Appending new elements

New elements can be appended to ‘masoned’ containers and then arranged to the layout using the appendedContent option. appendedContent accepts the a jQuery object of the newly appended elements. In this example, each time the button is clicked, new box elements are created and then together made into a jQuery object. This object is first appended to the wrapping container, then the boxes are rearranged with a .molequul() call. Finally, using the callback function, the new boxes are dynamically styled.

In the click function, appendedContent was the only option to specify in the molequul configuration since Molequul saves all previous options. Using appendedContent, the Molequul script saves some processing time as it only rearranges the box(es) inside that appended container.

// cache molequul wrap
var $wall = $('#demo').find('.wrap');

$wall.molequul({
  columnWidth: 100, 
  itemSelector: '.box'
});

$('#append_new_bricks').click(function() {
  var 
    newEls = [],
    elCount = Math.random()*4
  ;
  for (var i=0; i < elCount; i++ ) {
    var 
      colClass = 'col' +  Math.ceil( Math.random()*3 ),
      // create new box
      $box = $( document.createElement('div') )
                .addClass('box ' + colClass).text( randoLoremText() )
    ;
    // add box DOM node to array of new elements
    newEls.push( $box[0] );
  }

  // create jQuery object
  $boxes = $( newEls );

  $wall
    // append new elements
    .append( $boxes )
    // arrange new elements
    .molequul( { appendedContent: $boxes } ,
      // using a callback to style new elements
      function() { 
        $(this).css({background: '#222', color: '#EEE' });
      }    
    )
  ;
}

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