Feature Request: Randomization

[ChristopherWerby]

It would be great to add a random option (default false).

I found a likely jQuery randomization function on Stack Overflow
ref: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14555415/how-to-randomly-sort-list-items

$.fn.randomize = function(selector){
    var $elems = selector ? $(this).find(selector) : $(this).children(),
        $parents = $elems.parent();

    $parents.each(function(){
        $(this).children(selector).sort(function(){
            return Math.round(Math.random()) - 0.5;
        }).detach().appendTo(this);
    });

    return this;
};

Thanks for the excellent plugin!

[ChristopherWerby]

In case it is of use to others, I added randomization by manipulating the DOM prior to calling NewsBox from the in-page script. I pulled out the relevant list items, randomized them, and put them back and then called NewsBox. This was a lot easier than hacking the NewsBox plugin to add randomization.

My particular implementation, with code by Yair Even Or (ref), looks like this:

        <script type="text/javascript">
            $(
                function () 
                {
                    //Randomize comments before bootstrap News
                    var ul = document.querySelector("ul.comments")

                    //clone the list
                    temp = ul.cloneNode(true); 

                    //shuffle the cloned list for better performance
                    for (var i = temp.children.length + 1; i--; )
                        temp.appendChild( temp.children[Math.random() * i |0] );

                    //copy shuffled list back to 'ul'
                    ul.parentNode.replaceChild(temp, ul); 

                    $("ul.comments").bootstrapNews
                    (
                        {
                            newsPerPage:            3
                            ,autoplay:              true
                            ,pauseOnHover:          true
                            ,navigation:            true
                            ,direction:             'down'
                            ,newsTickerInterval:    2500
                            ,onToDo: function () 
                            {
                                //console.log(this);
                            }
                        }
                    );
                }
            );
        </script>