# Options

`option`
  Type
  Default

## animationEngine

`animationEngine`
  String
  `'best-available'`

Determines the jQuery method to apply styles, `.css()` or `.animate()`. Useful for relying on CSS transitions to handle animation.

### Values

- `'best-available'`: if browser supports CSS transitions, Isotope uses `.css()`. If not, falls back to using `.animate()`.
- `'css'`: Isotope uses `.css()`
- `'jquery'`: Isotope uses `.animate()`

## animationOptions

`animationOptions`
  Object
  `{ queue: false, duration: 800 }`

When jQuery is the animation engine (see above), these options will be used in `.animate()`. See the jQuery API for animate options for details.

### Example

    $('#container').isotope({
      animationOptions: {
         duration: 750,
         easing: 'linear',
         queue: false
       }
    });

## containerClass

`containerClass`
  String
  `'isotope'`

The class applied to the container element.

## filter

`filter`
  Selector

Setting a filter with show item elements that match the selector, and hide elements that do not match. See docs on filering for more details.

See Demo: Filtering

### Values

- `'*'` or `''` (an empty string): Shows all item elements

## getSortData

`getSortData`
  Object

An object containing one or several methods to retrieve data for Sorting. The methods receive one parameter (`$elem` in the example below) which is a jQuery object representing each item element. The methods need to return a value. See docs on sorting for more details.

See Demo: Sorting

### Example

    $('#container').isotope({
      getSortData : {
        symbol : function( $elem ) {
          return $elem.attr('data-symbol');
        },
        number : function( $elem ) {
          return parseInt( $elem.find('.number').text(), 10 );
        },
        name : function ( $elem ) {
          return $elem.find('.name').text();
        }
      }
    });

## hiddenClass

`hiddenClass`
  String
  `'isotope-hidden'`

The class applied to item elements hidden by Filtering.

## hiddenStyle

`hiddenStyle`
  Object
  `{ opacity : 0, scale : 0.001 }`

The style applied to item elements hidden by Filtering.

## itemClass

`itemClass`
  String
  `'isotope-item'`

The class applied to item elements.

## itemPositionDataEnabled

`itemPositionDataEnabled`
  Boolean
  `false`

When enabled, the position of item elements will exposed as data, which you can retrieve with jQuery’s data method with `'isotope-item-position'` name space. Position is return as an object with `x` and `y`;

### Example

    $('#container').isotope({
      itemSelector: '.element',
      itemPositionDataEnabled: true
    })
    // log position of each item
    .find('.element').each(function(){
      var position = $(this).data('isotope-item-position');
      console.log('item position is x: ' + position.x + ', y: ' + position.y  );
    });

## itemSelector

`itemSelector`
  Selector

Restricts Isotope item elements to selector.

## layoutMode

`layoutMode`
  String
  `'masonry'`

See also docs on Layout modes.

See Demo: Layout modes

## resizable

`resizable`
  Boolean
  `true`

Triggers layout logic when browser window is resized.

## resizesContainer

`resizesContainer`
  Boolean
  `true`

Isotope will set the height (for vertical layout modes) or width (for horizontal layout modes) of the container after layout. If `resizesContainer` is set to `false`, be sure to set a size for the container in your CSS, so it doesn’t collapse when Isotope is triggered.

## sortAscending

`sortAscending`
  Boolean
  `true`

Used with sorting. If true, items are sorted ascending: “1, 2, 3” or “A, B, C…”. If false, items are sorted descending “Z, Y, X” or “9, 8, 7…”. See docs on sorting for more details.

See Demo: Sorting

## sortBy

`sortBy`
  String

The property name of the method within the `getSortData` option to sort item elements. See docs on sorting for more details.

See Demo: Sorting

### Values

- `'original-order'` Sorts item elements by their original order.

## transformsEnabled

`transformsEnabled`
  Boolean
  `true`

Isotope uses CSS3 transform to position item elements, when available in the browser. Setting `transformsEnabled` to `false` will disable this feature so all browsers use top/left absolute positioning. Useful for resolving issues with Flash content.

### Additional CSS

If you do disable transforms, but still want to use CSS transitions, you’ll need add the following CSS:

    .isotope .isotope-item {
      -webkit-transition-property: top, left, opacity;
         -moz-transition-property: top, left, opacity;
              transition-property: top, left, opacity;
    }

### Disabling hidden and visible scale styles

If you are using filtering, it’s also a good idea to disable the scale transform with the `hiddenStyle` option and `visibleStyle` option.

    $('#container').isotope({
      transformsEnabled: false,
      visibleStyle: { opacity: 1 },
      hiddenStyle: { opacity: 0 }
    });

## visibleStyle

`visibleStyle`
  Object
  `{ opacity : 1, scale : 1 }`

The style applied to item elements made visible by Filtering.

## Layout-specific options

In addition the general options listed above, certain layout modes each have their own options. In order to avoid conflict, these options are set with an option that matches the name of the layout mode.

See docs on layout modes for each layout mode’s available options.

For example, if your layout switched from `masonry` to `cellsByRow`:

    $('#container').isotope({
      masonry: {
        columnWidth: 120
      },
      cellsByRow: {
        columnWidth: 220,
        rowHeight: 220
      }
    });

See Demo: Layout modes