/** * jQuery fontIconPicker - v2.3 * * An icon picker built on top of font icons and jQuery * * http://codeb.it/fontIconPicker * * Made by Alessandro Benoit & Swashata * Under MIT License * * {@link https://github.com/micc83/fontIconPicker} * * Modified by Visual Composer Dev Team */ (function ( $ ) { 'use strict'; // Create the defaults once var defaults = { theme: 'fip-vc-theme-grey', // The CSS theme to use with this fontIconPicker. You can set different themes on multiple elements on the same page source: false, // Icons source (array|false|object) emptyIcon: true, // Empty icon should be shown? emptyIconValue: '', // The value of the empty icon, change if you select has something else, say "none" iconsPerPage: 20, // Number of icons per page hasSearch: true, // Is search enabled? searchSource: false, // Give a manual search values. If using attributes then for proper search feature we also need to pass icon names under the same order of source useAttribute: false, // Whether to use attribute selector for printing icons attributeName: 'data-icon', // HTML Attribute name convertToHex: true, // Whether or not to convert to hexadecimal for attribute value. If true then please pass decimal integer value to the source (or as value="" attribute of the select field) allCategoryText: 'From all categories', // The text for the select all category option unCategorizedText: 'Uncategorized', // The text for the select uncategorized option iconDownClass: 'fip-icon-down-dir', // Class for icon down iconUpClass: 'fip-icon-up-dir', // Class for icon up iconLeftClass: 'fip-icon-left-dir', // Class for icon left iconRightClass: 'fip-icon-right-dir', // Class for icon right iconSearchClass: 'fip-icon-search', // Class for search iconCancelClass: 'fip-icon-cancel', // Class for search canceling iconSpinClass: 'fip-icon-spin3', // Class for fip-icon-spin3 iconBlockClass: 'fip-icon-block', // Class for block(none icon) searchPlaceholder: 'Search Icon', // Search icon text placeholder mainClass: 'vc-icons-selector' }; // The actual plugin constructor function Plugin( element, options ) { this.element = $( element ); this.settings = $.extend( {}, defaults, options ); if ( this.settings.emptyIcon ) { this.settings.iconsPerPage --; } this.iconPicker = $( '
', { 'class': this.settings.mainClass, style: 'position: relative', html: '
' + '' + '' + '' + '' + '' + '' + '
' + '' } ); this.iconContainer = this.iconPicker.find( '.fip-icons-container' ); this.searchIcon = this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-search i' ); this.iconsSearched = []; this.isSearch = false; this.totalPage = 1; this.currentPage = 1; this.currentIcon = false; this.initialized = false; this.iconsPaged = false; this.iconsCount = 0; this.open = false; // Set the default values for the search related variables this.searchValues = []; this.availableCategoriesSearch = []; // The trigger event for change this.triggerEvent = null; // Backups this.backupSource = []; this.backupSearch = []; // Set the default values of the category related variables this.isCategorized = false; // Automatically detects if the icon listing is categorized this.selectCategory = this.iconPicker.find( '.icon-category-select' ); // The category SELECT input field this.selectedCategory = false; // false means all categories are selected this.availableCategories = []; // Available categories, it is a two dimensional array which holds categorized icons this.unCategorizedKey = null; // Key of the uncategorized category // Initialize plugin this.quickInit(); } Plugin.prototype = { /** * Quick init */ quickInit: function () { var first = true; // Add the theme CSS to the iconPicker this.iconPicker.addClass( this.settings.theme ); // To properly calculate iconPicker height and width // We will first append it to body (with left: -9999px so that it is not visible) this.iconPicker.css( { left: - 9999 } ).appendTo( 'body' ); var iconPickerHeight = this.iconPicker.outerHeight(), iconPickerWidth = this.iconPicker.outerWidth(); // Now reset the iconPicker CSS this.iconPicker.css( { left: '' } ); // Add the icon picker after the select this.element.before( this.iconPicker ); // Hide source element // Instead of doing a display:none, we would rather // make the element invisible // and adjust the margin this.element.css( { visibility: 'hidden', top: 0, position: 'relative', zIndex: '-1', left: '-' + iconPickerWidth + 'px', display: 'none', height: iconPickerHeight + 'px', width: iconPickerWidth + 'px', // Reset all margin, border and padding padding: '0', margin: '0 -' + iconPickerWidth + 'px 0 0', // Left margin adjustment to account for dangling space border: '0 none', verticalAlign: 