#timeline-css

###DEMO

A SASS mixin to generate timeline / breadcrumbs CSS.

#pre-requisites

Install RubyGems SASS and Compass

gem install sass
gem install compass

Install NodeJS and NPM

#getting started

###install

• with bower: bower install timeline-css
• git clone: git clone git@github.com:sayanee/timeline-css.git

###html

Integrate the HTML code into your view files. The number of list items within the <li> tags is 4 by default. If you want to have more/less number of list-items, generate it with SCSS/SASS files.

<ul class="timeline">
  <li>apple</li>
  <li>banana</li>
  <li>pear</li>
  <li>orange</li>
</ul>

You can use either of the 3 syntaxes: CSS, SCSS or SASS

###generate css & scss by varying properties

1. install relevant packages

   npm install
   

2. change the mixin arguments and the class name in file sass/timeline

3. run grunt to compile SASS to SCSS and CSS

###1. with css

1. include the file css/timeline.css in your HTML file

###2. with SCSS

1. include the files scss/timeline-mixin.scss as a mixin

2. with reference to file scss/timeline.scss import compass and the timeline mixin

   @import "compass/css3";
   @import "timeline-mixin";
   

3. call the mixin with a class name e.g. .breadcrumb

   .breadcrumb {
     @include timeline(50px, 10px, #c5e1e7, 20%, white, 10px, 4);
   }
   

4. compile SCSS to CSS

###3. with sass

1. include the files scss/timeline-mixin.sass as a mixin

2. with reference to file scss/timeline.sass import compass and the timeline mixin

   @import "compass/css3"
   @import "timeline-mixin"
   

3. call the mixin with a class name e.g. .breadcrumb

   .breadcrumb
     @include timeline(50px, 10px, #c5e1e7, 20%, white, 10px, 4)
   

4. compile SASS to CSS

#options

The SASS mixin is defined with the following arguments:

@mixin timeline($height, $curved-corner, $background-color, $darkenby-percent, $textcolor, $seperation, $depth)

1. by default

   // sass syntax
   .timeline
     @include timeline(50px, 10px, #c5e1e7, 20%, #fff, 10px, 4)
   
   // html syntax
   <ul class="timeline">
     <li>Baroque</li>
     <li>Classical</li>
     <li>Romantic</li>
     <li>Contemporary</li>
   </ul>
   

   

2. change height from 50px to 30px

   .timeline
   	@include timeline(30px, 10px, #c5e1e7, 20%, #fff, 10px, 4)
   

  ![](img/eg2.png)

1. change curvature from `10px` to `15px`

  ```
  .timeline
		@include timeline(30px, 15px, #c5e1e7, 20%, #fff, 10px, 4)

![](img/eg3.png)

1. change lightest background color from #c5e1e7 to coral

   .timeline
   	@include timeline(30px, 15px, coral, 20%, #fff, 10px, 4)
   

  ![](img/eg4.png)


1. change percentage darkened by from `20%` to `10%`

  ```
  .timeline
		@include timeline(30px, 15px, coral, 10%, #fff, 10px, 4)

![](img/eg5.png)

1. change text color from #fff to #000

   .timeline
   	@include timeline(30px, 15px, coral, 10%, #000, 10px, 4)
   

  ![](img/eg6.png)


1. change seperation distance from `10px` to `5px`

  ```
  .timeline
		@include timeline(30px, 15px, coral, 10%, #000, 5px, 4)

![](img/eg7.png)

1. change the number of items from 4 to 5

   .timeline
   	@include timeline(30px, 15px, coral, 10%, #000, 5px, 5)
   
   // html
   <ul class="timeline">
     <li>Baroque</li>
     <li>Classical</li>
     <li>Romantic</li>
     <li>Contemporary</li>
     <li>Modern</li>
   </ul>
   

  ![](img/eg8.png)




#credit

1. AngularJS and Color picker directive for demo page

# license

(C) Sayanee Basu 2014, released under an MIT license