nuxt-lazyimage

This module offers you a <LazyImage> Component which handles lazy loading for images.

⚠️ Please note that this module has an dependency to @bazzite/nuxtoptimizied-images module.

Demo

• CodeSandbox Example
• Example Code

Features

• Lazy Loading is enabled through popular lazysizes library.
• Since we’re using nuxt-optimizied-images under the hood you will get optimizied images out of the box.

🎯 Install

yarn add nuxt-lazyimage @bazzite/nuxt-optimized-images
# npm install nuxt-lazyimage nuxt-optimizied-images

As described in the nuxt-optimized-images module documentation you need to install the appropiate loaders for your project.

yarn add -D responsive-loader imagemin-mozjpeg webp-loader lqip-loader
# npm install --save-dev responsive-loader imagemin-mozjpeg webp-loader

Add modules to nuxt.config.js

{
  modules: [
    // Simple usage
    'nuxt-lazyimage',
    '@bazzite/nuxt-optimized-images',

    // With options
    ['nuxt-lazyimage', { /* module options */ }],
    ['@bazzite/nuxt-optimized-images', { /* module options */ }],
  ]
}

📌 Configuration

{
  lazyImage: {
    defaultCss: true // should defaultCSS be included?
  }
},

🚀 Usage

⚠️ Important The reason why you need to set the width and height manually is that I want to avoid fixed CSS heights or js width/height calculations. The way I do it is mainly via CSS aspect-ratios. You can see an implementation in the current [example] code (https://github.com/regenrek/nuxt-lazyimage-example) or you can dig older examples here on Codepen, Codesandbox and nuxt-lazysizes-aspect-ratio-blur.

Simple Usage

Simple Example with default path ~/assets/images/cat.jpg

Notice: Aspect-Ratio is a custom class which isn’t included - read above

<LazyImage data-src="cat.jpg" class="aspect-ratio-16/9" />

You can use some external image url too

<LazyImage data-src="https://placekitten.com/1200/800" class="aspect-ratio-16/9" />

Load an image through some path.

Be careful you need to use require() for this scenario nuxt.js#448, vuejs#202

<LazyImage data-src="require(`~/assets/media-folder/dog.jpg`)" class="aspect-ratio-16/9" :ignore-img-base-path="true" />

Smooth Parallax Scrolling

If you like smooth scrolling for your images you can combine locomotive-scroll with nuxt-lazyimage.

Simple smooth scroll

 <LazyImage
    data-src="cat.jpg"
    class="aspect-ratio-16/9"
    smooth-scroll-type="outside"
  />

Add more scrolling speed (even negative)

 <LazyImage
    data-src="cat.jpg"
    class="aspect-ratio-16/9"
    smooth-scroll-type="outside"
    scroll-speed="-3"
  />

You can also add some nice effect with inside scrolling

<LazyImage
  data-src="cat.jpg"
  class="aspect-ratio-16/9"
  smooth-scroll-type="inside"
  scroll-speed="1"
/>

Viewport Transition Effects

Simple fade in effect for your image

<LazyImage
  data-src="cat.jpg"
  class="aspect-ratio-16/9 a-fadein"
  effect="a-fadein"
/>

Some more effects…

<LazyImage
  data-src="cat.jpg"
  class="aspect-ratio-16/9"
  effect="a-reveal a-reveal-left-to-right"
/>
<LazyImage
  data-src="cat.jpg"
  class="aspect-ratio-16/9"
  effect="a-reveal a-reveal-top-to-bot"
/>

⚠️ Important Unfortunately transitions and smooth-scrolling are currently tightly coupled to locomotive-scroll viewport library which I personally prefer using atm. That means you definitly need a custom library that gives you an active class on the element if the image scrolls into the current viewport. Also the animations.css file uses is-inview class from locomotive.

To get it work with other viewport libraries you need to tweak some elements inside the Component. Or you just wrap the <LazyImage /> with some custom directive and code the animation right away. For example Akryum/vue-observer-visibility works very well.

I think this needs some refactoring to be able to set your active classes yourself - feel free to adapt.

Use lqip with blur-up technique

Example with lqip-loader

You need to install lqip-loader first!

<LazyImage data-src="cat.jpg" :use-lqip="true" />

Some more examples

Choose between object-fit: cover and contain.

It uses lazysizes/plugins/object-fit/ls.object-fit behind the scene

<LazyImage data-src="cat.jpg" objectFit="contain" />
<LazyImage data-src="cat.jpg" objectFit="cover" /> <!-- default -->

API Reference

Props

Name	Description	Type	Required	Default
dataSrc	The image URL you want to show	'cat.jpg'	true	-
objectFit	Specify how the image/video will fit the container	'cover' / 'contain'	false	‘cover’
smoothScrollType	Enable animation wrapper. Works currently only with locomotive library	'none' / 'outside' / 'inside'	false	‘none’
effect	Define the animation effect you want to use	'a-reveal' / 'a-fadein' / 'custom'	false	‘’
scrollSpeed	Everything > 0 gets an smooth parallax scroll. Works only with locomotive library!	String	false	‘0’
ignoreImgBasePath	The default path is ~/assets/images.	Boolean	false	false
useSrcSet	If you disable this prop you will get a simple tag	Boolean	false	true
useLqip	Use LQIP/blurry image placeholder/Blur up image technique. Needs lqip-loader	Boolean	false	false

Slots

Name	Description	Default Slot Content
default	-	-

Roadmap

1. Add more flexibility for different viewport libraries
2. Add possibility to use more custom attributes (like scroll-orientation)

Development

1. Clone this repository
2. Install dependencies using yarn install or npm install
3. Start development server using npm run dev

Issues

• Currently there is no SSR Support !

License

MIT License

Copyright © Kevin Regenrek [email protected]