Today I am going to tell how to create Gmail Style Email Message Inbox Design with jQuery & CSS. From this design you can able to
- Add Star / Unstar Messages
- Delete Single Message
- Delete Multiple Messages
- Mark as Read
- Mark as Unread
This tutorial will bring you exactly look like gmail feature. Designers can easily integrate this code in your existing web projects. I hope everyone will like this tutorial.
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Gmail Style Message Inbox
Jquery Code to Check All/ Uncheck All
jQuery('.checkall').click(function(){ var parentTable = jQuery(this).parents('table'); var ch = parentTable.find('.checkbox'); if(jQuery(this).is(':checked')) { //check all rows in table ch.each(function(){ jQuery(this).attr('checked',true); jQuery(this).parent().addClass('checked'); //used for the custom checkbox style jQuery(this).parents('tr').addClass('selected'); // to highlight row as selected }); } else { //uncheck all rows in table ch.each(function(){ jQuery(this).attr('checked',false); jQuery(this).parent().removeClass('checked'); //used for the custom checkbox style jQuery(this).parents('tr').removeClass('selected'); }); } });
jQuery Code to Mark Star / Unstar
jQuery('.msgstar').click(function(){ if(jQuery(this).hasClass('starred')) jQuery(this).removeClass('starred'); else jQuery(this).addClass('starred'); });
jQuery Code to delete multiple messages
if(jQuery('.delete').length > 0) { jQuery('.delete').click(function(){ var c = false; var cn = 0; var o = new Array(); jQuery('.mailinbox input:checkbox').each(function(){ if(jQuery(this).is(':checked')) { c = true; o[cn] = jQuery(this); cn++; } }); if(!c) { alert('No selected message'); } else { var msg = (o.length > 1)? 'messages' : 'message'; if(confirm('Delete '+o.length+' '+msg+'?')) { for(var a=0;a<cn;a++) { jQuery(o[a]).parents('tr').remove(); } } } }); }
jQuery Code to Mark as Read
jQuery('.mark_read').click(function(){ var c = false; var cn = 0; var o = new Array(); jQuery('.mailinbox input:checkbox').each(function(){ if(jQuery(this).is(':checked')) { c = true; o[cn] = jQuery(this); cn++; } }); if(!c) { alert('No selected message'); } else { var msg = (o.length > 1)? 'messages' : 'message'; if(confirm('Mark '+o.length+' '+msg+' to read')) { for(var a=0;a<cn;a++) { jQuery(o[a]).parents('tr').removeClass('unread'); } } } });
jQuery Code to Mark as Unread
jQuery('.mark_unread').click(function(){ var c = false; var cn = 0; var o = new Array(); jQuery('.mailinbox input:checkbox').each(function(){ if(jQuery(this).is(':checked')) { c = true; o[cn] = jQuery(this); cn++; } }); if(!c) { alert('No selected message'); } else { var msg = (o.length > 1)? 'messages' : 'message'; if(confirm('Mark '+o.length+' '+msg+' to unread')) { for(var a=0;a<cn;a++) { jQuery(o[a]).parents('tr').addClass('unread'); } } } });
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