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Overview

The Star Rating Plugin is a plugin for the jQuery Javascript library that creates a non-obstrusive star rating control based on a set of radio input boxes.

Installation

Basic Usage

Simple stars

Just add the class="star" to your radio boxes:

<input name="star1" type="radio" class="star"/>
<input name="star1" type="radio" class="star"/>
<input name="star1" type="radio" class="star"/>
<input name="star1" type="radio" class="star"/>
<input name="star1" type="radio" class="star"/>

Specifying a default value

Use the checked property to specify the initial/default value of the control

<input name="star2" type="radio" class="star"/>
<input name="star2" type="radio" class="star"/>
<input name="star2" type="radio" class="star" checked="checked"/>
<input name="star2" type="radio" class="star"/>
<input name="star2" type="radio" class="star"/>

Read-only stars

Use the disabled property to use a control for display purposes only

<input name="star3" type="radio" class="star" disabled="disabled"/>
<input name="star3" type="radio" class="star" disabled="disabled"/>
<input name="star3" type="radio" class="star" disabled="disabled" checked="checked"/>
<input name="star3" type="radio" class="star" disabled="disabled"/>
<input name="star3" type="radio" class="star" disabled="disabled"/>

Split-stars with the metadata plugin

Use the metadata plugin to pass advanced settings to the plugin via the class property. The example below creates 4 total stars with a selected value of 1.25 (1 and a quarter star). The total number of stars is the number of radios divided by the split, in this case 16/4 = 4. The number of stars selected is the ordinal value of the radio selected divided by the split, in this case 5/4 = 1.25

<input name="adv1" type="radio" class="star {split:4}"/>
<input name="adv1" type="radio" class="star {split:4}"/>
<input name="adv1" type="radio" class="star {split:4}"/>
<input name="adv1" type="radio" class="star {split:4}"/>
<input name="adv1" type="radio" class="star {split:4}" checked="checked"/>
<input name="adv1" type="radio" class="star {split:4}"/>
<input name="adv1" type="radio" class="star {split:4}"/>
<input name="adv1" type="radio" class="star {split:4}"/>
<input name="adv1" type="radio" class="star {split:4}"/>
<input name="adv1" type="radio" class="star {split:4}"/>
<input name="adv1" type="radio" class="star {split:4}"/>
<input name="adv1" type="radio" class="star {split:4}"/>
<input name="adv1" type="radio" class="star {split:4}"/>
<input name="adv1" type="radio" class="star {split:4}"/>
<input name="adv1" type="radio" class="star {split:4}"/>
<input name="adv1" type="radio" class="star {split:4}"/>

Options

The rating method takes several options. They are each detailed here:

option type default Description
cancel string "Cancel Rating" Advisory title for the 'cancel' link
cancelValue string "" Value to submit when user click the 'cancel' link
split integer 0 Number of parts to split the star into
starWidth integer 16 Width of star image in case the plugin can't work it out. This can happen if the jQuery.dimensions plugin is not available OR the image is hidden at installation
half boolean null Shortcut for split: 2
required boolean null Disables the 'cancel' button so user can only select one of the specified values
readOnly boolean null Disable rating plugin interaction
focus function null Callback function, executed when stars are focused
blur function null Callback function, executed when stars are focused
callback function null Callback function, executed when a star is clicked

License

This project is licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file.