jquery-highlight-overlay

A jQuery plugin to highlight multiple targets by providing a svg overlay

Usage no npm install needed!

<script type="module">
  import jqueryHighlightOverlay from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/jquery-highlight-overlay';
</script>

README

jQuery-highlight-overlay

jQuery highlight is a jQuery based plugin to provide highlight overlay for complex website and web apps. It can highlight multiple targets by providing a svg overlay. At same time, user can still interact with highlighted elements when overlay showing up. User can dismiss highlight overlay by clicking on non-highlighted area.

Check out example in ./example folder

Demo: http://shuowu.github.io/jQuery-highlight/

Build

Command npm run build will generate both original and minified files in ./dist folder

Using the plugin

  • Make sure you have jQuery in your site
  • Add the jquery.highlight.min.js file to your site.
  • Call $(selector).highlightOverlay() method on target element you want to highlight.
  • You can also pass custom options object to customize the highlight overlay.

Options

  var default = {
    id: 'highlight-overlay',
    className: 'highlight-overlay',
    color: '#262626',
    opacity: 0.7,
    zIndex: 1000,
    fadeInDuration: 400,
    fadeOutDuration: 400,
    onStartCallback: null,
    onDismissCallback: null
  };