Scrollable Content Div with jQuery (WIP)

Enhancements

by Rishabh Sharma

HTML

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.0.0/jquery.js"></script>
<script src="https://use.fontawesome.com/d008e6c4be.js"></script>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.5.6/angular.min.js"></script>
<div id="slide-scroll-container">
  <p id="slide-scroll-content">a quick asdasdasdasasdasdasasdaasdasdsddas</p>
  <i id="slide-scroll-left" class="fa fa-chevron-left" aria-hidden="true"></i>
  <i id="slide-scroll-right" class="fa fa-chevron-right" aria-hidden="true"></i>
</div>

CSS

#slide-scroll-container {
  position: relative;
  background-color: #C0EB8F;
  width: 250px;
  height: 30px;
  overflow: hidden;
  white-space: nowrap;
}

#slide-scroll-content {
  margin: 0;
  position: absolute;
  top: 10%;
}

#slide-scroll-left,
#slide-scroll-right {
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 18px;
  cursor: pointer;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  background-color: rgba(192, 235, 143, 1);
  color: rgb(170, 170, 170);
  padding: 6px 2px;
}

#slide-scroll-left {
  left: 0;
}

#slide-scroll-right {
  right: 0;
}

JavaScript

function slideScroll() {
// default setting
  var slideSpeed = 150;
  var containerOffset = $("#slide-scroll-container").offset();
  var contentOffset = $("#slide-scroll-content").offset();
  var containerWidth = $("#slide-scroll-container").width();
  var contentWidth = $("#slide-scroll-content").width();
  var object = {};
  object.render = function() {
  
    $("#slide-scroll-left").hide();
    $("#slide-scroll-right").hide();

    if (contentWidth > containerWidth) {
      $("#slide-scroll-right").fadeIn();
    }

    $("#slide-scroll-left").mousedown(function() {
      var contentOffset = $("#slide-scroll-content").offset();
      $("#slide-scroll-content").animate({
        left: 0
      }, function callback() {
        $("#slide-scroll-left").fadeOut();
      });

    });

    $("#slide-scroll-right").mousedown(function() {
      var contentOffset = $("#slide-scroll-content").offset();
      $("#slide-scroll-left").fadeIn();
      $("#slide-scroll-content").animate({
        left: contentOffset.left - slideSpeed
      });
    });
    
    return object;
  };
  
  // getter and setter methods
  object.slideSpeed = function(value) {
    if (!arguments.length) {
      return slideSpeed;
    }
    slideSpeed = value;
    return object;
  }
  return object;
}

slideScroll().slideSpeed(150).render();