'top' } ).hide(); // Set the trigger event if ( ! this.element.is( 'select' ) ) { // Determine the event that is fired when user change the field value // Most modern browsers supports input event except IE 7, 8. // IE 9 supports input event but the event is still not fired if I press the backspace key. // Get IE version // https://gist.github.com/padolsey/527683/#comment-7595 var ieVersion = (function () { var v = 3, div = document.createElement( 'div' ), a = div.all || []; while ( div.innerHTML = '', a[ 0 ] ) { ; } return v > 4 ? v : ! v; }()); var el = document.createElement( 'div' ); this.triggerEvent = (ieVersion === 9 || ! ('oninput' in el)) ? [ 'keyup' ] : [ 'input', 'keyup' ]; // Let's keep the keyup event for scripts that listens to it } this.setSelectedIcon( this.element.val() ); /** * Category changer */ this.selectCategory.on( 'change keyup', $.proxy( function ( e ) { // Don't do anything if not categorized if ( this.isCategorized === false ) { return false; } var targetSelect = $( e.currentTarget ), currentCategory = targetSelect.val(); // Check if all categories are selected if ( targetSelect.val() === 'all' ) { // Restore from the backups // @note These backups must be rebuild on source change, otherwise it will lead to error this.settings.source = this.backupSource; this.searchValues = this.backupSearch; // No? So there is a specified category } else { var key = parseInt( currentCategory, 10 ); if ( this.availableCategories[ key ] ) { this.settings.source = this.availableCategories[ key ]; this.searchValues = this.availableCategoriesSearch[ key ]; } } this.resetSearch(); this.loadIcons(); }, this ) ); /** * On down arrow click */ this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-button' ).on( 'click', $.proxy( function () { if ( ! this.open && first ) { first = false; this.initCategories(); } // Open/Close the icon picker this.toggleIconSelector(); }, this ) ); /** * Next page */ this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-arrow-right' ).on( 'click', $.proxy( function ( e ) { if ( this.currentPage < this.totalPage ) { this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-arrow-left' ).show(); this.currentPage = this.currentPage + 1; this.renderIconContainer(); this.renderIcons(); } if ( this.currentPage === this.totalPage ) { $( e.currentTarget ).hide(); } }, this ) ); /** * Prev page */ this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-arrow-left' ).on( 'click', $.proxy( function ( e ) { if ( this.currentPage > 1 ) { this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-arrow-right' ).show(); this.currentPage = this.currentPage - 1; this.renderIconContainer(); this.renderIcons(); } if ( this.currentPage === 1 ) { $( e.currentTarget ).hide(); } }, this ) ); /** * Realtime Icon Search */ this.iconPicker.find( '.icons-search-input' ).on( 'keyup', $.proxy( function ( e ) { // Get the search string var searchString = $( e.currentTarget ).val(); // If the string is not empty if ( searchString === '' ) { this.resetSearch(); return; } // Set icon search to X to reset search this.searchIcon.removeClass( this.settings.iconSearchClass ); this.searchIcon.addClass( this.settings.iconCancelClass ); // Set this as a search this.isSearch = true; // Reset current page this.currentPage = 1; // Actual search // This has been modified to search the searchValues instead // Then return the value from the source if match is found this.iconsSearched = []; $.grep( this.searchValues, $.proxy( function ( n, i ) { if ( n.toLowerCase().search( searchString.toLowerCase() ) >= 0 ) { this.iconsSearched[ this.iconsSearched.length ] = this.settings.source[ i ]; return true; } }, this ) ); // Filter duplicates this.iconsSearched = this.iconsSearched.filter( this.getOnlyUnique ); // Render icon list this.renderIconContainer(); this.renderIcons(); }, this ) ); /** * Quit search */ this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-search i' ).on( 'click', $.proxy( function () { this.iconPicker.find( '.icons-search-input' ).focus(); this.resetSearch(); }, this ) ); /** * On icon selected */ this.iconContainer.on( 'click', '.fip-box', $.proxy( function ( e ) { this.setSelectedIcon( $( e.currentTarget ).find( 'i' ).attr( 'data-fip-value' ) ); this.toggleIconSelector(); }, this ) ); /** * Stop click propagation on iconpicker */ this.iconPicker.on( 'click', function ( event ) { event.stopPropagation(); return false; } ); /** * On click out */ $( 'html' ).on( 'click', $.proxy( function () { if ( this.open ) { this.toggleIconSelector(); } }, this ) ); }, /** * Init */ init: function () { // Add the theme CSS to the iconPicker this.iconPicker.addClass( this.settings.theme ); // To