -100px;
}
Since you are using -webkit prefix I used it as well.
calc is supported by majority of browsers: http://caniuse.com/#search=calc
One very simple, but not aesthetically pleasing solution is to define the class dynamically:
var stylesheet = document.styleSheets[0];
var ruleBlockHide;
and
//onresize
if(ruleBlockHide) stylesheet.deleteRule(ruleBlockHide);
ruleBlockHide = stylesheet.insertRule('.block.hide{ -webkit-transform:translateY(-'+window.innerHeight+'px); }',stylesheet.cssRules.length);
see: http://jsfiddle.net/PDU7T/
The reason a reference to the rule needs to be kept is that after each screen resize the rule has to be deleted and re-added.
Although this solution gets the job done, there has to be some DOM/CSS combination which would allow this to be done without javascript (something along the lines of a 100%x100% element containing such a block, but I haven't been able to figure out any transform based way).
get the document width. then use a java script trigger to trigger the css3 translation.
function translate(){
var width = document.body.Width;
document.getElementById('whateverdiv').style='translateX(' + width + 'px)';
}
This is simple
add the following to your div
.myDiv {
-webkit-transition-property: left;
-webkit-transition-duration: 0.5s;
-webkit-transition-timing-function: ease-in-out;
-webkit-transition-delay: initial
}
then change the "left" property of it either by adding an additional class or by jQuery
This will animate it along the x-axis
Note: you can change the -webkit-transition-property to any property you want and this will animate it

Slide + fade effect using CSS transitions

I'm trying to replicate this effect using CSS effects or transitions.
Using animations I can animate the opacity, but only fadeIn, and the height (which should control the slide) doesn't seem to work at all :(
The closest I've got is by using javascript to set a temporary class on the element I want to animate, and on which I apply the initial opacity. But height doesn't work either. And there seems to be a slight delay on animation start.
Any other ideas?
So I ended up using the solution posted in the question Simon mentioned: With javascript I wrap the element I want to animate within a "wrapper" DIV on which I apply the animation. The wrapper will get its height changed from 0 to the height of the content DIV every time the label is clicked:
fiddle here
I know it requires some javascript, but the idea is to make the animation in CSS, and this is what it does. And if JS is disabled, the toggle will still work...
You can't currently animate on height when one of the heights involved is auto, you have to set two explicit heights. There's an extensive workaround posted as an answer to this similar question.
I made an alteration to your JS Fiddle, I beleive this is what you want; please see it here.
You need to specify a height on the div originally (0) and don't forget overflow:hidden; so that the content doesn't 'spil out' of the div. You will still need jQuery / Javascript however, to toggle a class but it means much less Javascript is required. (I toggled the class "change" which you will see on that fiddle)
input {
display:none;
}
label {
display:inline-block;
}
div {
white-space: pre;
background: #eee;
color: #333;
overflow:hidden;
height:0;
opacity:0;
-moz-transition:height 1s opacity 1s;
-webkit-transition:height 1s opacity 1s;
-o-transition:height 1s opacity 1s;
-ms-transition:height 1s opacity 1s;
transition:height 1s, opacity 1s;
}
.changed {
height:200px;
opacity: 1;
}
I added a few vendor prefixes to the transition CSS propery as I'm not sure what browser you'll be using and I'm on firefox so I need the -moz- prefix lol :)
The only problem I can see with this is that height:auto or height:100% doesn't animate, so you'll need to specify ems or px... If this is going to be a problem (like if the content will be dynamic), I would advise using jQuery for the height animation.

CSS3 Javascript trigger transition animation

I have a DIV class setup as follows:
div.map_view{
height: 420px;
transition: height 2s;
-moz-transition: height 2s; /* Firefox 4 */
-webkit-transition: height 2s; /* Safari and Chrome */
-o-transition: height 2s; /* Opera */
}
The purpose is when I change the height of this DIV, it animates a scroll (up in this case). When I call this function in my script:
document.getElementById('map_view').style.height = '0px';, it just immediately disappears (doesn't animate). However, if I comment this out and call the exact same line in my JS debugger, the animation works.
Why is this? What am I missing that causes it to do nothing in my script?
I know I've cut a couple of corners with this by using jquery but here's what I got:
http://jsfiddle.net/qZ6J4/7/
Take a look at that.
I actually found a helpful tutorial here: CSS3 Transitions in JavaScript. I basically setup my two CSS3 class definitions and use jQuery's .toggleClass() function to change between the two.

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