/*! * jQCloud Plugin for jQuery * * Version 0.1.8 * * Copyright 2011, Luca Ongaro * Licensed under the MIT license. * * Date: Fri Apr 8 10:24:15 +0100 2011 */ (function( $ ){ $.fn.jQCloud = function(word_array, callback_function) { // Reference to the container element var $this = this; // Reference to the ID of the container element var container_id = $this.attr('id'); // Add the "jqcloud" class to the container for easy CSS styling $this.addClass("jqcloud"); var drawWordCloud = function() { // Helper function to test if an element overlaps others var hitTest = function(elem, other_elems){ // Pairwise overlap detection var overlapping = function(a, b){ if (Math.abs(2.0*a.offsetLeft + a.offsetWidth - 2.0*b.offsetLeft - b.offsetWidth) < a.offsetWidth + b.offsetWidth) { if (Math.abs(2.0*a.offsetTop + a.offsetHeight - 2.0*b.offsetTop - b.offsetHeight) < a.offsetHeight + b.offsetHeight) { return true; } } return false; }; var i = 0; // Check elements for overlap one by one, stop and return false as soon as an overlap is found for(i = 0; i < other_elems.length; i++) { if (overlapping(elem, other_elems[i])) { return true; } } return false; }; // Make sure every weight is a number before sorting for (i = 0; i < word_array.length; i++) { word_array[i].weight = parseFloat(word_array[i].weight, 10); } // Sort word_array from the word with the highest weight to the one with the lowest word_array.sort(function(a, b) { if (a.weight < b.weight) {return 1;} else if (a.weight > b.weight) {return -1;} else {return 0;} }); var step = 2.0; var already_placed_words = []; var aspect_ratio = $this.width() / $this.height(); var origin_x = $this.width() / 2.0; var origin_y = $this.height() / 2.0; // Move each word in spiral until it finds a suitable empty place $.each(word_array, function(index, word) { // Define the ID attribute of the span that will wrap the word, and the associated jQuery selector string var word_id = container_id + "_word_" + index; var word_selector = "#" + word_id; var angle = 6.28 * Math.random(); var radius = 0.0; // Linearly map the original weight to a discrete scale from 1 to 10 var weight = Math.round((word.weight - word_array[word_array.length - 1].weight)/(word_array[0].weight - word_array[word_array.length - 1].weight) * 9.0) + 1; var inner_html = (word.url !== undefined ? ("" + word.text + "") : word.text); $this.append("" + inner_html + ""); var width = $(word_selector).width(); var height = $(word_selector).height(); var left = origin_x - width / 2.0; var top = origin_y - height / 2.0; $(word_selector).css("position", "absolute"); $(word_selector).css("left", left + "px"); $(word_selector).css("top", top + "px"); while(hitTest(document.getElementById(word_id), already_placed_words)) { radius += step; angle += (index % 2 === 0 ? 1 : -1)*step; left = origin_x - (width / 2.0) + (radius*Math.cos(angle)) * aspect_ratio; top = origin_y + radius*Math.sin(angle) - (height / 2.0); $(word_selector).css('left', left + "px"); $(word_selector).css('top', top + "px"); } already_placed_words.push(document.getElementById(word_id)); }); if (typeof callback_function === 'function') { callback_function.call(this); } }; // Delay execution so that the browser can render the page before the computatively intensive word cloud drawing setTimeout(function(){drawWordCloud();}, 100); return this; }; })(jQuery);