JQuery Advanced News Ticker

  • A powerful, flexible and animated vertical news ticker plugin.
  • Provides hight flexibility thanks to numerous callbacks & methods.
  • Fully customizable to every kind of vertical scrolling need.
  • Light-weight and optimized JQuery plugin.
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EXAMPLES

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MULTILINES SIMPLE EXAMPLE

var nt_example1 = $('#nt-example1').newsTicker({
    row_height: 80,
    max_rows: 3,
    duration: 4000,
    prevButton: $('#nt-example1-prev'),
    nextButton: $('#nt-example1-next')
});
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ONE LINE TICKER WITH CALLBACKS & METHODS EXAMPLE

var nt_example2 = $('#nt-example2').newsTicker({
	row_height: 60,
	max_rows: 1,
	speed: 300,
	duration: 6000,
	prevButton: $('#nt-example2-prev'),
	nextButton: $('#nt-example2-next'),
	hasMoved: function() {
    	$('#nt-example2-infos-container').fadeOut(200, function(){
        	$('#nt-example2-infos .infos-hour').text($('#nt-example2 li:first span').text());
        	$('#nt-example2-infos .infos-text').text($('#nt-example2 li:first').data('infos'));
        	$(this).fadeIn(400);
        });
    },
    pause: function() {
    	$('#nt-example2 li i').removeClass('fa-play').addClass('fa-pause');
    },
    unpause: function() {
    	$('#nt-example2 li i').removeClass('fa-pause').addClass('fa-play');
    }
});
$('#nt-example2-infos').hover(function() {
    nt_example2.newsTicker('pause');
}, function() {
    nt_example2.newsTicker('unpause');
});
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BONUS : "ROULETTE" EXAMPLE, USING CALLBACKS & METHODS

var state = 'stopped';
var speed;
var add;
var nt_example3 = $('#nt-example3').newsTicker({
    row_height: 80,
    max_rows: 1,
    duration: 0,
    speed: 10,
    autostart: 0,
    pauseOnHover: 0,
    hasMoved: function() {
    	if (speed > 700) {
    		nt_example3.newsTicker("stop");
    		$('#nt-example3-button').text("RESULT: " + $('#nt-example3 li:first').text().toUpperCase());
    		setTimeout(function() {
    			$('#nt-example3-button').text("START");
    			state = 'stopped';
    		},2500);
    		
    	}
    	else if (state == 'stopping') {
    		add = add * 1.4;
    		speed = speed + add;
    		nt_example3.newsTicker('updateOption', "duration", speed + 25)
    				   .newsTicker('updateOption', "speed", speed);
    	}
    }
});
$('#nt-example3-button').click(function(){
	if (state == 'stopped') {
    	state = 'turning';
    	speed = 1;
    	add = 1;
    	nt_example3.newsTicker('updateOption', "duration", 0)
    			   .newsTicker('updateOption', "speed", speed);
    			   .newsTicker('start');
    	$(this).text("STOP");
    }
    else if (state == 'turning') {
    	state = 'stopping';
    	$(this).text("WAITING...");
    }
});

USAGE

HTML: a simple list, which may be fully customized. 

<ul class="newsticker">
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    <li>Curabitur porttitor ante eget hendrerit adipiscing.</li>
    <li>Praesent ornare nisl lorem, ut condimentum lectus gravida ut.</li>
    <li>Nunc ultrices tortor eu massa placerat posuere.</li>
</ul>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.1.min.js"></script>
<script src="js/newsTicker.js">

Basic usage : 

$('.newsticker').newsTicker();

With custom parameters: 

$('.newsticker').newsTicker({
    row_height: 48,
    max_rows: 2,
    speed: 600,
    direction: 'up',
    duration: 4000,
    autostart: 1,
    pauseOnHover: 0
});

With (custom) control buttons : 

$('.newsticker').newsTicker({
    row_height: 64,
    speed: 800,
    prevButton:  $('#prev-button'),
    nextButton:  $('#next-button'),
    stopButton:  $('#stop-button'),
    startButton: $('#start-button')
});

With callbacks : 

$('.newsticker').newsTicker({
    max_rows: 1,
    duration: 6000,
    startButton: $('.start'),
    hasMoved: updateInfos,
    start: function() {
        console.log('newsTicker just started !');
    },
    pause: function() {
        console.log('newsTicker has been paused.');
    }
});
function updateInfos() {
    //...
}

With methods : 

var nt = $('.newsticker').newsTicker({
    autostart: 0,
    speed: 400
});
nt.newsTicker('start');
$('.newsTicker-header').hover(function() {
    nt.newsTicker('pause');
}, function() {
    nt.newsTicker('unpause');
});
nt.newsTicker('updateOption','speed',1000);
nt.newsTicker('updateOption','direction','down');

OPTIONS & CALLBACKS

Parameter Usage Type/Values Default
row_height defines the height (in px) of one row int 22
max_row defines the number of rows displayed at the same time int 3
speed defines the animation speed (in ms)of the rows moving up or down int (in ms) 400
duration defines the times (in ms) before the rows automatically move int (in ms) 2500
direction defines the direction of the rows movement up or down 'up'
autostart enable/disable auto start on load 0 or 1 1
pauseOnHover enable/disable pause when mouse hovers the newsTicker element 0 or 1 1
nextButton set the element triggering next action on click JQuery element null
prevButton set the element triggering prev action on click JQuery element null
startButton set the element triggering start action on click JQuery element null
stopButton set the element triggering stop action on click JQuery element null
hasMoved callback called at the end of every movement animation function
movingUp callback called before launching moving up action function
movingDown callback called before launching moving down action function
start callback called on start action function
stop callback called on stop action function
pause callback called on pause action (triggered on mouseOver if pauseOnHover=1) function
unpause called on unpause action (triggered on mouseOut if pauseOnHover=1) function

METHODS

After initializing a newsTicker instance, methods are called with 

.newsTicker('methodName', 'param1', 'param2', ... )

Example : 

var nt = $('.newsticker').newsTicker();
nt.newsTicker('stop');
nt.newsTicker('updateOption','direction','down');
var state = nt.newsTicker('getState');

Methods List

Method Parameter(s) Action
start starts moving newsTicker elements
stop stops moving newsTicker elements
updateOption optionName, value update an option (see Options & Callbacks for options list)
getState returns current state : 0 = stopped, 1 = started, 2 = paused (and started)
pause pauses newsTicker elements without stopping them - the newsTicker has to be started to be able to pause it (the pause method is called on mouseOver if pauseOnHover = 1)
unpause unpauses newsTicker elements - the newsTicker has to be started & paused to be able to unpause it (the unpause method is called on mouseOut if pauseOnHover = 1)
moveDown moves elements down
moveUp moves elements up
moveNext moves up or down according to the current direction option
movePrev moves up or down according to the current direction option
move equivalent to moveNext, but will not move if paused
add content adds a ticker row

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