Build jQuery UI Position - Image Cycler in JavaScript

Description

The following code shows how to build jQuery UI Position - Image Cycler.

Example


<!-- Revised from demo code on http://jqueryui.com/ -->
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>jQuery UI Position - Image Cycler</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.4/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<link type="text/css" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.4/themes/smoothness/jquery-ui.css" rel="stylesheet" />
<!--from w  w  w .  j av  a2  s  . com-->
<style>
body {
margin: 0;
}
#container {
overflow: hidden;
position: relative;
height: 400px;
}

img {
position: absolute;
}
</style>
<script>
$(function() {
// TODO refactor into a widget and get rid of these plugin methods
$.fn.left = function( using ) {
return this.position({
my: "right middle",
at: "left+25 middle",
of: "#container",
collision: "none",
using: using
});
};
$.fn.right = function( using ) {
return this.position({
my: "left middle",
at: "right-25 middle",
of: "#container",
collision: "none",
using: using
});
};
$.fn.center = function( using ) {
return this.position({
my: "center middle",
at: "center middle",
of: "#container",
using: using
});
};

$( "img:eq(0)" ).left();
$( "img:eq(1)" ).center();
$( "img:eq(2)" ).right();

function animate( to ) {
$( this ).stop( true, false ).animate( to );
}
function next( event ) {
event.preventDefault();
$( "img:eq(2)" ).center( animate );
$( "img:eq(1)" ).left( animate );
$( "img:eq(0)" ).right().appendTo( "#container" );
}
function previous( event ) {
event.preventDefault();
$( "img:eq(0)" ).center( animate );
$( "img:eq(1)" ).right( animate );
$( "img:eq(2)" ).left().prependTo( "#container" );
}
$( "#previous" ).click( previous );
$( "#next" ).click( next );

$( "img" ).click(function( event ) {
$( "img" ).index( this ) === 0 ? previous( event ) : next( event );
});

$( window ).resize(function() {
$( "img:eq(0)" ).left( animate );
$( "img:eq(1)" ).center( animate );
$( "img:eq(2)" ).right( animate );
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>

<div id="container">
<img src="images/earth.jpg" width="458" height="308" alt="earth">
<img src="images/flight.jpg" width="512" height="307" alt="flight">
<img src="images/rocket.jpg" width="300" height="353" alt="rocket">

<a id="previous" href="#">Previous</a>
<a id="next" href="#">Next</a>
</div>

<div class="demo-description">
<p>A photoviewer prototype using Position to place images at the center, left and right and cycle them.
<br>Use the links at the top to cycle, or click on the images on the left and right.
<br>Note how the images are repositioned when resizing the window.
</div>
</body>
</html>

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The code above generates the following result.

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