properly calculate iconPicker height and width // We will first append it to body (with left: -9999px so that it is not visible) this.iconPicker.css( { left: - 9999 } ).appendTo( 'body' ); var iconPickerHeight = this.iconPicker.outerHeight(), iconPickerWidth = this.iconPicker.outerWidth(); // Now reset the iconPicker CSS this.iconPicker.css( { left: '' } ); // Add the icon picker after the select this.element.before( this.iconPicker ); // Hide source element // Instead of doing a display:none, we would rather // make the element invisible // and adjust the margin this.element.css( { visibility: 'hidden', top: 0, position: 'relative', zIndex: '-1', left: '-' + iconPickerWidth + 'px', display: 'none', height: iconPickerHeight + 'px', width: iconPickerWidth + 'px', // Reset all margin, border and padding padding: '0', margin: '0 -' + iconPickerWidth + 'px 0 0', // Left margin adjustment to account for dangling space border: '0 none', verticalAlign: 'top' } ).hide(); // Set the trigger event if ( ! this.element.is( 'select' ) ) { // Determine the event that is fired when user change the field value // Most modern browsers supports input event except IE 7, 8. // IE 9 supports input event but the event is still not fired if I press the backspace key. // Get IE version // https://gist.github.com/padolsey/527683/#comment-7595 var ieVersion = (function () { var v = 3, div = document.createElement( 'div' ), a = div.all || []; while ( div.innerHTML = '', a[ 0 ] ) { ; } return v > 4 ? v : ! v; }()); var el = document.createElement( 'div' ); this.triggerEvent = (ieVersion === 9 || ! ('oninput' in el)) ? [ 'keyup' ] : [ 'input', 'keyup' ]; // Let's keep the keyup event for scripts that listens to it } this.initCategories(); /** * Category changer */ this.selectCategory.on( 'change keyup', $.proxy( function ( e ) { // Don't do anything if not categorized if ( this.isCategorized === false ) { return false; } var targetSelect = $( e.currentTarget ), currentCategory = targetSelect.val(); // Check if all categories are selected if ( targetSelect.val() === 'all' ) { // Restore from the backups // @note These backups must be rebuild on source change, otherwise it will lead to error this.settings.source = this.backupSource; this.searchValues = this.backupSearch; // No? So there is a specified category } else { var key = parseInt( currentCategory, 10 ); if ( this.availableCategories[ key ] ) { this.settings.source = this.availableCategories[ key ]; this.searchValues = this.availableCategoriesSearch[ key ]; } } this.resetSearch(); this.loadIcons(); }, this ) ); /** * On down arrow click */ this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-button' ).on( 'click', $.proxy( function () { // Open/Close the icon picker this.toggleIconSelector(); }, this ) ); /** * Next page */ this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-arrow-right' ).on( 'click', $.proxy( function ( e ) { if ( this.currentPage < this.totalPage ) { this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-arrow-left' ).show(); this.currentPage = this.currentPage + 1; this.renderIconContainer(); this.renderIcons(); } if ( this.currentPage === this.totalPage ) { $( e.currentTarget ).hide(); } }, this ) ); /** * Prev page */ this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-arrow-left' ).on( 'click', $.proxy( function ( e ) { if ( this.currentPage > 1 ) { this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-arrow-right' ).show(); this.currentPage = this.currentPage - 1; this.renderIconContainer(); this.renderIcons(); } if ( this.currentPage === 1 ) { $( e.currentTarget ).hide(); } }, this ) ); /** * Realtime Icon Search */ this.iconPicker.find( '.icons-search-input' ).on( 'keyup', $.proxy( function ( e ) { // Get the search string var searchString = $( e.currentTarget ).val(); // If the string is not empty if ( searchString === '' ) { this.resetSearch(); return; } // Set icon search to X to reset search this.searchIcon.removeClass( this.settings.iconSearchClass ); this.searchIcon.addClass( this.settings.iconCancelClass ); // Set this as a search this.isSearch = true; // Reset current page this.currentPage = 1; // Actual search // This has been modified to search the searchValues instead // Then return the value from the source if match is found this.iconsSearched = []; $.grep( this.searchValues, $.proxy( function ( n, i ) { if ( n.toLowerCase().search( searchString.toLowerCase() ) >= 0 ) { this.iconsSearched[ this.iconsSearched.length ] = this.settings.source[ i ]; return true; } }, this ) ); // Filter duplicates this.iconsSearched = this.iconsSearched.filter( this.getOnlyUnique ); // Render icon list