Moving an object/element in Parallax

Hey guys,

I've visited a few Parallax demos that illustrate how to move background images across the screen with jQuery and a simple script similar to the following....

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// speed in milliseconds
var scrollSpeed22 = 60;

// set the default position
var current22 = 0;

// set the direction
var direction22 = 'h';

function bgscroll22(){

// 1 pixel row at a time
current22 -= 1;

// move the background with backgrond-position css properties
$('div.item1').css("backgroundPosition", (direction22 == 'h') ? current22+"px 0" : "0 " + current22+"px");
}

//Calls the scrolling function repeatedly
setInterval("bgscroll22()", scrollSpeed22);

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The CSS for this is simply to call a background image and set the background-repeat property to "repeat-x".

Was curious if there was an easy way to move an object across the screen without it having to be a background image.

Thanks in advance....

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> <title></title> <script type="text/javascript"> // Animate (11-January-2010) // by Vic Phillips http://www.vicsjavascripts.org.uk // To progressively change the Left, Top, Width, Height or Opacity of an element over a specified period of time. // With the ability to scale the effect time on specified minimum/maximum values // and with three types of progression 'sin' and 'cos' and liner. // **** Application Notes // **** The HTML Code // // when moving an element the inline or class rule style position of the element should be assigned as // 'position:relative;' or 'position:absolute;' // // The element would normally be assigned a unique ID name. // // **** Initialising the Script. // // The script is initialised by assigning an instance of the script to a variable. // e.g A = new zxcAnimate('left','id1') // where: // A = a global variable (variable) // parameter 0 = the mode(see Note 1). (string) // parameter 1 = the unique ID name or element object. (string or element object) // parameter 1 = the initial value. (digits, default = 0) // **** Executing the Effect // // The effect is executed by an event call to function 'A.animate(10,800 ,5000,[10,800]);' // where: // A = the global referencing the script instance. (variable) // parameter 0 = the start value. (digits, for opacity minimum 0, maximum 100) // parameter 1 = the finish value. (digits, for opacity minimum 0, maximum 100) // parameter 2 = period of time between the start and finish of the effect in milliseconds. (digits or defaults to previous or 0(on first call) milliSeconds) // parameter 3 = (optional) to scale the effect time on a specified minimum/maximum. (array, see Note 3) // field 0 the minimum value. (digits) // field 1 the maximum value. (digits) // parameter 3 = (optional) the type of progression, 'sin', 'cos' or 'liner'. (string, default = 'liner') // 'sin' progression starts fast and ends slow. // 'cos' progression starts slow and ends fast. // // Note 1: Examples modes: 'left', 'top', 'width', 'height', 'opacity. // Note 2: The default units(excepting opacity) are 'px'. // For hyphenated modes, the first character after the hyphen must be upper case, all others lower case. // Note 3: The scale is of particular use when re-calling the effect // in mid progression to retain an constant rate of progression. // Note 4: The current effect value is recorded in A.data[0]. // Note 5: A function may be called on completion of the effect by assigning the function // to the animator intance property .Complete. // e.g. [instance].Complete=function(){ alert(this.data[0]); }; // // **** Functional Code(1.52K) - NO NEED to Change function zxcAnimate(mde,obj,srt){ this.to=null; this.obj=typeof(obj)=='object'?obj:document.getElementById(obj); this.mde=mde.replace(/\W/g,''); this.data=[srt||0]; return this; } zxcAnimate.prototype={ animate:function(srt,fin,ms,scale,c){ clearTimeout(this.to); this.time=ms||this.time||0; this.neg=srt<0||fin<0; this.data=[srt,srt,fin]; this.mS=this.time*(!scale?1:Math.abs((fin-srt)/(scale[1]-scale[0]))); this.c=typeof(c)=='string'?c.charAt(0).toLowerCase():this.c?this.c:''; this.inc=Math.PI/(2*this.mS); this.srttime=new Date().getTime(); this.cng(); }, cng:function(){ var oop=this,ms=new Date().getTime()-this.srttime; this.data[0]=Math.floor(this.c=='s'?(this.data[2]-this.data[1])*Math.sin(this.inc*ms)+this.data[1]:this.c=='c'?this.data[2]-(this.data[2]-this.data[1])*Math.cos(this.inc*ms):(this.data[2]-this.data[1])/this.mS*ms+this.data[1]); this.apply(); if (ms<this.mS) this.to=setTimeout(function(){oop.cng()},10); else { this.data[0]=this.data[2]; this.apply(); if (this.Complete) this.Complete(this); } }, apply:function(){ if (isFinite(this.data[0])){ if (this.data[0]<0&&!this.neg) this.data[0]=0; if (this.mde!='opacity') this.obj.style[this.mde]=this.data[0]+'px'; else zxcOpacity(this.obj,this.data[0]); } } } function zxcOpacity(obj,opc){ if (opc<0||opc>100) return; obj.style.filter='alpha(opacity='+opc+')'; obj.style.opacity=obj.style.MozOpacity=obj.style.WebkitOpacity=obj.style.KhtmlOpacity=opc/100-.001; } </script> </head> <body> <div style="position:absolute;visibility:hidden;left:0px;top:120px;width:100%;height:122px;" > <div id="example" style="position:absolute;left:0px;top:0px;width:248px;height:122px;border:solid red 1px;background-Color:#FFCC66;" ></div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> /*<![CDATA[*/ function Move(id,ms) { var obj=document.getElementById(id),oop=new zxcAnimate('left',obj); oop.animate(obj.parentNode.offsetWidth,-obj.offsetWidth,ms); obj.style.visibility='visible'; } Move('example',5000); /*]]>*/ </script> </body> </html>

Hey Vic,

Thanks for responding. I think this will work really well for me and by simply changing the IDs, I can add as many objects as I need.

Only one question, is there a way to have them loop back around and continually travel across the screen like that infinitely?

Thanks again!

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> <title></title> <script type="text/javascript"> // Animate (11-January-2010) // by Vic Phillips http://www.vicsjavascripts.org.uk // To progressively change the Left, Top, Width, Height or Opacity of an element over a specified period of time. // With the ability to scale the effect time on specified minimum/maximum values // and with three types of progression 'sin' and 'cos' and liner. // **** Application Notes // **** The HTML Code // // when moving an element the inline or class rule style position of the element should be assigned as // 'position:relative;' or 'position:absolute;' // // The element would normally be assigned a unique ID name. // // **** Initialising the Script. // // The script is initialised by assigning an instance of the script to a variable. // e.g A = new zxcAnimate('left','id1') // where: // A = a global variable (variable) // parameter 0 = the mode(see Note 1). (string) // parameter 1 = the unique ID name or element object. (string or element object) // parameter 1 = the initial value. (digits, default = 0) // **** Executing the Effect // // The effect is executed by an event call to function 'A.animate(10,800 ,5000,[10,800]);' // where: // A = the global referencing the script instance. (variable) // parameter 0 = the start value. (digits, for opacity minimum 0, maximum 100) // parameter 1 = the finish value. (digits, for opacity minimum 0, maximum 100) // parameter 2 = period of time between the start and finish of the effect in milliseconds. (digits or defaults to previous or 0(on first call) milliSeconds) // parameter 3 = (optional) to scale the effect time on a specified minimum/maximum. (array, see Note 3) // field 0 the minimum value. (digits) // field 1 the maximum value. (digits) // parameter 3 = (optional) the type of progression, 'sin', 'cos' or 'liner'. (string, default = 'liner') // 'sin' progression starts fast and ends slow. // 'cos' progression starts slow and ends fast. // // Note 1: Examples modes: 'left', 'top', 'width', 'height', 'opacity. // Note 2: The default units(excepting opacity) are 'px'. // For hyphenated modes, the first character after the hyphen must be upper case, all others lower case. // Note 3: The scale is of particular use when re-calling the effect // in mid progression to retain an constant rate of progression. // Note 4: The current effect value is recorded in A.data[0]. // Note 5: A function may be called on completion of the effect by assigning the function // to the animator intance property .Complete. // e.g. [instance].Complete=function(){ alert(this.data[0]); }; // // **** Functional Code(1.52K) - NO NEED to Change function zxcAnimate(mde,obj,srt){ this.to=null; this.obj=typeof(obj)=='object'?obj:document.getElementById(obj); this.mde=mde.replace(/\W/g,''); this.data=[srt||0]; return this; } zxcAnimate.prototype={ animate:function(srt,fin,ms,scale,c){ clearTimeout(this.to); this.time=ms||this.time||0; this.neg=srt<0||fin<0; this.data=[srt,srt,fin]; this.mS=this.time*(!scale?1:Math.abs((fin-srt)/(scale[1]-scale[0]))); this.c=typeof(c)=='string'?c.charAt(0).toLowerCase():this.c?this.c:''; this.inc=Math.PI/(2*this.mS); this.srttime=new Date().getTime(); this.cng(); }, cng:function(){ var oop=this,ms=new Date().getTime()-this.srttime; this.data[0]=Math.floor(this.c=='s'?(this.data[2]-this.data[1])*Math.sin(this.inc*ms)+this.data[1]:this.c=='c'?this.data[2]-(this.data[2]-this.data[1])*Math.cos(this.inc*ms):(this.data[2]-this.data[1])/this.mS*ms+this.data[1]); this.apply(); if (ms<this.mS) this.to=setTimeout(function(){oop.cng()},10); else { this.data[0]=this.data[2]; this.apply(); if (this.Complete) this.Complete(this); } }, apply:function(){ if (isFinite(this.data[0])){ if (this.data[0]<0&&!this.neg) this.data[0]=0; if (this.mde!='opacity') this.obj.style[this.mde]=this.data[0]+'px'; else zxcOpacity(this.obj,this.data[0]); } } } function zxcOpacity(obj,opc){ if (opc<0||opc>100) return; obj.style.filter='alpha(opacity='+opc+')'; obj.style.opacity=obj.style.MozOpacity=obj.style.WebkitOpacity=obj.style.KhtmlOpacity=opc/100-.001; } </script> </head> <body> <div style="position:absolute;overflow:hidden;visibility:hidden;left:0px;top:120px;width:100%;height:122px;" > <div id="example" style="position:absolute;left:0px;top:0px;width:248px;height:122px;border:solid red 1px;background-Color:#FFCC66;" ></div> </div> <div style="position:absolute;overflow:hidden;visibility:hidden;left:0px;top:120px;width:100%;height:122px;" > <div id="example2" style="position:absolute;left:0px;top:0px;width:248px;height:122px;border:solid red 1px;background-Color:#FF0000;" ></div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> /*<![CDATA[*/ function Move(id,ms) { var oop=this,obj=document.getElementById(id); this.oop=new zxcAnimate('left',obj); this.oop.Complete=function(){ oop.move(); } this.parent=obj.parentNode; this.ms=ms; obj.style.visibility='visible'; this.move(); } Move.prototype={ move:function(){ var oop=this.oop; oop.animate(this.parent.offsetWidth,-oop.obj.offsetWidth,this.ms); } } new Move('example',5000); new Move('example2',2000); /*]]>*/ </script> </body>

Thanks Vic....that was just what I was looking for and I can count this one as done.

Was just curious.... if I ever wanted an element to be positioned somewhere on the page before it starts cycling through and moving across the page, would that be possible? In other words, keeping elements in a looping rotation on the page from right to left, just having them BEGIN somewhere on the screen?

Thanks again Vic, that's the last question, I promise!

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> <head> <title></title> <script type="text/javascript"> // Animate (11-January-2010) // by Vic Phillips http://www.vicsjavascripts.org.uk // To progressively change the Left, Top, Width, Height or Opacity of an element over a specified period of time. // With the ability to scale the effect time on specified minimum/maximum values // and with three types of progression 'sin' and 'cos' and liner. // **** Application Notes // **** The HTML Code // // when moving an element the inline or class rule style position of the element should be assigned as // 'position:relative;' or 'position:absolute;' // // The element would normally be assigned a unique ID name. // // **** Initialising the Script. // // The script is initialised by assigning an instance of the script to a variable. // e.g A = new zxcAnimate('left','id1') // where: // A = a global variable (variable) // parameter 0 = the mode(see Note 1). (string) // parameter 1 = the unique ID name or element object. (string or element object) // parameter 1 = the initial value. (digits, default = 0) // **** Executing the Effect // // The effect is executed by an event call to function 'A.animate(10,800 ,5000,[10,800]);' // where: // A = the global referencing the script instance. (variable) // parameter 0 = the start value. (digits, for opacity minimum 0, maximum 100) // parameter 1 = the finish value. (digits, for opacity minimum 0, maximum 100) // parameter 2 = period of time between the start and finish of the effect in milliseconds. (digits or defaults to previous or 0(on first call) milliSeconds) // parameter 3 = (optional) to scale the effect time on a specified minimum/maximum. (array, see Note 3) // field 0 the minimum value. (digits) // field 1 the maximum value. (digits) // parameter 3 = (optional) the type of progression, 'sin', 'cos' or 'liner'. (string, default = 'liner') // 'sin' progression starts fast and ends slow. // 'cos' progression starts slow and ends fast. // // Note 1: Examples modes: 'left', 'top', 'width', 'height', 'opacity. // Note 2: The default units(excepting opacity) are 'px'. // For hyphenated modes, the first character after the hyphen must be upper case, all others lower case. // Note 3: The scale is of particular use when re-calling the effect // in mid progression to retain an constant rate of progression. // Note 4: The current effect value is recorded in A.data[0]. // Note 5: A function may be called on completion of the effect by assigning the function // to the animator intance property .Complete. // e.g. [instance].Complete=function(){ alert(this.data[0]); }; // // **** Functional Code(1.52K) - NO NEED to Change function zxcAnimate(mde,obj,srt){ this.to=null; this.obj=typeof(obj)=='object'?obj:document.getElementById(obj); this.mde=mde.replace(/\W/g,''); this.data=[srt||0]; return this; } zxcAnimate.prototype={ animate:function(srt,fin,ms,scale,c){ clearTimeout(this.to); this.time=ms||this.time||0; this.neg=srt<0||fin<0; this.data=[srt,srt,fin]; this.mS=this.time*(!scale?1:Math.abs((fin-srt)/(scale[1]-scale[0]))); this.c=typeof(c)=='string'?c.charAt(0).toLowerCase():this.c?this.c:''; this.inc=Math.PI/(2*this.mS); this.srttime=new Date().getTime(); this.cng(); }, cng:function(){ var oop=this,ms=new Date().getTime()-this.srttime; this.data[0]=Math.floor(this.c=='s'?(this.data[2]-this.data[1])*Math.sin(this.inc*ms)+this.data[1]:this.c=='c'?this.data[2]-(this.data[2]-this.data[1])*Math.cos(this.inc*ms):(this.data[2]-this.data[1])/this.mS*ms+this.data[1]); this.apply(); if (ms<this.mS) this.to=setTimeout(function(){oop.cng()},10); else { this.data[0]=this.data[2]; this.apply(); if (this.Complete) this.Complete(this); } }, apply:function(){ if (isFinite(this.data[0])){ if (this.data[0]<0&&!this.neg) this.data[0]=0; if (this.mde!='opacity') this.obj.style[this.mde]=this.data[0]+'px'; else zxcOpacity(this.obj,this.data[0]); } } } function zxcOpacity(obj,opc){ if (opc<0||opc>100) return; obj.style.filter='alpha(opacity='+opc+')'; obj.style.opacity=obj.style.MozOpacity=obj.style.WebkitOpacity=obj.style.KhtmlOpacity=opc/100-.001; } </script> </head> <body> <div style="position:absolute;overflow:hidden;visibility:hidden;left:0px;top:120px;width:100%;height:122px;" > <div id="example" style="position:absolute;left:0px;top:0px;width:248px;height:122px;border:solid red 1px;background-Color:#FFCC66;" ></div> </div> <div style="position:absolute;overflow:hidden;visibility:hidden;left:200px;top:350px;width:500px;height:122px;" > <div id="example2" style="position:absolute;left:0px;top:0px;width:248px;height:122px;border:solid red 1px;background-Color:#FF0000;" ></div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> /*<![CDATA[*/ function Move(id,ms) { var oop=this,obj=document.getElementById(id); this.oop=new zxcAnimate('left',obj); this.oop.Complete=function(){ oop.move(); } this.parent=obj.parentNode; this.ms=ms; obj.style.visibility='visible'; this.move(); } Move.prototype={ move:function(){ var oop=this.oop; oop.animate(this.parent.offsetWidth,-oop.obj.offsetWidth,this.ms); } } new Move('example',5000); new Move('example2',2000); /*]]>*/ </script> </body>

Thanks man. That looks great. One thing I might have confused you on - would it be possible to have an element start on screen, then it slides off the screen to the left before reappearing at the right edge of the screen? Right now, when objects reappear, they reappear from their original starting spot instead of reappearing from the right side of the screen.

Hope that makes sense, heh! Thanks again!

Brian