Methods
Isotope offers several methods to extend functionality. Isotope’s methods follow the jQuery UI pattern.
addItems
Adds item elements to the pool of item elements of the container, but does not sort, filter or layout. See Adding items for more details. The argument within the callback is the group of elements that were added.
appended
Adds item elements via addItems method, then triggers layout just for those new elements. Useful for Infinite Scroll. See Adding items for more details.
destroy
Removes Isotope functionality completely. Returns element back to pre-init state.
insert
Appends items elements to container, adds items to via addItems method, and then triggers reLayout method so new elements are properly filtered, sorted and laid-out. See Adding items for more details.
layout
Positions specified item elements in layout.
layout will only position specified elements, and those elements will be positioned at the end of layout. Whereas reLayout will position all elements in the Isotope widget.
option
Sets options for plugin instance. Unlike passing options through .isotope(), using the option method will not trigger layout.
reLayout
Resets layout properties and lays-out every item element.
reloadItems
Re-collects all item elements in their current order in the DOM. Useful for prepending.
remove
Removes specified item elements from Isotope widget and the DOM.
shuffle
Shuffles order of items. Sets sortBy option to 'random'.
updateSortData
Updates the sorting data on specified item elements. This method is useful if the data within an item is changed dynamically after Isotope has been initialized.