this.renderIconContainer(); this.renderIcons(); }, this ) ); /** * Quit search */ this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-search i' ).on( 'click', $.proxy( function () { this.iconPicker.find( '.icons-search-input' ).focus(); this.resetSearch(); }, this ) ); /** * On icon selected */ this.iconContainer.on( 'click', '.fip-box', $.proxy( function ( e ) { this.setSelectedIcon( $( e.currentTarget ).find( 'i' ).attr( 'data-fip-value' ) ); this.toggleIconSelector(); }, this ) ); /** * Stop click propagation on iconpicker */ this.iconPicker.on( 'click', function ( event ) { event.stopPropagation(); return false; } ); /** * On click out */ $( 'html' ).on( 'click', $.proxy( function () { if ( this.open ) { this.toggleIconSelector(); } }, this ) ); }, initCategories: function () { // If current element is SELECT populate settings.source if ( ! this.settings.source && this.element.is( 'select' ) ) { // Reset the source and searchSource // These will be populated according to the available options this.settings.source = []; this.settings.searchSource = []; // Check if optgroup is present within the select // If it is present then the source has to be grouped if ( this.element.find( 'optgroup' ).length ) { // Set the categorized to true this.isCategorized = true; this.element.find( 'optgroup' ).each( $.proxy( function ( i, el ) { // Get the key of the new category array var thisCategoryKey = this.availableCategories.length, // Create the new option for the selectCategory SELECT field categoryOption = $( '' ).prependTo( this.selectCategory ); // Show it and set default value to all categories this.selectCategory.show().val( 'all' ).trigger( 'change' ); }, /** * Load icons */ loadIcons: function () { // Set the content of the popup as loading this.iconContainer.html( '' ); // If source is set if ( this.settings.source instanceof Array ) { // Render icons this.renderIconContainer(); this.renderIcons(); this.setContainerSelectedItems(); } }, /** * Render icons inside the popup */ renderIconContainer: function () { var offset, iconsPaged = []; // Set a temporary array for icons if ( this.isSearch ) { iconsPaged = this.iconsSearched; } else { iconsPaged = this.settings.source; } // Remove duplicates iconsPaged = [ ...new Set( iconsPaged ) ]; // Count elements this.iconsCount = iconsPaged.length; // Calculate total page number this.totalPage = Math.ceil( this.iconsCount / this.settings.iconsPerPage ); // Hide footer if no pagination is needed if ( this.totalPage > 1 ) { this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-footer' ).show(); } else { this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-footer' ).hide(); } // Set the text for page number index and total icons this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-pages' ).html( this.currentPage + '/' + this.totalPage + ' (' + this.iconsCount + ')' ); // Set the offset for slice offset = (this.currentPage - 1) * this.settings.iconsPerPage; // Should empty icon be shown? if ( this.settings.emptyIcon ) { // Reset icon container HTML and prepend empty icon this.iconContainer.html( '' ); // If not show an error when no icons are found } else if ( iconsPaged.length < 1 ) { this.iconContainer.html( '' ); return; // else empty the container } else { this.iconContainer.html( '' ); } // Set an array of current page icons iconsPaged = iconsPaged.slice( offset, offset + this.settings.iconsPerPage ); this.iconsPaged = iconsPaged; // List icons /*for (var i = 0, item; item = iconsPaged[i++];) { // Set the icon title var flipBoxTitle = item; $.grep(this.settings.source, $.proxy(function (e, i) { if (e === item) { flipBoxTitle = this.searchValues[i]; return true; } return false; }, this)); // Set the icon box $('', { html: '', 'class': 'fip-box', title: flipBoxTitle }).appendTo(this.iconContainer); }*/ }, setContainerSelectedItems: function () { // If no empty icon is allowed and no current value is set or current value is not inside the icon set if ( ! this.settings.emptyIcon && (! this.element.val() || $.inArray( this.element.val(), this.settings.source ) === - 1) ) { // Get the first icon this.setSelectedIcon( this.iconsPaged[ 0 ] ); } else if ( $.inArray( this.element.val(), this.settings.source ) === - 1 ) { // Set empty this.setSelectedIcon(); } else { // Set the default selected icon even if not set this.setSelectedIcon( this.element.val() ); } }, /** * Set Highlighted icon */ setHighlightedIcon: function () { this.iconContainer.find( '.current-icon' ).removeClass( 'current-icon' ); if ( this.currentIcon ) { this.iconContainer.find( '[data-fip-value="' + this.currentIcon + '"]' ).parent( 'span' ).addClass( 'current-icon' ); } }, /** * Set selected icon * * @param {string} theIcon */ setSelectedIcon: function ( theIcon ) { if ( theIcon === this.settings.iconBlockClass ) { theIcon = ''; } // Check if attribute is to be used if ( this.settings.useAttribute ) { if ( theIcon ) { this.iconPicker.find( '.selected-icon' ).html( '' ); } else { this.iconPicker.find( '.selected-icon' ).html( '' ); } // Use class } else { this.iconPicker.find( '.selected-icon' ).html( '' ); } // Set the value of the element and trigger change event this.element.val( (theIcon === '' ? this.settings.emptyIconValue : theIcon ) ).trigger( 'change' ); if ( this.triggerEvent !