Intro.js

Better introductions for websites and features with a step-by-step guide for your projects.

How to use

Intro.js can be added to your site in three simple steps:

1) Include intro.js and introjs.css (or the minified version for production) in your page.

2) Add data-intro and data-intro-step to your HTML elements.

3) Optional: add data-intro-position to define the position of the intro text. Values are 'bottom' (default), right, top, left.

For example:

<a href='http://google.com/' data-intro-text='Hello step one!' data-intro-step='1' data-intro-position='top'>Google</a>

Optionally you can define data-position attribute to define the position of tooltip with values top, right, left and bottom. Default value is bottom.

4) Call this JavaScript function:

introJs().start();

Optionally, pass one parameter to introJs function to limit the presentation section.

For example introJs(".introduction-farm").start(); runs the introduction only for elements with class='introduction-farm'.

API

###introJs([targetElm])

Creating an introJs object.

Available since: v0.1.0

Parameters:

• targetElm : String (optional) Should be defined to start introduction for specific element, for example: #intro-farm.

Returns:

• introJs object.

Example:

introJs() //without selector, start introduction for whole page
introJs("#intro-farm") //start introduction for element id='intro-farm'

###introJs.start()

Start the introduction for defined element(s).

Available since: v0.1.0

Returns:

• introJs object.

Example:

introJs().start()

###introJs.oncomplete(providedCallback)

Set callback for when introduction completed.

Available since: v0.2.0

Parameters:

• providedCallback : Function

Returns:

• introJs object.

Example:

introJs().oncomplete(function() {
  alert("end of introduction");
});

###introJs.onexit(providedCallback)

Set callback to exit of introduction. Exit also means pressing ESC key and clicking on the overlay layer by the user.

Available since: v0.2.0

Parameters:

• providedCallback : Function

Returns:

• introJs object.

Example:

introJs().onexit(function() {
  alert("exit of introduction");
});

Using with:

Rails

If you are using the rails asset pipeline you can use the introjs-rails gem.

Yii framework

You can simply use this project for Yii framework: https://github.com/moein7tl/Yii-IntroJS

Build

First you should install nodejs and npm, then first run this command: npm install to install all dependencies.

Now you can run this command to minify all static resources:

make build

Roadmap

• More browser compatibility

Release History

• v0.2.1 - 2013-03-20

  • Fix keydown event unbinding bug.

• v0.2.0 - 2013-03-20

  • Ability to define tooltip position with data-position attribute
  • Add onexit and oncomplete callback
  • Better scrolling functionality
  • Redesign navigating buttons + add previous button
  • Fix overlay layer bug in wide monitors
  • Fix show element for elements with position absolute or relative
  • Add enter key for navigating in steps
  • Code refactoring

• v0.1.0 - 2013-03-16

  • First commit.

Author

Afshin Mehrabani

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• Personal page

Other contributors

Support/Discussion

• Google Group

License

Copyright (C) 2012 Afshin Mehrabani ([email protected])

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.