ng2-if-media

A flexible directive/service module for handling media types and queries in Angular 2+, inspired by include-media.

Server rendering (Universal) compatible.

Installation

npm install --save ng2-if-media

import { IfMediaModule } from 'ng2-if-media';
 
const mediaConfig = {
  breakpoints: {
    tablet: {
      value: '768px',
      param: 'width'
    },
    budgetHeight: {
      value: '480px',
      param: 'height'
    },
    widescreen: {
      value: '1280px',
      param: 'width'
    },
    print: {
      media: 'print'
    },
    landscape: '(orientation: landscape)'
  },
  vendorBreakpoints: ['bootstrap'],  // include 3rd party namespace
  throttle: 100
};
 
@NgModule({
  imports: [IfMediaModule.withConfig(mediaConfig)]
})

Features

ng2-if-media allows using preconfigured breakpoints with <, >, = logical operators, enabling expressive and readable control over your responsive web-application UI. Window resize updates are handled automatically during the component lifetime with a configurable throttle timer.

<div *ifMedia="<tablet">I will appear below tablet width!</div>
<!-- (max-width: 767px) -->
 
<div *ifMedia=">=tablet and landscape">Tablets and above in landscape mode!</div>
<!-- (min-width: 768px) and (orientation: landscape) -->
 
<div *ifMedia="<=tablet, landscape">Tablets and below OR landscape mode!</div>
<!-- (max-width: 768px), (orientation: landscape) -->
 
<div *ifMedia="print">You will see this on paper IRL.</div>
<!-- (only) print -->

Directive

When used as an attribute directive, ng2-if-media works just like ngIf by showing or hiding elements based on the active media query. It's therefore compatible with the void state of native Angular 4+ animation engine.

<nav class="desktop-nav" *ifMedia=">mobile">
  ...
</nav>
 
<nav class="burger-nav" *ifMedia="<=mobile">
  <ul>
    <li>About Us</li>
    <li>About You</li>
    <li>About Them</li>
  </ul>
</nav>

<ul>
  <li *ifMedia=">tablet">
    <h1>This is a story...<h1>
    <p>of a man with many devices.</p>
    <audioPlayer play="runningman">
  </li>
  <li *ifMedia="<=tablet and >phone">
    <h1>And his struggle...</h1>
    <p>to find the smoothest scaling experience ever...</p>
  </li>
  <li *ifMedia="<=phone">
    <h1>Where every pixel...</h1>
    <p>has a standalone component.</p>
    <img src="lovecraftianhorror.jpg">
  </li>
</ul>

Following CSS, abstractions can be combined with the and keyword or comma separated and treated as independent junctions. You can also use width values directly or create breakpoints for other properties in the config.

<span *ifMedia="<576px, >widescreen">
  I go high or I go low.
</span>
 
<loFiWidget *ifMedia="<=budgetHeight and landscape">
  I exist to create a great customer experience for the glorious "landscape" of budget phone users!
</loFiWidget>

Service

Sometimes you need more granularity than just showing and hiding some HTML. ng2-if-media is also available as a service to simplify working with matchMedia API and related window events using the same methodology and configuration as the directive.

import { IfMediaService } from 'ng2-if-media';
 
export class AppComponent implements OnDestroy {
  mediaContainer;
 
  constructor(private mediaService: IfMediaService) {
    this.mediaContainer = this.mediaService.register(this);
  }
 
  ngOnDestroy() {
    this.mediaContainer.deregister();
  }
}

onChange

The onChange method provides the functional jackhammer for media specific application logic, where the media expression result is passed to the callback as an optional parameter.

// component.html
<a routerLink="/register">{{ message }}</a>
 
// component.ts
const messageSmall = 'Tap to win great stuff!';
const messageBig = 'Click here to win the greatest prizes of all time in history!';
this.mediaContainer.onChange('<768px', (match) => { this.message = match ? messageSmall : messageBig });

The callback is executed once for every time the media expression result is flipped, allowing some advanced usage.

// component.html
<h1>Spin to win!</h1>
<strong>x{{orientationFlipCounter}}!</strong>
 
// component.ts
this.mediaContainer.onChange('landscape', () => { this.orientationFlipCounter++; });

when

when method executes its callback only once for every time the media expression evaluates to true.

this.mediaContainer.when('landscape', () => {
  alert('Switching back to portrait is $2.24 monthly. - Comcast');
})

To make things practically simple, you can pass an object of properties to change in the current component this context instead.

// component.html
<p>{{text}}</p>
 
// component.ts
text: string = 'Default message';
this.mediaContainer.when({
  '<=phone': { 'text': 'Text for phones' },
  '>phone and <desktop': { 'text': 'Longer text for some other devices' },
  '>=desktop': { 'text': 'Funny retro-viral message for Wizards in 8bit|4K' }
})

Configuration

By default, ng2-if-media has no abstract configuration and you can use it freely with direct values (eg. <=640px) or 3rd party presets. Since project requirements can get very specific, supplying your own custom breakpoints is the most expected usecase.

You can either create flexible breakpoints that utilize <, >, = logical operators (with precision), specify media types and append static suffixes:

breakpoints: {
  vga: {
    value: '640px',
    param: 'width',
    media: 'screen',
    suffix: '(aspect-ratio: 4/3)'
  },
  retina2: {
    value: '2dppx',
    param: 'resolution',
    precision: 0.01
  }
}

Or handle any other usecase with static string expressions (which cannot use operators):

breakpoints: {
  landscape: '(orientation: landscape)',
  iPhone5: 'screen and (min-width: 320px) and (max-width: 568px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2)'
}

Presets

Presets are available for 3rd party methodologies (currently for Bootstrap 4) and optionally extend the custom configuration. Resize update throttle timer is also configurable (default 100).

Note: Bootstrap methodology is incompatible with logical operators, due to xs and sm being the same 576px breakpoint with opposite orientation. The namespace is only available as static expressions, just like in Bootstrap itself.

breakpoints: { ... },
vendorBreakpoints: ['bootstrap'],
throttle: 16.7

Building from code

$ git clone [e-mail]:salsita/ng2-if-media.git
$ cd ng2-if-media
$ npm i

The module library code is in src/ng2-if-media/neg-if-media.module.ts.

$ npm run lint   # to lint the code
$ npm test       # to run the tests
$ npm run build  # to build

Licence

MIT License

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