== null ) { // Trigger other events for ( var eventKey in this.triggerEvent ) { this.element.trigger( this.triggerEvent[ eventKey ] ); } } this.currentIcon = theIcon; this.setHighlightedIcon(); }, /** * Open/close popup (toggle) */ toggleIconSelector: function () { this.open = (! this.open) ? 1 : 0; this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-popup' ).slideToggle( 300 ); this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-button i' ).toggleClass( this.settings.iconDownClass ); this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-button i' ).toggleClass( this.settings.iconUpClass ); if ( this.open ) { this.iconPicker.find( '.icons-search-input' ).focus().select(); if ( ! this.initialized ) { this.renderIconContainer(); this.renderIcons(); this.initialized = true; } } }, renderIcons: function () { for ( var i = 0; i < this.iconsPaged.length; i ++ ) { var item = this.iconsPaged[ i ]; // Set the icon title var flipBoxTitle = item; $.grep( this.settings.source, $.proxy( function ( e, i ) { if ( e === item ) { flipBoxTitle = this.searchValues[ i ]; return true; } return false; }, this ) ); // Set the icon box $( '', { html: '', 'class': 'fip-box', title: flipBoxTitle } ).appendTo( this.iconContainer ); } this.setContainerSelectedItems(); }, /** * Reset search */ resetSearch: function () { // Empty input this.iconPicker.find( '.icons-search-input' ).val( '' ); // Reset search icon class this.searchIcon.removeClass( this.settings.iconCancelClass ); this.searchIcon.addClass( this.settings.iconSearchClass ); // Go back to page 1 and remove back arrow this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-arrow-left' ).hide(); this.currentPage = 1; this.isSearch = false; // Rerender icons this.renderIconContainer(); this.renderIcons(); // Restore pagination if needed if ( this.totalPage > 1 ) { this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-arrow-right' ).show(); } } }; // Lightweight plugin wrapper $.fn.vcFontIconPicker = function ( options ) { // Instantiate the plugin this.each( function () { if ( ! $.data( this, "vcFontIconPicker" ) ) { $.data( this, "vcFontIconPicker", new Plugin( this, options ) ); } } ); // setIcons method this.setIcons = $.proxy( function ( newIcons, iconSearch ) { if ( undefined === newIcons ) { newIcons = false; } if ( undefined === iconSearch ) { iconSearch = false; } this.each( function () { $.data( this, "vcFontIconPicker" ).settings.source = newIcons; $.data( this, "vcFontIconPicker" ).settings.searchSource = iconSearch; $.data( this, "vcFontIconPicker" ).initSourceIndex(); $.data( this, "vcFontIconPicker" ).resetSearch(); $.data( this, "vcFontIconPicker" ).loadIcons(); } ); }, this ); // destroy method this.destroyPicker = $.proxy( function () { this.each( function () { if ( ! $.data( this, "vcFontIconPicker" ) ) { return; } // Remove the iconPicker $.data( this, "vcFontIconPicker" ).iconPicker.remove(); // Reset the CSS $.data( this, "vcFontIconPicker" ).element.css( { visibility: '', top: '', position: '', zIndex: '', left: '', display: 'block', height: '', width: '', padding: '', margin: '', border: '', verticalAlign: '' } ).show(); // destroy data $.removeData( this, "vcFontIconPicker" ); } ); }, this ); // reInit method this.refreshPicker = $.proxy( function ( newOptions ) { if ( ! newOptions ) { newOptions = options; } // First destroy this.destroyPicker(); // Now reset this.each( function () { if ( ! $.data( this, "vcFontIconPicker" ) ) { $.data( this, "vcFontIconPicker", new Plugin( this, newOptions ) ); } } ); }, this ); return this; }; })( jQuery ); # Changelog ## [Unreleased] ## [1.0.4] - 2024-05-02 ### Fixed - Fix implicit nullable deprecation warning for PHP 8.4 ## [1.0.3] - 2022-01-10 ### Changed - Update PHPstan to 1.0 - Switched to GitHub Actions ## [1.0.2] - 2020-07-15 ### Added - Minor performance improvements ## [1.0.1] - 2020-06-16 ### Fixed - When calling `Punycode::decode()`, the case flags array would fail to populate when given an empty array. ## [1.0.0] - 2020-06-09 - Initial release

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