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cactusboat
cactusboat

Reputation: 766

LazyLaoding CSS background (not HTML <img> tags)

I've managed to figure out how to lazyload images on my website where the images are called into the HTML via <img> tags. I used this package on GitHub to accomplish this. However I'm having trouble acomplishing the same thing with CSS background:'s.

-Some information on the issue:

I created an image menu bar last night that changes image size/position based on the browsers screen (Link provided). All the images in this image menu bar are called in via background: within the CSS (not through an <img> tag).

-Now for my question:

How am i able to lazyload the background: images within the css of this project I've started. On my website I would just change <img src=""> to <img data-src="" (within the HTML) after following the instructions from the Github link above, and images will load as they become visible on the screen.

-Reason for doing this:

This is purely to speed up the website and to avoid loading all images at once. Any other tips to ensure this does not take a toll on loading time, or any other possible ways around this issue would be appreciated.

-Note: I've used background: and not background-image: for this project.

If you missed the link to my project: https://jsfiddle.net/Shololom/wbgn210y/

Upvotes: 8

Views: 13631

Answers (1)

Mohamed Ramrami
Mohamed Ramrami

Reputation: 12691

From the Github project you provided :

Lazy background images

When to use: your images are set as CSS background images instead of real img, but you still want to lazily load them.

HTML

<div class="lazy" data-src="../img/44721746JJ_15_a.jpg"></div>

Javascript

var myLazyLoad = new LazyLoad({
    elements_selector: ".lazy"
});

That's it. Whenever the element selected by elements_selector is not an img or an iframe, LazyLoad puts the image found in the data-src attribute in the background-image of the element.

Edit: Complete example:

// Get products
var product1 = document.getElementById('product1');
var product2 = document.getElementById('product2');
var product3 = document.getElementById('product3');
var product4 = document.getElementById('product4');
var product5 = document.getElementById('product5');

// Create Lazy loader
var myLazyLoad = new LazyLoad({
    elements_selector: ".lazy"
});

// Load images in a responsive way
function loadImgs() {
	console.log('Loading images ...');
  	var src1;
    var src2;
    var src3;
    var src4;
    var src5;    
	if(window.matchMedia("only screen and (max-width:700px)").matches) {
      /* The viewport is lesser than 700 pixels wide */
  	src1 = product1.getAttribute('data-src-small');
    src2 = product2.getAttribute('data-src-small');
    src3 = product3.getAttribute('data-src-small');
    src4 = product4.getAttribute('data-src-small');
    src5 = product5.getAttribute('data-src-small');      
   
  } else {
  	src1 = product1.getAttribute('data-src-large');
    src2 = product2.getAttribute('data-src-large');
    src3 = product3.getAttribute('data-src-large');
    src4 = product4.getAttribute('data-src-large');
    src5 = product5.getAttribute('data-src-large');   
  } 

  // Set the data-src for lazy loader
  product1.setAttribute('data-src', src1);
  product2.setAttribute('data-src', src2);
  product3.setAttribute('data-src', src3);
  product4.setAttribute('data-src', src4);
  product5.setAttribute('data-src', src5); 
    
  // Tell lazy loader that the data should be re-processed
  product1.removeAttribute('data-was-processed');
  product2.removeAttribute('data-was-processed');
  product3.removeAttribute('data-was-processed');
  product4.removeAttribute('data-was-processed');
  product5.removeAttribute('data-was-processed');   
  
  // Tell lazy loader to update
  myLazyLoad.update();
}

// Load images first time
loadImgs();

// Reload images when window is resized
var lastWindowSize = window.innerWidth;
window.onresize = function(event) {
	var currentWindowSize = window.innerWidth; 
	if((lastWindowSize <= 700 && currentWindowSize > 700) || (lastWindowSize > 700 && currentWindowSize <= 700)) {
  	loadImgs();
  }
	
  lastWindowSize = currentWindowSize;
};
.top-header-settings {
  font-family: inherit;
  font-size: 18px;
  font-weight: 400;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  letter-spacing: .1em;
  margin: 0 0 45px;
  padding: 45px 0 0;
  color: #524949;
  border-top: 1px solid #ddd;
}

.top-menu-wrap {
  margin: 0 auto;
  position: relative;
  ;
  background-color: #343434;
}

.top-menu-inner {
  max-width: 1200px;
  height: 260px;
  /*/background-color:#343434;/*/
  margin: 0 auto;
}

.top-menu-innerr {
  max-width: 1161px;
  height: 200px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding-top: 20px;
}

.top-menu-button {
  width: 220px;
  height: 220px;
  display: inline-block;
  margin: 5px;
  text-align: center;
  font-size: 16px;
  opacity: .6;
  transition: 0.3s;
}

.top-menu-button:hover {
  opacity: 1
}

@font-face {
  font-family: 'roboto';
  src: url(https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto);
}

