Basic structure

Isotope works on a container element with a group of similar child items.

						<div id="container">
						  <div class="item">...</div>
						  <div class="item">...</div>
						  <div class="item">...</div>
						  ...
						</div>

Initialization

$('#container').isotope({
						  // options
						  itemSelector : '.item',
						  layoutMode : 'fitRows'
						});

Essential CSS

Add these styles to your CSS for filtering, animation with CSS transitions, and adding items.

/**** Isotope Filtering ****/

						.isotope-item {
						  z-index: 2;
						}

						.isotope-hidden.isotope-item {
						  pointer-events: none;
						  z-index: 1;
						}

						/**** Isotope CSS3 transitions ****/

						.isotope,
						.isotope .isotope-item {
						  -webkit-transition-duration: 0.8s;
						     -moz-transition-duration: 0.8s;
						      -ms-transition-duration: 0.8s;
						       -o-transition-duration: 0.8s;
						          transition-duration: 0.8s;
						}

						.isotope {
						  -webkit-transition-property: height, width;
						     -moz-transition-property: height, width;
						      -ms-transition-property: height, width;
						       -o-transition-property: height, width;
						          transition-property: height, width;
						}

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

						/**** disabling Isotope CSS3 transitions ****/

						.isotope.no-transition,
						.isotope.no-transition .isotope-item,
						.isotope .isotope-item.no-transition {
						  -webkit-transition-duration: 0s;
						     -moz-transition-duration: 0s;
						      -ms-transition-duration: 0s;
						       -o-transition-duration: 0s;
						          transition-duration: 0s;
						}
						

Isotope by David DeSandro / Metafizzy