Effect.Scale

This effect changes an elements width and height dimensions and the base for em units. This allows for smooth, automatic relative scaling of elements contained within the scaled element.

 

Availability

 

script.aculo.us V1.0 and later.

 

Syntax

 

new Effect.Scale('id_of_element', percent, [options]);

new Effect.Scale(element, percent, [options]);

 

Effect-specific parameters

 

Option

Description

scaleX

Sets whether the element should be scaled horizontally, defaults to true.

scaleY

Sets whether the element should be scaled vertically, defaults to true.

scaleContent

Sets whether content scaling should be enabled, defaults to true.

scaleFromCenter

If true, scale the element in a way that the center of the element stays on the same position on the screen, defaults to false.

scaleMode

Either ‘box’ (default, scales the visible area of the element) or ‘contents’ (scales the complete element, that is parts normally only visible byscrolling are taken into account). You can also precisely control the size the element will become by assigning the originalHeight and originalWidth variables to scaleMode as follows:

 

scaleMode: { originalHeight: 400, originalWidth: 200 }

 

scaleFrom

Sets the starting percentage for scaling, defaults to 100.0.