.top-menu-text {
  width: 125px;
  height: 30px;
  /*/background-color:red;/*/
  margin: 150px auto;
  text-align: center;
  color: white;
  font-family: 'roboto';
  font-size: 20px;
  background: #343434;
  -khtml-opacity: .50;
  -moz-opacity: .50;
  -ms-filter: ”alpha(opacity=50)”;
  filter: alpha(opacity=50);
  filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(opacity=0.5);
  opacity: .60;
  border-style: solid;
  border-width: 1px;
  line-height: 25px;
}

.coming-soon-top {
  width: 75px;
  height: 20px;
  font-size: 10px;
  text-align: center;
  color: white;
  position: absolute;
  font-family: 'roboto';
  background: #c78f8f;
}

@media only screen and (max-width:1200px) {
  .top-menu-wrap {
    margin: 0 auto;
    position: relative;
    background-color: #343434;
  }
  .top-menu-inner {
    max-width: 1200px;
    min-height: 340px;
    /*/ background-color:#343434;/*/
    margin: 0 auto;
  }
  .top-menu-innerr {
    max-width: 80%;
    min-height: 200px;
    width: 80vw;
    margin: 0 auto;
    /*/background:red;/*/
  }
  .top-menu-button {
    width: 80vw;
    height: 80vw;
    max-width: 1080px;
    max-height: 1080px;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-size: contain;
    background-position: center;
    float: left;
    margin: 1px auto;
    text-align: center;
    font-size: 16px;
    margin: 4px 2px;
    opacity: 1;
    transition: 0.3s;
    color: white;
  }
  .top-menu-button:hover {
    opacity: .6
  }
  #product2 {
    /*background: url("http://via.placeholder.com/1080x1080");*/
    /*/background:#c77f7f;/*/
    width: 80vw;
    height: 80vw;
    max-width: 1080px;
    max-height: 1080px;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-size: contain;
    background-position: center;
  }
  #product1 {
    /*background: url("http://via.placeholder.com/1080x1080");*/
    /*/background:#c77f7f;/*/
    width: 80vw;
    height: 80vw;
    max-width: 1080px;
    max-height: 1080px;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-size: contain;
    background-position: center;
  }
  #product3 {
    /*background: url("http://via.placeholder.com/1080x1080");*/
    /*/background:#c77f7f;/*/
    width: 80vw;
    height: 80vw;
    max-width: 1080px;
    max-height: 1080px;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-size: contain;
    background-position: center;
  }
  #product4 {
    /*background: url("http://via.placeholder.com/1080x1080");*/
    /*/background:#c77f7f;/*/
    width: 80vw;
    height: 80vw;
    max-width: 1080px;
    max-height: 1080px;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-size: contain;
    background-position: center;
  }
  #product5 {
    /*background: url("http://via.placeholder.com/1080x1080");*/
    /*/background:#c77f7f;/*/
    width: 80vw;
    height: 80vw;
    max-width: 1080px;
    max-height: 1080px;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-size: contain;
    background-position: center;
  }
  .top-menu-text {
    /*/width:125px;/*/
    /*/height:30px;/*/
    width: 30vw;
    height: 10vw;
    /*/background-color:red;/*/
    margin: 150px auto;
    text-align: center;
    color: white;
    font-size: 5.9vw;
    line-height: 9vw;
  }
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/vanilla-lazyload/8.7.1/lazyload.min.js"></script>
<div class="top-menu-warp">
  <div class="top-menu-inner">
    <div class="top-menu-innerr">


      <a href="#">
        <div id="product1" class="top-menu-button lazy" 
          data-src-small="http://via.placeholder.com/220x220"
          data-src-large="http://via.placeholder.com/1080x1080">

          <div class="coming-soon-top">
            Most Popular
          </div>

          <div class="top-menu-text">
            Text
          </div>
        </div>
      </a>

      <a href="#">
        <div id="product2" class="top-menu-button lazy" 
          data-src-small="http://via.placeholder.com/220x220"
          data-src-large="http://via.placeholder.com/1080x1080">
          <div class="top-menu-text">
            Text
          </div>
        </div>
      </a>

      <a href="#">
        <div id="product3" class="top-menu-button lazy" 
          data-src-small="http://via.placeholder.com/220x220"
          data-src-large="http://via.placeholder.com/1080x1080">
          <div class="top-menu-text">
            Text
          </div>
        </div>
      </a>

      <a href="#">
        <div id="product4" class="top-menu-button lazy" 
          data-src-small="http://via.placeholder.com/220x220"
          data-src-large="http://via.placeholder.com/1080x1080">
          <div class="top-menu-text">
            Text
          </div>

        </div>
      </a>

       <a href="#">
        <div id="product5" class="top-menu-button lazy" 
            data-src-small="http://via.placeholder.com/220x220"
            data-src-large="http://via.placeholder.com/1080x1080">

          <div class="coming-soon-top">
            Coming soon
          </div>

          <div class="top-menu-text">
            Text
          </div>
        </div>
      </a>
    </div>

  </div>

A jsfiddle

Upvotes: 5

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