Twill Image is a package designed to work with Twill to display responsive images easily on your site. It leverages Twill's image processing capabilities and adds modern lazy-loading techniques. It supports responsive images, art direction and fixed width images.
<picture>with multiple<source>elements- Twill's low-quality placeholder (LQIP)
- Art direction (multiple crops)
- WebP and JPEG support
- Native lazy loading with
loading='lazy' - Support custom CSS classes to use with Tailwind CSS
- Installation
- Usage
- Configuration
- Frontend breakpoints and grid structure
- Art directed images
- Multiple medias
Install the package to your existing Twill project with Composer.
composer require area17/twill-image
The configuration file contains a few general settings and this is where you can define preset for your images.
Publish config/twill-image.php to your app's config folder.
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="A17\Twill\Image\TwillImageServiceProvider" --tag=configThe Image model allows you to interact fluently with a media object.
$image = new A17\Twill\Image\Models\Image($object, $role, $media);
// or using the Facade
$image = TwillImage::make($object, $role, $media);| Argument | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
$object (Required) |
A17\Twill\Models\Media A17\Twill\Models\Block object |
Your Twill module or block object | |
$role (Required) |
string |
Media role |
|
$media |
A17\Twill\Models\Media |
null |
Media instance |
Once you have created an instance of the Image model, you can interact by using one or chaining many of these methods.
You can specify the crop name by passing it as an argument. By default, the Image model will look for a crop name default and if it isn't availble, it will look for a single crop and select it. If it can't determine the crop, it will result in an error.
$image->crop('listing_card');To set the width of the image, you can use this method. The default is an image of 1000 pixels wide. This is useful if you need to display an image with a fixed width or if you know in advance that you will a larger image than the default.
Note: the width is applied to the "fallback" image (<img src="{{ $image }}">) and to determine the number of image URLs to add to the srcset attribute.
$image->width(1500);You can set the height of the image with this method. Similar to the width method above, it is most useful for fixed-size image. When not used, the height is determined by the aspect ratio of the image and inferred from the width.
$image->height(900);
$image->crop('listing')->width(600)->height(400);To use mutliples <source> elements, you can pass a array to this method by listing the sources other than the main crop. Each item in the array must have a mediaQuery and a crop key in order to generate the proper srcset. You can pass an optional width and height. This is useful when used with the crop method to set the main image crop. See also Art directed images.
$image->crop('desktop')->sources([
[
'mediaQuery' => '(max-width: 400px)', // required
'crop' => 'mobile', // required
'width' => 200, // optional
'height' => 200, // optional
'srcSetWidths' => [100, 200, 400], // optional
],
[
'mediaQuery' => '(min-width: 401px) and (max-width: 700px)',
'crop' => 'tablet',
],
]);Media queries can also be generated from a frontend breakpoints and grid structure file by passing a columns key instead of mediaQuery. You can see the format below.
$image->crop('desktop')->sources([
[
'columns' => [
'md' => 'max',
],
'crop' => 'mobile',
],
[
'columns' => [
'md' => 'min',
'lg' => 'max',
],
'crop' => 'tablet',
],
]);Use this method to pass a sizes attribute to the model.
$image->sizes('(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 50vw');As an alternative to the sizes method, Twill Image provides a way to generate the sizes attribute based on a frontend breakpoints and grid structure file. When placing this JSON file at the base folder of your app, the sizes attribute can be generated from passing a series of breakpoints and columns number to this method.
$image->columns([
'xxl' => 6,
'xl' => 6,
'lg' => 8,
'md' => 8,
'sm' => 8,
'xs' => 12,
]);This would tell how many columns the image will take at each breakpoint in order to generate to proper sizes attribute.
Note: this method will have an effect only when frontend.config.json exists at in base folder of your app.
Use this method to give a list a widths to generate the srcset attribute. Without this method, Twill Image will auto generate a series of widths based on the image width.
$image->srcSetWidths([100, 150, 300, 600, 1200, 2000, 2400, 3600, 5000]);With this method you can use an object to pass a value to any of the above methods. You can also add a preset key to the config config/twill-image.php and pass the name to this method.
// config/twill-image.php
return [
// ...
'presets' => [
'art_directed' => [
'crop' => 'desktop',
'width' => 700,
'sizes' => '(max-width: 767px) 25vw, (min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px) 50vw, 33vw',
'srcSetWidths' => [350, 700, 1400],
'sources' => [
[
'crop' => 'mobile',
'media_query' => '(max-width: 767px)',
'srcSetWidths' => [100, 200, 400],
],
[
'crop' => 'tablet',
'media_query' => '(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)',
],
],
],
],
];// to use this preset from the config file
$image->preset('art_directed');You can directly pass the full object if you prefer.
$image->preset([
'crop' => 'desktop',
'width' => 700,
'sizes' => '(max-width: 767px) 100vw, (min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px) 50vw, 33vw',
'sources' => [
[
'crop' => 'mobile',
'media_query' => '(max-width: 767px)',
],
[
'crop' => 'tablet',
'media_query' => '(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)',
],
],
]);This method will return the rendered view.
{{-- resources/views/home.blade.php --}}
@php
$image = TwillImage::make($page, 'preview')->preset('art_directed');
@endphp
{!! $image->render() !!}
{{-- with arguments --}}
{!! $image->render([
'loading' => 'eager',
]) !!}If you need to split the image generation from the render (exposing the Image model data through a REST API for example), use this method to get all attributes as an array.
$previewImage = TwillImage::make($page, 'preview')->preset('art_directed')->toArray();And use the render method from the facade to render the view.
{{-- resources/views/page.blade.php --}}
<div>{!! TwillImage::render($previewImage) !!}</div>As seen in the previous section, the image element rendering can be separated from the image attributes generation. You can use the Image model to set up your image and pass the resulting object (or its array format to the render method to output the view).
