The newest Grid GK5 module release consists of a couple new features, the primary one being the ability to determine the ratio between the height and width of blocks for different types of devices.
Determining the proportions of blocks
The most important change in module – 1.2 version heralds the end of restrictions to the proportions of Grid blocks:
With these new options, you may easily specify the proportions of blocks independently for different types of devices; this way the blocks may have different proportions on tablets, smartphones and on other desktop browsers.
This new feature for the Grid GK5 module significantly increases its usage possibilities and make it a viable option in even more situations.
New animations
Version 1.2 brings 6 new animations:
- scale on X axis
- scale on Y axis
- slide left + scale
- slide right + scale
- slide top + scale
- slide bottom + scale
Improvements in module settings
Besides some cosmetic changes in the module settings, we’ve also added a new important element as well – from now on after each change in the grid settings, a prompt reminding you of the need to save the module settings appears . It has been created to prevent situations where someone modifies the module and forgets to save the changes; a helpful feature considering the impressively diverse options available:
Display improvements
The way that Grid displays blocks has been changed in order to reduce the risk of a 1-pixel space appearing between the blocks. We have used the minimum scaling of blocks combined with an increase in the values of the z-index. We are constantly looking for a better solution, but for now the issue is mainly caused by imperfections in the engines used by browsers.
What’s next?
In version 1.3 we want to focus on further development of the animation functionality; most likely the options to determine the type of transitions, gaps between animations and animation time will be added.
Any ideas may be submitted on our official repository for the project: https://github.com/GavickPro/Grid-GK5/issues