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Masonry

Cascading grid layout library

Masonry works by placing elements in optimal position based on available vertical space, sort of like a mason fitting stones in a wall. You’ve probably seen it in use all over the Internet.

See masonry.desandro.com for complete docs and demos.

Install

Download

CDN

Link directly to Masonry files on unpkg.

<script src="https://unpkg.com/masonry-layout@4/dist/masonry.pkgd.js"></script>
<!-- or -->
<script src="https://unpkg.com/masonry-layout@4/dist/masonry.pkgd.min.js"></script>

Package managers

npm: npm install masonry-layout --save

Bower: bower install masonry-layout --save

Support Masonry development

Masonry has been actively maintained and improved upon for 8 years, with 900 GitHub issues closed. Please consider supporting its development by purchasing a license for one of Metafizzy's commercial libraries.

Initialize

With jQuery

$('.grid').masonry({
  // options...
  itemSelector: '.grid-item',
  columnWidth: 200
});

With vanilla JavaScript

// vanilla JS
// init with element
var grid = document.querySelector('.grid');
var msnry = new Masonry( grid, {
  // options...
  itemSelector: '.grid-item',
  columnWidth: 200
});

// init with selector
var msnry = new Masonry( '.grid', {
  // options...
});

With HTML

Add a data-masonry attribute to your element. Options can be set in JSON in the value.

<div class="grid" data-masonry='{ "itemSelector": ".grid-item", "columnWidth": 200 }'>
  <div class="grid-item"></div>
  <div class="grid-item"></div>
  ...
</div>

License

Masonry is released under the MIT license. Have at it.


Made by David DeSandro

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