$previewImage = TwillImage::make($page, 'preview')->toArray();{!! TwillImage::render($previewImage) !!}or
<div class="w-1/4">
{!! TwillImage::render($previewImage, [
'width' => 700,
]) !!}
</div>| Argument | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
class |
string |
Add class(es) to the wrapper element | |
imageClass |
string |
Add class(es) to the img element | |
height |
int |
||
imageSizer |
boolean |
'auto' | Render the image sizer markup if true, if set to 'auto', the sizer is rendered when LQIP is set to true |
loading |
"lazy" | "eager" |
lazy |
Set native lazy loading attribute |
lqip |
boolean |
See config | Use LQIP |
sizes |
string |
The image sizes attributes | |
imageStyles |
array |
[] |
Apply styles to placeholder and main img tags (ex.: [['object-fit' => 'contain']] |
{!! TwillImage::make($item, 'preview_image')->sizes('(max-width: 767px) 50vw, 100vw')->render(); !!}
@php
$heroImage = TwillImage::make($item, 'preview_image');
$listingImage = TwillImage::make($item, 'preview_image')->crop('listing');
@endphp
{!! TwillImage::render($heroImage) !!}
{!! TwillImage::render($listingImage) !!}In config/twill-image.php, you can define general options and image presets. A preset informs the Image::preset method which crop to output along other options like responsive sources.
<?php
return [
// ...
'presets' => [
'listing' => [
'crop' => 'card',
'width' => 500,
'sizes' => '25vw',
],
// ...
],
];See above section about the preset method.
| Argument | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
lqip |
boolean |
true |
Uses Twill LQIP method to generate responsive placeholder |
image_sizer |
boolean|'auto' |
auto |
Output the sizer element. If left to auto, it will render the sizer if LQIP is set to true |
inline_styles |
boolean |
true |
Output default inline styles |
custom_classes |
object['main'|'wrapper'|'placeholder'] |
If inline styles are off, custom classes will be used instead allowing use with Tailwind CSS | |
webp_support |
boolean |
true |
If set to false, the type attribute is omitted from <source> elements |
presets |
object |
To use different crops with media queries, you need to list the other sources in a Image::preset or by passing them to the Image::sources method. The rendered image element with have only the ratio of the main crop and other ratio need to be added with CSS.
Let's say this is your preset art_directed in your config:
// ...
'art_directed' => [
'crop' => 'desktop',
'sizes' => '(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 50vw',
'sources' => [
[
'crop' => 'mobile',
'media_query' => '(max-width: 767px)',
]
],
],
// ...@php
$image = TwillImage::make($page, 'preview')->preset('art_directed');
@endphp
<div>
{!! TwillImage::render($image, [
'class' => 'art-directed'
]) !!}
</div>It will output the image element with the class applied to the container.
<div class="twill-image-wrapper art-directed">...</div>Define styles for each breakpoint.
.art-directed {
aspect-ratio: 16 / 9;
}
@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {
.art-directed {
aspect-ratio: unset;
}
}We provide a way to generate sizes and media attributes by describing the structure of your page in a JSON file frontend.config.json placed at the base of your app. An example is provided frontend.config.json.example.
This file describes the breakpoints, main container widths, number of columns per breakpoints and inner/outer gutters. When this file exists in your project, you can use the columns method on the Image model or the columns key in your preset and sources objects in order to generate dynamically the sizes and media attributes.
This example assumes that you have the provided frontend.config.json in your app's base_path.
// config/twill-image.php
return [
// ...
'presets' => [
'art_directed' => [
'crop' => 'desktop',
'columns' => [
'xxl' => 6,
'xl' => 6,
'lg' => 8,
'md' => 8,
'sm' => 8,
'xs' => 12,
],
'sources' => [
[
'crop' => 'mobile',
'columns' => [
'md' => 'max',
],
],
[
'crop' => 'tablet',
'columns' => [
'md' => 'min',
'lg' => 'max',
],
],
],
],
],
];{{-- to use this preset from the config file and render the image --}}
{!! $image->preset('art_directed')->render() !!}The image source and fallback would have these sizes and media attributes (the elements have been simplified for clarity):
<picture>
<source media="(max-width: 767px)" sizes="..." srcset="...">
<source media="(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)" sizes="..." srcset="...">
<img sizes="
(max-width: 543px) calc((((100vw - 260px) / 12) * 12) + 220px),
(min-width: 544px) and (max-width: 767px) calc((((100vw - 312px) / 12) * 8) + 168px),
(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px) calc((((100vw - 416px) / 12) * 8) + 224px),
(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px) calc((((100vw - 624px) / 12) * 8) + 336px),
(min-width: 1280px) and (max-width: 1680px) calc((((100vw - 832px) / 12) * 6) + 320px),
761px
" src="...">
</picture>You can provide your own custom class to be used instead of the one provided. You can create your own service and provide the class name in the config file:
// config/twill-image.php
// ...
// default to: A17\Twill\Image\Services\ImageColumns::class
'columns_class' => MyApp\Services\MyOwnImageColumnsService::class,
];The service must implement the interface A17\Twill\Image\Services\Interfaces\ImageColumns.
This can also be useful if you simply need to override some of the proprties that are defined in the provided services.
This is an example when you have multiple medias attached to a single role.
@php
$galleryImages = $item->imageObjects('gallery_image', 'desktop')->map(function ($media) use ($item) {
return TwillImage::make($item, 'gallery_image', $media);
})->toArray();
@endphp
@if($galleryImages)
@foreach($galleryImages as $image)
{!! TwillImage::render($image) !!}
@endforeach
@endif