jquery.feedbackbar.js

/*

Copyright 2010 Mark Ursino
http://code.ursino.info/feedbackbar/

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

*/

(function($){

        $.fn.feedbackBar = function(o){
                $.feedbackBar(o);
        }

        $.feedbackBar = function(msg, o){
                var o = o,
                        msg = msg,
                        defaults = {
                                wrapperClass : "feedback-bar",
                                innerClass : "feedback-bar-content",
                                durationIn : "slow",
                                durationOut : "slow",
                                autoClose : false,
                                manualCloseSelector : ".close",
                                delay : false,
                                closeCallback : false
                        },
                        settings = $.extend(defaults, o);
               
                if(settings.delay) {
                        setTimeout(addBar, settings.delay)
                } else {
                        addBar();
                }
               
                function addBar() {
                        if( $("." + settings.wrapperClass).length === 0 ) {
                                var outer = $("<div />"),
                                        inner = $("<div />")
                                                .addClass(settings.innerClass)
                                                .html(msg);
                               
                                outer
                                        .addClass(settings.wrapperClass)
                                        .css({
                                                position : "absolute",
                                                top : "0",
                                                left : "0",
                                                width : "100%"
                                        })
                                        .append(inner)
                                        .hide()
                                        .appendTo("body");
                               
                                function slideUp(e) {
                                        outer.slideUp(settings.durationOut, function(){
                                                $(this).remove();
                                                if(settings.closeCallback) {
                                                        settings.closeCallback();
                                                }
                                        });
                                        return false;
                                }
                               
                                outer.slideDown(settings.durationIn, function(){
                                        // Enables click in the close selector even if autoclose option  was choosen
                                        $(settings.manualCloseSelector).click(slideUp);
                                        if(settings.autoClose) {
                                                setTimeout(slideUp, settings.autoClose)
                                        }
                                });
                        }
                }
        };

})(jQuery);