Teleport JavaScript Library Documentation

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Description

The Teleport class enables you to move a DOM element to another location in the DOM tree, either before, inside, or after a target element. The class provides various methods for this functionality and also supports adaptive IDs for elements.
For working examples checkout the "examples" folder in https://github.com/knighttower/adaptive.js

—> Note: this library also offers direct integration with VUE and REACT via Adaptive.js https://github.com/knighttower/adaptive.js as "directive" or "component", you’re welcome! 😉

/**
 * @module Teleport
 * Teleport an element to another place in the DOM before, inside or after a target
 * @param {Object|String} props || selector - props object (domElement: element, adaptiveId: null|uniqueId})
 * @example new Teleport({domElement: element, adaptiveId: uniqueId}).beam({to: selector})
 * @example new Teleport(domElement).beam({after: selector})
 * @example new Teleport(domElement).beam({before: selector})
 * @example new Teleport(domElement).beam(selector) // defaults to "to" which is inside the selector
 * @example const eleTeleport = new Teleport(domElement) // returns the object with eleTeleport{beam(String|Object), back(), cancel()}
 * @example Make it global so that is available in the browser and works as a 'window' library
 *      - new Teleport().global()
 *      - <div data-teleport="selector"></div>
 *      - <div data-teleport="{before: 'selector'}"></div>
 *     - <div data-teleport="{after: 'selector'}"></div>
 * @feature If the target (element where it will be sent to) is not in the DOM it will wait until it is and then it will beam the element
 * @return {Object} Teleport object
 */

Installation

Import the required modules:

npm install @knighttower/js-teleport

yarn add @knighttower/js-teleport

To use directly in the DOM via script tag
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@knighttower/js-teleport@latest/dist/JsTeleport.min.js

Usage

Importing as a module

import Teleport from '@knighttower/js-teleport';

Initialization

You can initialize a new Teleport object in multiple ways:

Using a DOM element:

new Teleport(domElement).beam({to: selector});
// * @example new Teleport(domElement).beam({after: selector})
//  * @example new Teleport(domElement).beam({before: selector})
//  * @example new Teleport(domElement).beam(selector) // defaults to "to" which is inside the selector
// * @example const eleTeleport = new Teleport(domElement) // returns the object with eleTeleport{beam(String|Object), back(), cancel()}
//  *

Using an object:

new Teleport({domElement: 'element', adaptiveId: 'uniqueId'}).beam({to: 'selector'});

Enabling Globally in the window:

This will automatically lookup for all elements that have the attribute "data-teleport"

// in you js file
// * @example Make it global so that is available in the browser and works as a 'window' library
new Teleport().global();

// ---> then in html markup
//  *      - <div data-teleport="selector"></div>
//  *      - <div data-teleport="{before: 'selector'}"></div>
//  *     - <div data-teleport="{after: 'selector'}"></div>

loading via script tag:

// in you js file
// Teleport is already global and is available in the browser and works as a 'window' library
const sendMyElement = new Teleport(...object|string).beam(...params);

Methods

beam($directive)

Beams the element to another place in the DOM.

• Parameters:

  • $directive: String or Object. Specifies where to move the element. Defaults to "to" (inside the target) if not specified.

• Examples:

  new Teleport(domElement).beam({after: selector});
  domElement.beam({after: selector});

  /**
   * Beam the element to another place in the DOM
   * This method will look for the "tagert" element if it is in the DOM and it will querying the DOM until it finds it
   * if the target is not found call the cancel() method to stop the observer
   * @param {String|Object} target (selector) directive defaults to "to" || {to|after|before: target}
   * @example new Teleport(domElement).beam({after: selector})
   * @example domElement.beam({after: selector})
   */

back()

Moves the element back to its original place.

• Examples:

  new Teleport(domElement).back();
  domElement.back();

cancel()

Cancels the observer if the target element is not found in the DOM.

• Examples:

  new Teleport(domElement).cancel();
  domElement.cancel();

global()

Makes the Teleport object global. This will enable Teleport functionality for elements with a data-teleport attribute.

• Example:

  new Teleport().global();

Features

• If the target element is not in the DOM, the Teleport class will keep looking for it until it’s found.

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