Custom Parallax with CSS & JavaScript

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In this tutorial I am going to share simple jquery plugin to create Custom Parallax with CSS & JavaScript. It is An elegant approach to creating a modern smooth parallax scroll effect on background images using jQuery and CSS background properties.
Parallax-CSS-JavaScript

Libraries

Include the jQuery Library on page.



CSS

* {
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
}

body, html {
  height: 100%;
  margin: 0;
  font: 400 15px/1.8 "Lato", sans-serif;
  color: #777;
}

.parallax {
  position: relative;
  background-attachment: fixed;
  background-position: center 0;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-size: cover;

  /**
   * Default height
   */
  height: 100%;
}

.caption {
  display: -webkit-box;
  display: -ms-flexbox;
  display: -webkit-flex;
  display: flex;

  -webkit-box-pack: center;
  -ms-flex-pack: center;
  -webkit-justify-content: center;
  justify-content: center;

  -webkit-box-align: center;
  -ms-flex-align: center;
  -webkit-align-items: center;
  align-items: center;

  height: 100%;
}

.caption .border {
  background-color: #111;
  color: #fff;
  padding: 18px;
  font-size: 25px;
  letter-spacing: 10px;
}

h3 {
  letter-spacing: 5px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font: 20px "Lato", sans-serif;
  color: #111111;
  text-align:center;
}

.text {
  color: #777777;
  background-color: #ffffff;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 50px 80px;
  text-align: justify;
}

/* Turn off parallax scrolling for tablets and phones */
@media only screen and (max-device-width: 1024px) {
  .parallax {
    background-attachment: scroll;



HTML

Add sample html to display basic Parallax effect


    

      SCROLL DOWN
    

  


  

    
Parallax Demo

    
Parallax scrolling is a web site trend where the background content is moved at a different speed than the foreground content while scrolling.

  


  

    

      LESS HEIGHT
    

  


  

    
Scroll up and down to really get the feeling of how Parallax Scrolling works.

  


  

    

      SCROLL UP
    

  


  

    

      COOL!
    

  


  

    

      COOL!
    

  


  

    

      END!

JS

$(document).ready(function(){
  // Populate images from data attributes.
  $('.parallax').each(function(index) {
      var imageSrc = $(this).data('image-src')
      var imageHeight = $(this).data('height')
      $(this).css('background-image','url(' + imageSrc + ')')
      $(this).css('height', imageHeight)
  })
})

See live demo and download source code.

DEMO | DOWNLOAD

This awesome plugin is developed by lautiamkok. Visit their official github repository for more information and follow for future updates.


Published by Rohit