Quicksand is an ES2en-based plug-in that reorders and filters elements on the page, and has a nice shuffling transition animation that can be used in many projects to enhance the user experience. This article illustrates the use of Quicksand as a practical project application.

XHTML

<div id="nav">
  <ul>
   <li id="all" class="cur"> All functional modules </li>
   <li id="app"> The application </li>
   <li id="sys"> System management </li>
  </ul>
</div>
<ul id="list" class="image-grid">
  <li id="id-1" class="app">
   <img src="images/birth.gif" width="80" height="60" alt="" />
   <strong> Birthday wishes </strong></li>
  <li id="id-2" class="app">
   <img src="images/festival.gif" width="80" height="60" alt="" />
   <strong> Holiday wishes </strong></li>
  <li id="id-3" class="sys">
   <img src="images/jifen.gif" width="80" height="60" alt="" />
   <strong> Integral management </strong></li>
  ....N more li
</ul>

The XHTML structure consists of a navigation bar and a content list. In the content list #list, I added an id attribute to each li to make it easier for the Quicksand plug-in to call.

CSS

#nav{height:36px; margin:10px auto; border-bottom:1px solid #36c}
#nav ul{list-style:none; padding-left:120px}
#nav ul li{float:left; height:34px; line-height:34px; margin-left:6px;
padding:0px 12px; border-left:1px solid #d3d3d3; border-right:1px solid #d3d3d3;
 border-top:1px solid #d3d3d3; background:#f7f7f7; cursor:pointer}
#nav ul li.cur{height:35px; background:#36c; color:#fff}
.image-grid{zoom:1}
.image-grid li{width: 82px; height:100px; margin: 20px 0 0 35px; float:left;
 text-align: center; line-height:18px;color: #686f74;overflow:hidden;}
.image-grid li img,.image-grid li strong{display:block;}

I set the TAB style for the navigation bar #nav and the style for the checked status #nav ul li.cur. The list content area also sets the fixed height and width of each image.

jQuery

First, copy the contents of the list area:

var $data=$("#list").clone();

Then, to implement the TAB style, when clicking on the navigation, add the selected style to the currently clicked item, while other items remove the selected status style:

$("#nav ul li").click(function(){
  $(this).addClass("cur");
  $(this).siblings().removeClass("cur");
});

Then, at click time, continue to get ID for the current click option, get the data source $source by judging the ID value, and finally call the quicksand plug-in. The complete code is as follows:

$("#nav ul li").click(function(){
  $(this).addClass("cur");
  $(this).siblings().removeClass("cur");
  var id = $(this).attr("id");
    if(id=="all"){
      var $source=$data.find("li");
    }else{
      var $source=$data.find("li[class="+id+"]");
    }
    $("#list").quicksand($source,{
      duration: 1000,
      attribute: 'id',
      easing: 'swing'
    });
  });
});

The Quicksand plug-in provides several parameters that can be configured: duration: Time of transition animation, in milliseconds. attribute: Attribute of the associated data, in this case set to id. easing: Animation buffering mode.

There is also a method enhancement: function(c) {} to customize the function call.

By the way, IE6 has no transition animation effect, IE7+ and other advanced browsers have passed the test.

This is the end of this article, I hope you enjoy it.