GridList

Dev tools

ui grid library

SHOW HN2014

GridList

Drag-and-drop library for 2D, resizable and responsive lists

github.com

#drag and drop#responsive grid#jquery plugin#dashboard layout

92points
23comments
#307of 2,272 in 2014
Top 14%of 2014 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

3 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 1 critical, out of 9 comments about the project. Thread score +0.17.

Idea: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Looks nice and well done

    From 3 comments
    • this is really nice. well done
      jamespollack on HN
    • Very nice!
      ibash on HN
    • This is really nice. As someone who has worked with the competition libs masonry, packery, and gridster, I know why you built this and it looks great so far. All have their…
      mc_hammer on HN
  • Lighter than gridster; sorting and collisions handled well

    From 1 comment
    • This is really nice. As someone who has worked with the competition libs masonry, packery, and gridster, I know why you built this and it looks great so far. All have their…
      mc_hammer on HN

Objections

  • Drag and drop not touch enabled

    From 2 comments
    • Is it supposed to be touch enabled? Tried the demo on a mobile device and didn't seem to drag...
      WhitneyLand on HN
    • We use jQuery.draggable for drag and drop, which I don't think supports touch events. But there are more ways to add touch events to jQuery UI and in the end the drag and drop /…
      skidding on HN
  • jQuery plugin dependency feels brittle for dynamic frameworks

    From 1 comment
    • So this is definitely cool, but I'm not quite seeing what the purpose or aim is. Is the demo an accurate representation of the entire functionality? If so, why do things "fall…
      emn13 on HN
  • Unclear purpose and jumbled layout from left-pull

    From 1 comment
    • So this is definitely cool, but I'm not quite seeing what the purpose or aim is. Is the demo an accurate representation of the entire functionality? If so, why do things "fall…
      emn13 on HN

Requests

  • Free placement in bottom-right with gaps

    From 1 comment
    • This is really nice. As someone who has worked with the competition libs masonry, packery, and gridster, I know why you built this and it looks great so far. All have their…
      mc_hammer on HN
  • Touch support

    From 1 comment
    • Is it supposed to be touch enabled? Tried the demo on a mobile device and didn't seem to drag...
      WhitneyLand on HN
  • UI builder style use

    From 1 comment
    • Nice, though not sure about utility...are you interested in working on a UI builder such as this : http://crudzilla.com/assets/img/info-graphics/dnd-demo-clipped.gif I would be…
      Edmond on HN

Questions

  • Can items be sorted programmatically

    From 1 comment
    • This is really nice. As someone who has worked with the competition libs masonry, packery, and gridster, I know why you built this and it looks great so far. All have their…
      mc_hammer on HN
  • How does it differ from gridster

    From 1 comment
    • Guys, how is this different from http://gridster.net? Or is Gridster done by you?
      vuzum on HN

Alternatives named

  • Gridster

    From 1 comment
    • Guys, how is this different from http://gridster.net? Or is Gridster done by you?
      vuzum on HN
  • Packery

    From 1 comment
    • This is really nice. As someone who has worked with the competition libs masonry, packery, and gridster, I know why you built this and it looks great so far. All have their…
      mc_hammer on HN
  • Masonry

    From 1 comment
    • This is really nice. As someone who has worked with the competition libs masonry, packery, and gridster, I know why you built this and it looks great so far. All have their…
      mc_hammer on HN

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