Layout
Item sizing
All sizing and styling of items is handled by your own CSS.
<div class="grid">
<div class="grid-item"></div>
<div class="grid-item grid-item--width2"></div>
<div class="grid-item"></div>
<div class="grid-item grid-item--height2"></div>
...
</div>
.grid-item {
float: left;
width: 60px;
height: 60px;
background: #e6e5e4;
border: 2px solid #b6b5b4;
}
.grid-item--width2 { width: 120px; }
.grid-item--height2 { height: 120px; }
Responsive layouts
Item sizes can be set with percentages for responsive layouts. Set percentPosition: true
so item positions are set with percentages to reduce adjustment transitions on window resize.
<div class="grid">
<div class="grid-item"></div>
<div class="grid-item grid-item--width2"></div>
...
</div>
/* fluid 5 columns */
.grid-item { width: 20%; }
/* 2 columns */
.grid-item--width2 { width: 40%; }
$('.grid').packery({
percentPosition: true
})
A horizontal gap can appear if the Packery layout is triggering a scroll bar. Force the scrollbar to be visible in CSS to prevent this gap.
// force vertical scrollbar, prevent Packery gap
html {
overflow-y: scroll;
}
imagesLoaded
Unloaded images can throw off Packery layouts and cause item elements to overlap. imagesLoaded resolves this issue.
Initialize Packery, then trigger layout
after each image loads.
// init Packery
var $grid = $('.grid').packery({
// options...
});
// layout Packery after each image loads
$grid.imagesLoaded().progress( function() {
$grid.packery();
});









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Or, initialize Packery after all images have been loaded.
var $grid = $('.grid').imagesLoaded( function() {
// init Packery after all images have loaded
$grid.packery({
// options...
});
});









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