blur-overlay

jQuery plugin for creating blurry overlays. Can customize the content, blur amount, and transition types.

Requires jQuery (>=2.2.4) and jQuery UI (>=1.12.0).

Check out the demo!

Installation

You can install blur-overlay from a package manager:

• npm: npm install --save blur-overlay
• bower: bower install --save blur-overlay

Or you can grab the latest .js file:

• Development (unminified, ~8kb)
• Production (minified, ~4kb)

Usage

$(document).on('ready', function () {

  // Browsers that don't (fully) support filters
  var browserIsEdge = /Edge\/\d+/.test(navigator.userAgent);
  var browserIsIE = /Trident\/\d+/.test(navigator.userAgent);
  var opacity = (browserIsEdge || browserIsIE) ? '0.75' : '0.5';

  // Grab the element you want to "wrap" with blur
  var $target = $('#something');

  // Grab the content you want to display in the overlay
  var $overlay = $('#overlay').detach().show();

  // Initialize the overlay
  $target.blurOverlay({
    // Overlay content
    content: $overlay,
    // Background color of the overlay (use rgba for opacity)
    backgroundColor: 'rgba(255, 255, 255, ' + opacity + ')',
    // Blur amount (default 12px)
    blurAmount: '10px',
    // Duration of CSS transitions
    transitionDuration: '500ms',
    // Type of CSS transitions
    transitionType: 'cubic-bezier(.22, .57, .27, .92)',
    // Elements to "mask" (adds an extra overlay to improve visual contrast)
    masks: [{
      selector: '.mask-me', // Required
      color: 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5)',
      opacity: 1,
      width: '400px',
      height: '300px'
    }],
    // Override the z-index used for the overlay and masks
    zIndex: 3333,
    // Disable the blur filter (for incompatible/buggy browsers or whatever reason)
    noFilter: browserIsEdge || browserIsIE
  });

  // Show the overlay
  $target.blurOverlay('show').then(function () {
    console.log('overlay is showing');
  });

  // Hide the overlay
  $target.blurOverlay('hide').then(function () {
    console.log('overlay is hidden');
  });

  // Update the content of the overlay
  $target.blurOverlay('content', '<p>New Content</p>');

  // Determine if the overlay is showing (true or false)
  console.log('Overlay is showing: ' + $target.blurOverlay('isShowing'));

  // Listen for events on the overlay
  $target.on('blurOverlay.beforeShow', function () {
    console.log('beforeShow event');
  });
  $target.on('blurOverlay.show', function () {
    console.log('show event');
  });
  $target.on('blurOverlay.beforeHide', function () {
    console.log('beforeHide event');
  });
  $target.on('blurOverlay.hide', function () {
    console.log('hide event');
  });

  // Destroy the plugin instance and clean up the DOM
  $target.blurOverlay('destroy');

});

Developing

First and foremost, fork/clone the repo and run:

cd blur-overlay
# Use the recommended node version (6.x)
nvm use
# Install dependencies
npm install

If you don't have nvm, get it here: https://github.com/creationix/nvm

npm scripts

Use the npm scripts defined in package.json to perform common build tasks:

Command	Description
npm start	Run lint, tests, and build upon changes to src/ and spec/
npm test	Run unit tests using Karma and PhantomJS (single-run only)
npm run test:serve	Start the Karma server (can debug at http://localhost:9876)
npm run lint	Lint src/ and spec/ with ESLint (with --fix flag)
npm run build	Transpile src/ using Babel and minify using UglifyJS2, sending output to dist/
npm run demo	Launch the demo page (index.html)

Make sure to run npm run build in between code changes to keep the demo page up-to-date!

License

MIT. See LICENSE.