Options
option- Type
- Default
animationEngine
animationEngine- String
'best-available'
Determines the jQuery method to apply styles, .css() or .animate(). Useful for relying on CSS transitions to handle animation.
Values
'best-available': if browser supports CSS transitions, Isotope uses.css(). If not, falls back to using.animate().'css': Isotope uses.css()'jquery': Isotope uses.animate()
animationOptions
animationOptions- Object
{ queue: false, duration: 800 }
When jQuery is the animation engine (see above), these options will be used in .animate(). See the jQuery API for animate options for details.
Example
containerClass
containerClass- String
'isotope'
The class applied to the container element.
containerStyle
containerStyle- Object
{ position: 'relative', overflow: 'hidden' }
CSS styles applied to the container element. Relative positioning enables absolute positioning on child items. Hidden overflow ensures that filtered items that lie outside the container do not interfer with subsequent content.
filter
filter- Selector
Setting a filter with show item elements that match the selector, and hide elements that do not match. See docs on filering for more details.
Values
'*'or''(an empty string): Shows all item elements
getSortData
getSortData- Object
An object containing one or several methods to retrieve data for Sorting. The methods receive one parameter ($elem in the example below) which is a jQuery object representing each item element. The methods need to return a value. See docs on sorting for more details.
Example
hiddenClass
hiddenClass- String
'isotope-hidden'
The class applied to item elements hidden by Filtering.
hiddenStyle
hiddenStyle- Object
{ opacity : 0, scale : 0.001 }
The style applied to item elements hidden by Filtering.
itemClass
itemClass- String
'isotope-item'
The class applied to item elements.
itemPositionDataEnabled
itemPositionDataEnabled- Boolean
false
When enabled, the position of item elements will exposed as data, which you can retrieve with jQuery’s data method with 'isotope-item-position' name space. Position is return as an object with x and y;
Example
itemSelector
itemSelector- Selector
Restricts Isotope item elements to selector.
layoutMode
layoutMode- String
'masonry'
See also docs on Layout modes.
onLayout
onLayout- Function
Similiar to a callback, onLayout is a function that will be triggered after every time an Isotope instance runs through its layout logic.
resizable
resizable- Boolean
true
Triggers layout logic when browser window is resized.
resizesContainer
resizesContainer- Boolean
true
Isotope will set the height (for vertical layout modes) or width (for horizontal layout modes) of the container after layout. If resizesContainer is set to false, be sure to set a size for the container in your CSS, so it doesn’t collapse when Isotope is triggered.
sortAscending
sortAscending- Boolean
true
Used with sorting. If true, items are sorted ascending: “1, 2, 3” or “A, B, C…”. If false, items are sorted descending “Z, Y, X” or “9, 8, 7…”. See docs on sorting for more details.
sortBy
sortBy- String
The property name of the method within the getSortData option to sort item elements. See docs on sorting for more details.
Values
'original-order'Sorts item elements by their original order.
transformsEnabled
transformsEnabled- Boolean
true
Isotope uses CSS3 transforms to position item elements, when available in the browser. Setting transformsEnabled to false will disable this feature so all browsers use top/left absolute positioning. Useful for resolving issues with CSS transforms.
Additional CSS
If you do disable transforms, but still want to use CSS transitions, you’ll need add the following CSS:
visibleStyle
visibleStyle- Object
{ opacity : 1, scale : 1 }
The style applied to item elements made visible by Filtering.
Layout-specific options
In addition the general options listed above, certain layout modes each have their own options. In order to avoid conflict, these options are set with an option that matches the name of the layout mode.
See docs on layout modes for each layout mode’s available options.
For example, if your layout switched from masonry to cellsByRow: