Apr 05, 2014 in Lightbox 7683 views
Chardin.js is a jQuery plugin that creates a simple overlay to display instructions on existent elements. It is inspired by the recent Gmail new composer tour which I loved.
Simple! Fork this repo or download chardinjs.css and chardinjs.min.js and add the following assets to your HTML:
<link href="chardinjs.css" rel="stylesheet"> <script src="chardinjs.min.js"></script>
Add the instructions to your elements:
data-intro: Text to show with the instructions
data-position: (left, top, right, bottom), where to place the text with respect to the element
<img src="img/chardin.png" data-intro="An awesome 18th-century painter, who found beauty in everyday, common things." data-position="right" />
Once you have your elements ready you can show instructions running
$('body').chardinJs('start')
If you would rather run ChardinJs confined to a particular container (instead of using the whole document) you can change body to some other selector.
$('.container').chardinJs('start')
Start ChardinJs in the selector.
Toggle ChardinJs.
Make your best guess. That's right! Stops ChardinJs in the selector.
Triggered when chardinJs is correctly started.
Triggered when chardinJs is stopped.
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chardin.js
overlay
lightbox
simple overlay
simple overlay instructions
display instructions
existent elements
modal box
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