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-step to your HTML elements.

For example:

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

See all attributes here.

3) 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()

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###introJs.goToStep(step)

Go to specific step of introduction.

Available since: v0.3.0

Parameters:

• step : Number

Returns:

• introJs object.

Example:

introJs().goToStep(2).start(); //starts introduction from step 2

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###introJs.exit()

Exit the introduction.

Available since: v0.3.0

Returns:

• introJs object.

Example:

introJs().exit()

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###introJs.setOption(option, value)

Set a single option to introJs object.

Available since: v0.3.0

Parameters:

• option : String Option key name.

• value : String/Number Value of the option.

Returns:

• introJs object.

Example:

introJs().setOption("skipLabel", "Exit");

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###introJs.setOptions(options)

Set a group of options to the introJs object.

Available since: v0.3.0

Parameters:

• options : Object Object that contains option keys with values.

Returns:

• introJs object.

Example:

introJs().setOptions({ skipLabel: "Exit", tooltipPosition: "right" });

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###introJs.refresh()

To refresh and order layers manually

Available since: v0.5.0

Returns:

• introJs object.

Example:

introJs().refresh();

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###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");
});

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###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");
});

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###introJs.onchange(providedCallback)

Set callback to change of each step of introduction. Given callback function will be called after completing each step. The callback function receives the element of the new step as an argument.

Available since: v0.3.0

Parameters:

• providedCallback : Function

Returns:

• introJs object.

Example:

introJs().onchange(function(targetElement) {  
  alert("new step");
});

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###introJs.onbeforechange(providedCallback)

Given callback function will be called before starting a new step of introduction. The callback function receives the element of the new step as an argument.

Available since: v0.4.0

Parameters:

• providedCallback : Function

Returns:

• introJs object.

Example:

introJs().onbeforechange(function(targetElement) {  
  alert("before new step");
});

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###Attributes:

• data-intro: The tooltip text of step
• data-step: The number of step
• data-tooltipClass: Optionally define a CSS class for tooltip
• data-position: Optionally define the position of tooltip, top, left, right or bottom. Default is bottom

###Options:

• steps: For defining steps using JSON configuration (see this example)
• nextLabel: Next button label
• prevLabel: Previous button label
• skipLabel: Skip button label
• doneLabel: Done button label
• tooltipPosition: Default tooltip position
• tooltipClass: Adding CSS class to all tooltips
• exitOnEsc: Exit introduction when pressing Escape button, true or false
• exitOnOverlayClick: Exit introduction when clicking on overlay layer, true or false
• showStepNumbers: Show steps number in the red circle or not, true of false

See setOption to see an example.

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
• Fix problems with position: fixed and other positions
• Provide more examples

Release History

• v0.5.0 - 2013-07-19

  • Add CSS class option for tooltips (And tooltip buttons also)
  • Add RTL version
  • Ability to add HTML codes in tooltip content
  • Ability to add DOM object and CSS selector in programmatic API (So you can use jQuery selector engine)
  • Add refresh() method to refresh and order layers manually
  • Show tooltip buttons only when introduction steps are more than one
  • Fix onbeforechange event bug and pass correct object in parameters
  • Fix Null element exception in some browsers
  • And add more examples

• v0.4.0 - 2013-05-20

  • Add multi-page introduction example
  • Add programmatic introduction definition
  • Cooler introduction background!
  • Remove IE specific css file and embed IE support to main css file (property fallback)
  • Update introduction position on window resize (Also support tablet/mobile devices rotation)
  • Disable buttons on the first and start of introduction (Skip and Done button)
  • Add onbeforechange callback
  • Add showStepNumbers option to show/hide step numbers
  • Add exitOnEsc and exitOnOverlayClick options
  • Fix bad tooltip position calculating problem
  • Fix a bug when using !important in element css properties
  • Fix a bug in onexit behavior
  • Code refactoring

• v0.3.0 - 2013-03-28

  • Adding support for CommonJS, RequireJS AMD and Browser Globals.
  • Add goToStep function to go to specific step of introduction.
  • Add onchange callback.
  • Add exit function to exit from introduction.
  • Adding options with setOption and setOptions functions.
  • More IE compatibility.
  • Fix min-width bug with tooltip box.
  • Code cleanup + Better coding style.

• 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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Other contributors

Support/Discussion

• Google Group
• Stackoverflow

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.

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