Turntable

A small frame-flipping image slider — point, scroll, autorotate, or wire it to a range input. Zero dependencies, ~4 KB minified.

Live demo →

<div class="turntable">
  <ul>
    <li data-img-src="frame-0.jpg"></li>
    <li data-img-src="frame-1.jpg"></li>
    <li data-img-src="frame-2.jpg"></li>
  </ul>
</div>

<link rel="stylesheet" href="dist/turntable.css">
<script src="dist/turntable.iife.min.js"></script>
<script>
  new Turntable(".turntable", { axis: "x" });
</script>

Install

npm install @goboldlyforward/turntable

import { Turntable } from "@goboldlyforward/turntable";
import "@goboldlyforward/turntable/css";

new Turntable("#myTurntable", { axis: "scroll" });

For a plain script tag, use dist/turntable.iife.min.js (exposes Turntable on window).

Options

Option	Type	Default	Description
axis	"x" | "y" | "scroll"	"x"	What drives frame selection.
reverse	boolean	false	Reverse the frame order.
scrollStart	"top" | "middle" | "bottom"	"middle"	Where in the viewport the scroll-driven cursor anchors. Only used when axis === "scroll".
autorotate	false | number	false	Milliseconds per frame. Starts cycling on init.
controller	HTMLInputElement | null	null	A <input type="range"> to bind two-way: dragging it sets the frame, and frame changes update it.

API

const t = new Turntable(elementOrSelector, options);

t.setFrame(2);       // jump to frame 2 (clamped)
t.start(150);        // begin autorotation (override interval if provided)
t.stop();            // halt autorotation
t.update();          // re-measure (call after the container resizes off-window)
t.destroy();         // remove listeners, observers, and the .active class

HTML & CSS

Frame <li> elements declare their image via data-img-src; the plugin creates the <img> for you using .src (not innerHTML, so there's no HTML injection shape). The bundled CSS is small enough to inline:

.turntable { display: inline-block; margin: 0; touch-action: none; }
.turntable > ul { padding: 0; margin: 0; }
.turntable > ul > li { list-style: none; display: none; }
.turntable > ul > li > img { width: 100%; display: block; }
.turntable > ul > li.active { display: block; }

touch-action: none keeps the page from scrolling while a finger is scrubbing the frames.

Performance notes

• PointerEvents unify mouse / touch / pen — no UA sniffing.
• requestAnimationFrame coalesces rapid pointermove and scroll events to one DOM write per paint.
• IntersectionObserver gates the scroll handler so an off-screen turntable does zero work.

Migrating from v1 (jQuery)

The consumer HTML pattern is unchanged. The script tag and init call change:

- <script src="jquery.min.js"></script>
- <script src="turntable.js"></script>
+ <script src="dist/turntable.iife.min.js"></script>

- $('#myTurntable').turntable({ axis: 'x' });
+ new Turntable('#myTurntable', { axis: 'x' });

All v1 options (axis, reverse, scrollStart) are preserved with the same semantics. New in v2: autorotate, controller, setFrame(), update(), destroy().

The legacy jQuery v1 is preserved on the v1-jquery-legacy branch.

Development

npm install
npm test          # vitest in jsdom
npm run build     # esbuild -> dist/

License

MIT. See LICENSE.