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A Pen by Saminou yengue kizidi.
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Flying-boxes.markdown

Flying boxes

Boxes reposition themselves as you change the browser or iframe width. It's been done before, but I wanted to take a crack at it.

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index.html
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Auto-repositioning boxes</title>
<link href="http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:300,400,600,700,800|Open+Sans+Condensed:300,700" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
</head>
<body>
<div>
<h3>Content Title</h3>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequa.</p>
<p>Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatm.</p>
</div>
<div>
<h3>Content Title</h3>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequa.</p>
</div>
<div>
<h3 class="pink">Content Title</h3>
<p>Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatm.</p>
</div>
<div>
<h3 class="pink">Content Title</h3>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequa. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatm.</p>
</div>
<div>
<h3>Content Title</h3>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequa.</p>
<p>Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatm.</p>
</div>
<div>
<h3 class="pink">Content Title</h3>
<p>Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatm.</p>
</div>
<div>
<h3>Content Title</h3>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequa.</p>
<p>Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatm.</p>
</div>
<div>
<h3>Content Title</h3>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequa. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatm.</p>
</div>
<div>
<h3>Content Title</h3>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequa.</p>
</div>
<div>
<h3>Content Title</h3>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequa.</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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script.js
//positions each box based on window width and the Y pos of box above it
function layoutBoxes(boxes) {
var box, boxWidth = 250, boxSpacing = 55, currentPosX = 0, currentPosY = 0, rowItems = 0,
viewportWidth = document.body.clientWidth;
for(var i=0, len=boxes.length; i<len; i++) {
box = boxes[i];
box.style.top = 0;
//if necessary, start new row
if(currentPosX + 250 > viewportWidth) {
rowItems = (rowItems == 0) ? i : rowItems;
currentPosX = 0;
}
//calculate top position of current box
if(rowItems > 0) {
var boxAbove = boxes[i-rowItems];
boxAboveHeight = boxAbove.offsetHeight-30;
boxAboveY = boxAbove.style.top;
boxAboveY = (boxAboveY != "" && boxAboveY != 0) ? +boxAboveY.substr(0,boxAboveY.length-2)-15 : 0;
currentPosY = boxAboveHeight + boxSpacing + boxAboveY;
}
//set attributes and increment X position
box.style.cssText = "position: absolute; left: " + currentPosX + "px; top: " + currentPosY + "px; transition: top .8s, left .8s; -webkit-transition: top .8s, left .8s;";
currentPosX = currentPosX + boxWidth;
}
}
//init
var boxes = document.getElementsByTagName("div");
layoutBoxes(boxes);
//only reflow and repaint boxes if number of columns has changed
var currentNumCols = Math.floor(document.body.clientWidth%250);
window.onresize=function() {
var newNumCols = Math.floor(document.body.clientWidth/250);
if(newNumCols != currentNumCols) {
layoutBoxes(boxes);
currentNumCols = newNumCols;
}
}
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style.css
* { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
body {
padding: 15px;
background-color: #222;
}
div {
float: left;
width: 210px;
margin: 5px;
padding: 15px;
background-color: #333;
border-radius: 10px;
}
div:hover {
background-color: #444;
}
div h3 {
font-family: "Open Sans Condensed";
margin-bottom: 10px;
color: #3498db;
}
div h3.pink {
color: #e74c3c;
}
div p {
font-family: "Open Sans";
font-size: 12px;
color: #ecf0f1;
margin-bottom: 15px;
}
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