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Design

Stacked

Swiper


Use Cases

  • Displaying Display logos for corp. corporate sponsorships 
  • Display logos for career outcomes and internships
  • Image galleries when you want to display 4+ images without taking up much space.

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This block is the first time a component included code that used the Column Structure fields to calculate the approximate image widths for optimization purposes.

Here's the code snippet snippets for how it was done

First, after columns variables are set, also define variables that store image widths as a percentage of the screen width (vw) by dividing 100 by the # of columns

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//columns
$columns_xs = get_field('columns_xs');
$columns_sm = get_field('columns_sm');
$columns_md = get_field('columns_md');
$columns_lg = get_field('columns_lg'); 
$columns_xl = get_field('columns_xl');

  //Calculates approx. image widths in vw (viewport width) based on column sizes
    //these are calculated for the purpose of defining the sizes="" attribute for the img html
    //so that the browser picks the correct size image to load from the srcset
    //the calculated sizes aren't precise, and are often overestimates, but it's close enough!
  //it also sets all the values for the $columns_ variables, in case they were defaulted at 0, for the swiper code.
  $min_cols = 1; //sets min number of columns. 
  if($columns_sm) : $min_cols = $columns_xs; else: $columns_xs = $min_cols; endif;//sets min columns to # xs columns if defined. if not, $columns_xs will be set to min columns.
  $xs_image = ceil(100 / $columns_xs); //xs screens, 0-575px
  if($columns_sm) : $min_cols = $columns_sm; else: $columns_sm = $min_cols; endif; //sets min columns to # small columns if defined. if not, $columns_sm will be set to min columns.
  $sm_image = ceil(100 / $columns_sm); //sm screens, 576-767px
  if($columns_md) : $min_cols = $columns_md; else: $columns_md = $min_cols; endif; //sets min columns to # med columns if defined. if not, $columns_nd will be set to min columns.
  $md_image = ceil(100 / $columns_md); //md screens, 768-991px
  if($columns_lg) : $min_cols = $columns_lg; else: $columns_lg = $min_cols; endif; //sets min columns to # large columns if defined. if not, $columns_lg will be set to min columns.
  $lg_image = ceil(100 / $columns_lg); //lg screens, 992-1200px
  if($columns_xl) : $min_cols = $columns_xl; else: $columns_xl = $min_cols; endif; //sets min columns to # xl columns if defined. if not, $columns_xl will be set to min columns.
  $xl_image = ceil(100 / $columns_xl); //xl screens, 1200px or more


Then, in the section of your code that creates each image, add a sizes attribute that tells the browser the width of each image.

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				<img 
                    class="image " style="max-height: <?php echo $max_height ?>px" 
                    src="<?php echo $image['url']; ?>" alt="<?php echo $image['alt']; ?>"
                    srcset="<?php echo wp_get_attachment_image_srcset($image['id']); ?>"
                    sizes="(max-width: 575.98px) <?php echo $xs_image; ?>vw, (max-width: 767.98px) <?php echo $sm_image; ?>vw, (max-width: 991.98px) <?php echo $md_image; ?>vw, (max-width: 1199.98px) <?php echo $lg_image; ?>vw, <?php echo $xl_image; ?>vw"
                  >


This block is also the first time we used Column Structure in combination with the Swiper. The if statements in the first code snippet above, combined with the code in the the breakpoints parameter of Swiper JS below, is how this was accomplished.

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		(function($) {
			$(document).ready(function() {
				var swiperInstances = swiperInstances || {};
					swiperInstances['<?php echo $block['id']; ?>'] = new Swiper('#<?php echo $id ?> .swiper-container', {
          			//XS screen size set as default
					slidesPerView: <?php echo $columns_xs ?>,
          			slidesPerGroup: <?php echo $columns_xs ?>,
					loop: true,
					centeredSlides: false,
          
          lazy: { //adds lazy loading for hidden slides.
            loadPrevNext: true, // Preload previous/next slides
          },

		breakpoints: {
			//set breakpoints the same as flex columns
              //setting slides Per Group means each click of the swiper moves the whole row, instead of one image at a time.
              576: {
				slidesPerView: <?php echo $columns_sm ?>,
                slidesPerGroup: <?php echo $columns_sm ?>,
				spaceBetween: 0
				},
              768: {
				slidesPerView: <?php echo $columns_md ?>,
                slidesPerGroup: <?php echo $columns_md ?>,
				spaceBetween: 0
				},
              992: {
				slidesPerView: <?php echo $columns_lg ?>,
                slidesPerGroup: <?php echo $columns_lg ?>,
				spaceBetween: 0
				},
              1200: {
				slidesPerView: <?php echo $columns_xl ?>,
                slidesPerGroup: <?php echo $columns_xl ?>,
				spaceBetween: 0
				}
			},
						pagination: {
								el: '#<?php echo $id ?> .swiper-pagination',
								type: 'custom',
								renderCustom: function (swiper, current, total) {
									return current + '/' + (total);
								}
							},
						navigation: {
							nextEl: '#<?php echo $id ?> .swiper-button-next',
							prevEl: '#<?php echo $id ?> .swiper-button-prev',
						},
					});
				});
			})(jQuery);

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