Pixel pattern

Utility created to ease maintenance of pixel pattern figures

Requirements/support

Less v1.6.0+

Tested and works in browsers:

• Chrome
• Safari 5+
• Firefox
• Opera
• IE9+

Additionally with Javascript fallback

• IE6+

Install

with bower

bower install pixel-pattern-generator --save-dev

with git

git clone git@github.com:ertrzyiks/pixel-pattern-generator.git

Usage

Use mixin to set size of pixel and assign color to chosen coordinates

.pixelart-myawesomesquare{
  .pixel-pattern-size(50px);

  .pixel-pattern(
    0 0 red, 
    0 1 blue, 
    1 0 green, 
    1 1 yellow
  );
}

then put somewhere in page content following html

<div class="pixel-pattern pixelart-myawesomesquare">
    <div class="pixel-pattern-pixel"></div>
</div>

Fallback

When you need better browser support than box-shadow compatible, you can use javascript fallback. First, insert fallback script

<script src="js/pixel-pattern-generator.min.js"></script>

then give your pixel html element id and initialize fallback using PPG.init function.

<div class="pixel-pattern pixelart-myawesomesquare">
    <div class="pixel-pattern-pixel"></div>
</div>
<script>
PPG.init();
</script>

If will automatically detect if fallback is necessary. In modern browser this function do nothing.

License

Copyright (c) 2014-2015, Mateusz Derks. (MIT License)

See LICENSE for more info.